May 2–3, 2014 · Bixby, OK
WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY won Grand Champion at the Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival on May 2, 2014 in Bixby, OK, scoring 694.8572 in a field of 80 teams. CLARK CREW BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.2628. Category winners: Chicken — CLARK CREW BBQ (177.7028); Pork Ribs — WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY (177.7372); Pork — CLARK CREW BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — SMOKIN BONES (173.7372). This is the 1st of 6 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2015.
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2014 to 2022 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 88% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5944 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.
Chicken places 3–4: MIKE and SMOKEAHOLICS tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: IRON WHEEL COOKERS and WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: BUTCHER BBQ and Dirty Sanchez Cue and Brue Crue tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
CLARK CREW BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double.
WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 12th.
Bigger than 97% of the 5,468 contests in the data
80 teams — bigger than 97% of the 5,468 contests in the data.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2014 ← this one | Bixby, OK | Bixby, OK 74037 | 80 | 694.8572 | WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY | CLARK CREW BBQ |
| May 1, 2015 | Bixby, OK | Bixby, OK 74133 | 81 | 697.0856 | OKIEQ | BUFFALO'S BBQ |
| May 6, 2016 | Bixby, OK | Washington Irving Park | 83 | 694.8572 | UNCLE BC'S | BUFFALO'S BBQ |
| May 4, 2018 | Bixby, OK | Washington Irving Park | 68 | 700.0112 | EVIL MONKEY BBQ | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ |
| May 3, 2019 | Washington Irving Park | 56 | 700.5484 | T-N-T Que Crew | Fat Boys BBQ--Temple, TX | |
| May 6, 2022 | Bixby, OK | Bixby, OK 74008 | 38 | 706.8344 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | 4 LEGS UP BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 176 | 170.8800 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 172.0116 | 170.8572 |
| Pork | 180 | 173.1200 | 170.2856 |
| Brisket | 173.7372 | 171.9772 | 169.1544 |
80 entries · top 694.8572 · median 633.9772
75 entries · top 177.7028 · median 159.9312
80 entries · top 177.7372 · median 158.2458
75 entries · top 180 · median 161.6572 · 🔥 perfect 180
76 entries · top 173.7372 · median 157.9886
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
32 entries · top 177.1544 · median 161.6800