May 24–25, 2014 · Westmont, IL
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI won Grand Champion at the Red, White, And BBQ on May 24, 2014 in Westmont, IL, scoring 683.4628 in a field of 72 teams. A FINE SWINE took Reserve Grand Champion with 683.3488. Category winners: Chicken — THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ (177.1428); Pork Ribs — T-Mac's Smokehouse (178.8800); Pork — BIG BROTHERS BBQ (178.3200); Brisket — A FINE SWINE (176.5716). This is the 2nd of 4 editions of this contest on record; the 2014 edition was won by IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ; 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 2015 — 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 95% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.1140 points — closer than 95% of every championship in the data.
683.4628 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 680.0000 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ set in 2014.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 17th tracked contest.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 1.8288 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 6–7: IN HOG HEAVEN and IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE tied on 174.3200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: THE SMOKE HUNTERS and QUAU tied on 170.8800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: BIG BROTHERS BBQ edged SMOKIN' IN THE D by 0.0116.
BIG BROTHERS BBQ turned in 178.3200 in pork — past the 172.6056 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (won 2014).
Bigger than 96% of the 5,469 contests in the data
72 teams — bigger than 96% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
41 of 43 teams from 2014-05-23 came back
41 of the 43 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2014 | Westmont, IL | Westmont, IL 60559 | 43 | 680 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | MUD'S BBQ |
| May 24, 2014 ← this one | Westmont, IL | Westmont, IL 60559 | 72 | 683.4628 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | A FINE SWINE |
| May 22, 2015 | Westmont, IL | Westmont, IL 60559 | 41 | 681.6800 | MUD'S BBQ | BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ |
| May 23, 2015 | Westmont, IL | Westmont, IL 60559 | 58 | 692.6172 | A FINE SWINE | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 174.8572 | 173.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 174.8572 | 171.4744 |
| Pork | 178.3200 | 173.1544 | 169.6800 |
| Brisket | 176.5716 | 170.8800 | 169.6800 |
72 entries · top 683.4628 · median 650.8000
72 entries · top 177.1428 · median 164.8228
72 entries · top 178.8800 · median 160.8514
72 entries · top 178.3200 · median 161.9886
72 entries · top 176.5716 · median 162.5486
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.
13 entries · top 180 · median 169.1544 · 🔥 perfect 180