May 16–17, 2014 · Bakersfield, CA
PORTERHOUSE BBQ won Grand Champion at the Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship on May 16, 2014 in Bakersfield, CA, scoring 679.3828 in a field of 56 teams. SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 674.8688. Category winners: Chicken — BOWLING OVER PIGS (178.2972); Pork Ribs — ZZYZX BAR.B.Q (174.2744); Pork — PORTERHOUSE BBQ (177.7028); Brisket — PORKETEERS (177.7028). This is the 1st of 2 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.
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 74 times in 100
Porterhouse BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, LEFT COAST Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was PORTERHOUSE BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 3rd tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 8–9: RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ and ALL SAUCED UP tied on 166.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: VICIOUS SMOKE and BURNIN AND LOOTIN tied on 174.8800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ edged KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ by 0.0112.
PORTERHOUSE BBQ took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 13th.
Bigger than 90% of the 5,469 contests in the data
56 teams — bigger than 90% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2014 ← this one | Bakersfield, CA | Bakersfield, CA 93311 | 56 | 679.3828 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ |
| May 15, 2015 | Bakersfield, CA | Bakersfield, CA 93307 | 53 | 696.5604 | KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ | PORTERHOUSE BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 172.5484 | 168.5828 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2744 | 169.1660 | 166.3088 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 170.2628 | 166.8228 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 172.0344 | 166.8228 |
56 entries · top 679.3828 · median 640.4742
55 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.8460
56 entries · top 174.2744 · median 156.5714
56 entries · top 177.7028 · median 160.5314
55 entries · top 177.7028 · median 156.5716