May 2–3, 2014 · Lake Elsinore, CA
ALL SAUCED UP won Grand Champion at the Best of the Best BBQ Championship & Boat Show on May 2, 2014 in Lake Elsinore, CA, scoring 676.5028 in a field of 27 teams. BURNIN AND LOOTIN took Reserve Grand Champion with 672.4456. Category winners: Chicken — KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ (174.8456); Pork Ribs — BIG POPPA SMOKERS (171.4400); Pork — ALL SAUCED UP (177.7028); Brisket — BURNIN AND LOOTIN (171.4172).
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
All Sauced Up came in rated below the field's top team, Burnin and Lootin, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Pork Ribs places 9–10: FUNTIME BBQ and LADY OF Q tied on 163.3828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: BURNIN AND LOOTIN and HOG HEAVEN BARBECUE COMPANY tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: SMOKE HOUND BBQ and PORK BELLY'S BBQ OF CA tied on 162.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
ALL SAUCED UP took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.8456 | 170.8800 | 165.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 171.4400 | 169.1200 | 163.3828 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 166.2628 | 164 |
| Brisket | 171.4172 | 166.8228 | 162.2628 |
27 entries · top 676.5028 · median 642.1488
27 entries · top 174.8456 · median 163.4284
27 entries · top 171.4400 · median 157.6340
27 entries · top 177.7028 · median 162.8344
27 entries · top 171.4172 · median 159.9656