May 2–3, 2014 · Huntsville, AL
Pig Time BBQ won Grand Champion at The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) on May 2, 2014 in Huntsville, AL, scoring 702.2400 in a field of 62 teams. Organizer Portal took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.3484. Category winners: Chicken — ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN (180.0000); Pork Ribs — The Specialists (176.5600); Pork — HICKORY PIT STOP (180.0000); Brisket — HIGH ON THE HAWG (178.8800). 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 2019 — 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100
Pig Time BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SWIGGIN PIG, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Pig Time BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Pig Time BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 4th tracked contest.
3 of 6 tracked editions
SMOKE ME SILLY has won this contest 3 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Chicken places 4–5: Organizer Portal and Pig Time BBQ tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: The Specialists and Pig'n & Chik'n tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: Butts,Bellies&BuddiesToo and BUSH LEAGUE BBQ (inactive) tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Bigger than 93% of the 5,469 contests in the data
62 teams — bigger than 93% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2014 ← this one | Huntsville, AL | Huntsville, AL 35801 | 62 | 702.2400 | Pig Time BBQ | Organizer Portal |
| May 1, 2015 | Huntsville, AL | Huntsville, AL 35801 | 63 | 701.6456 | SMOKE ME SILLY | SOUTH PORK |
| May 6, 2016 | Huntsville, AL | Huntsville, AL 35801 | 67 | 701.6800 | WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS | Organizer Portal |
| May 5, 2017 | Huntsville, AL | Church Street | 69 | 703.4404 | SMOKE ME SILLY | HOT COLE'S BBQ |
| May 4, 2018 | Huntsville, AL | Church Street | 61 | 703.9428 | SMOKE ME SILLY | THE SPECIALISTS |
| May 3, 2019 | Huntsville, AL | Church Street | 54 | 698.2284 | South Pork | Organizer Portal |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.1428 | 174.2744 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 174.2744 | 173.1084 |
| Pork | 180 | 174.2744 | 170.2628 |
| Brisket | 178.8800 | 177.7028 | 174.8572 |
62 entries · top 702.2400 · median 656.9886
62 entries · top 180 · median 165.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180
62 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.8286
62 entries · top 180 · median 165.1086 · 🔥 perfect 180
61 entries · top 178.8800 · median 163.9428