May 16–17, 2014 · Sevierville, TN
MOTLEY QUE CREW won Grand Champion at the Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass on May 16, 2014 in Sevierville, TN, scoring 693.6456 in a field of 56 teams. SAUCED! BBQ TEAM took Reserve Grand Champion with 693.0972. Category winners: Chicken — QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N (177.7028); Pork Ribs — WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS (178.8572); Pork — CRITTER COOKER'S (179.4400); Brisket — SMOKE ON THIS (180.0000). This is the 2nd of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2013 edition was won by WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS; the next was held in 2016.
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 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.
Closer than 93% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5484 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 83 times in 100
MOTLEY QUE CREW came in rated below the field's top team, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
MOTLEY QUE CREW won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 6th. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was MOTLEY QUE CREW's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 9th tracked contest.
2 of 6 tracked editions
CHECKERED PIG has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Chicken places 4–5: CHECKERED PIG and LOTTA BULL BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: LOTTA BULL BBQ and FOWL BUTT BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE and MOTLEY QUE CREW tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
CRITTER COOKER'S turned in 179.4400 in pork — past the 177.7142 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS (won 2013).
Bigger than 90% of the 5,482 contests in the data
56 teams — bigger than 90% of the 5,482 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 17, 2013 | Sevierville, TN | Sevierville, TN | 47 | 694.8568 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | FOWL BUTT BBQ |
| May 16, 2014 ← this one | Sevierville, TN | Sevierville, TN 37862 | 56 | 693.6456 | MOTLEY QUE CREW | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM |
| May 20, 2016 | Sevierville, TN | 102 Court Ave | 46 | 706.2628 | CHECKERED PIG | LATE NIGHT WHISKEY SMOKERS |
| May 19, 2017 | Sevierville, TN | Court Avenue | 49 | 702.2744 | CHECKERED PIG | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE |
| May 18, 2018 | Sevierville, TN | Court Avenue | 43 | 701.0856 | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | HOT COLE'S BBQ |
| May 17, 2019 | Sevierville, TN | Court Avenue | 43 | 696.5372 | UNDER THE RADAR | HOT COLE'S BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 175.4056 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.7028 | 170.8344 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 175.4056 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 180 | 176.0116 | 172.5600 |
56 entries · top 693.6456 · median 666.7542
54 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3942
56 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.5256
56 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.8400
56 entries · top 180 · median 165.3828 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
53 entries · top 177.7372 · median 162.8572
50 entries · top 180 · median 174.2916 · 🔥 perfect 180
52 entries · top 176.5828 · median 157.7314
51 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.5600