May 30–31, 2014 · Marietta, GA
PIG WHISPERERS won Grand Champion at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour on May 30, 2014 in Marietta, GA, scoring 684.4340 in a field of 29 teams. CURLY TAILS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 682.1940. Category winners: Chicken — TENACIOUS Q (178.8572); Pork Ribs — THE BBQ NINJA (178.2972); Pork — BACKWOODS BBQ (172.5600); Brisket — PIG WHISPERERS (177.7028). This is the 38th of 126 editions of this contest on record; the 2014 edition was won by SWIGGIN PIG; the next was held in 2014.
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 71 times in 100
PIG WHISPERERS came in rated below the field's top team, Killer B's BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
4 of 126 tracked editions
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has won this contest 4 times across its 126 tracked editions.
Chicken places 9–10: SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS and HOGZ GONE WILD GA tied on 168.5256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: TENACIOUS Q edged WAY 2 QUE by 0.0116. Pork places 4–5: DAO BBQ edged TENACIOUS Q by 0.0116.
PIG WHISPERERS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 21st.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: THE PIT CREW GA (won 2013).
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 168.5256 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 171.4172 | 167.4172 |
| Pork | 172.5600 | 170.2628 | 166.2284 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 167.4512 |
29 entries · top 684.4340 · median 657.5884
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIG WHISPERERS | |
| 2 | CURLY TAILS BBQ | |
| 3 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 4 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 5 | LANG BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 6 | HOGZ GONE WILD GA | |
| 7 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 8 | THE PIT CREW GA | |
| 9 | MAJOR Q BBQ | |
| 10 | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | |
| 11 | THE BBQ NINJA | |
| 12 | HEAVENLY HAWGS GA | |
| 13 | CRAFT BBQ | |
| 14 | MEAT MILITIA | |
| 15 | CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ | |
| 16 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 17 | SUPPERTIME | |
| 18 | DAO BBQ | |
| 19 | SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE | |
| 20 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 21 | WAY 2 QUE | |
| 22 | LITTLE BIT OF R AND R | |
| 23 | WILL AND THE THRILLS | |
| 24 | JO JO BBQ | |
| 25 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 26 | TUFF DAWG GRILLERS | |
| 27 | BEN'S BEST QUE AND STEW | |
| 28 | 2 FAT BOYS & A GRILL | |
| 29 | BAD BOYS DONE GOOD BBQ |
29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 2 | MAJOR Q BBQ | |
| 3 | CRAFT BBQ | |
| 4 | TUFF DAWG GRILLERS | |
| 5 | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | |
| 6 | CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ | |
| 7 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 8 | HEAVENLY HAWGS GA | |
| 9 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 10 | HOGZ GONE WILD GA | |
| 11 | WAY 2 QUE | |
| 12 | CURLY TAILS BBQ | |
| 13 | LITTLE BIT OF R AND R | |
| 14 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 15 | LANG BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 16 | MEAT MILITIA | |
| 17 | BEN'S BEST QUE AND STEW | |
| 18 | THE PIT CREW GA | |
| 19 | SUPPERTIME | |
| 20 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 21 | PIG WHISPERERS | |
| 22 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 23 | 2 FAT BOYS & A GRILL | |
| 24 | SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE | |
| 25 | THE BBQ NINJA | |
| 26 | WILL AND THE THRILLS | |
| 27 | JO JO BBQ | |
| 28 | DAO BBQ | |
| 29 | BAD BOYS DONE GOOD BBQ |
29 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.0856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BBQ NINJA | |
| 2 | HEAVENLY HAWGS GA | |
| 3 | MAJOR Q BBQ | |
| 4 | PIG WHISPERERS | |
| 5 | THE PIT CREW GA | |
| 6 | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | |
| 7 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 8 | CURLY TAILS BBQ | |
| 9 | HOGZ GONE WILD GA | |
| 10 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 11 | JO JO BBQ | |
| 12 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 13 | CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ | |
| 14 | LANG BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 15 | MEAT MILITIA | |
| 16 | DAO BBQ | |
| 17 | CRAFT BBQ | |
| 18 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 19 | LITTLE BIT OF R AND R | |
| 20 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 21 | SUPPERTIME | |
| 22 | WILL AND THE THRILLS | |
| 23 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 24 | TUFF DAWG GRILLERS | |
| 25 | 2 FAT BOYS & A GRILL | |
| 26 | SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE | |
| 27 | WAY 2 QUE | |
| 28 | BEN'S BEST QUE AND STEW | |
| 29 | BAD BOYS DONE GOOD BBQ |
29 entries · top 172.5600 · median 162.2516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 2 | CURLY TAILS BBQ | |
| 3 | PIG WHISPERERS | |
| 4 | DAO BBQ | |
| 5 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 6 | WAY 2 QUE | |
| 7 | HOGZ GONE WILD GA | |
| 8 | LANG BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 9 | THE PIT CREW GA | |
| 10 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 11 | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | |
| 12 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 13 | LITTLE BIT OF R AND R | |
| 14 | WILL AND THE THRILLS | |
| 15 | MAJOR Q BBQ | |
| 16 | THE BBQ NINJA | |
| 17 | CRAFT BBQ | |
| 18 | SUPPERTIME | |
| 19 | HEAVENLY HAWGS GA | |
| 20 | MEAT MILITIA | |
| 21 | SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE | |
| 22 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 23 | JO JO BBQ | |
| 24 | 2 FAT BOYS & A GRILL | |
| 25 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 26 | CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ | |
| 27 | BAD BOYS DONE GOOD BBQ | |
| 28 | BEN'S BEST QUE AND STEW | |
| 29 | TUFF DAWG GRILLERS |
29 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIG WHISPERERS | |
| 2 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 3 | LANG BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 4 | CURLY TAILS BBQ | |
| 5 | SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE | |
| 6 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 7 | HOGZ GONE WILD GA | |
| 8 | MEAT MILITIA | |
| 9 | SUPPERTIME | |
| 10 | THE BBQ NINJA | |
| 11 | THE PIT CREW GA | |
| 12 | CRAFT BBQ | |
| 13 | CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ | |
| 14 | WILL AND THE THRILLS | |
| 15 | DAO BBQ | |
| 16 | HEAVENLY HAWGS GA | |
| 17 | JO JO BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | |
| 19 | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | |
| 20 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 21 | MAJOR Q BBQ | |
| 22 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 23 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 24 | WAY 2 QUE | |
| 25 | BEN'S BEST QUE AND STEW | |
| 26 | LITTLE BIT OF R AND R | |
| 27 | TUFF DAWG GRILLERS | |
| 28 | BAD BOYS DONE GOOD BBQ | |
| 29 | 2 FAT BOYS & A GRILL |