May 9–10, 2014 · Long Beach, CA
JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE won Grand Champion at the West Coast BBQ Classic on May 9, 2014 in Long Beach, CA, scoring 680.6172 in a field of 59 teams. ZZYZX BAR.B.Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 680.5824. Category winners: Chicken — TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q (174.3200); Pork Ribs — ALL SAUCED UP (177.7372); Pork — PORTERHOUSE BBQ (175.4172); Brisket — LEFT COAST Q (174.2856). This is the 2nd of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2013 edition was won by LEFT COAST Q; 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, 2013 to 2017 — 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 96% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0348 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.
680.6172 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 675.9998 LEFT COAST Q set in 2013.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100
JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE came in rated below the field's top team, Burnin and Lootin, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 7th tracked contest.
2 of 5 tracked editions
BIG POPPA SMOKERS has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.
Chicken places 8–9: PORTERHOUSE BBQ and WHEN PIGS FLY tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: WHEN PIGS FLY and Smoqued California BBQ tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: FUNTIME BBQ and TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q tied on 169.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
PORTERHOUSE BBQ turned in 175.4172 in pork — past the 174.2858 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: LEFT COAST Q (won 2013).
Bigger than 91% of the 5,469 contests in the data
59 teams — bigger than 91% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2013 | Long Beach, CA | Long Beach, CA | 54 | 675.9998 | LEFT COAST Q | PORKETEERS |
| May 9, 2014 ← this one | Long Beach, CA | Long Beach , CA 90802 | 59 | 680.6172 | JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE | ZZYZX BAR.B.Q |
| May 8, 2015 | Long Beach, CA | Long Beach, CA 90802 | 57 | 699.3944 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | MY SMOKIN GRILLFRIEND |
| May 13, 2016 | Long Beach, CA | 1126 Queens HWY | 44 | 700.5484 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | LEFT COAST Q |
| May 12, 2017 | Long Beach, CA | The Queen Mary Events Park | 40 | 694.8800 | SHARPE GOURMET COOKING WOOD | BURNIN AND LOOTIN |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.3200 | 172.0228 | 169.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 171.4516 | 168.5944 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 171.4056 | 167.4284 |
| Brisket | 174.2856 | 171.4284 | 167.9772 |
59 entries · top 680.6172 · median 648.4912
58 entries · top 174.3200 · median 162.8114
59 entries · top 177.7372 · median 160.5600
59 entries · top 175.4172 · median 162.8344
58 entries · top 174.2856 · median 160.5486