May 30–31, 2014 · Valley, NE
TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q won Grand Champion at the 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition on May 30, 2014 in Valley, NE, scoring 677.6912 in a field of 30 teams. PARROTHEAD SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 670.8112. Category winners: Chicken — QUAU (173.1544); Pork Ribs — TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q (174.8572); Pork — TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q (180.0000); Brisket — CIRCLE W BARBECUE (175.4172).
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 76 times in 100
TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q came in rated below the field's top team, QUAU, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 9th tracked contest.
Chicken places 6–7: SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY and PARROTHEAD SMOKERS tied on 168.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q and ROLLIN IN THE RUB tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: SMITH BBQ CO. edged BLACKSHIRT BBQ by 0.0228.
TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 20th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.1544 | 168.5256 | 165.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 169.1200 | 164.5716 |
| Pork | 180 | 168.5256 | 161.6800 |
| Brisket | 175.4172 | 167.9656 | 162.8456 |
30 entries · top 677.6912 · median 643.6114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q | |
| 2 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 3 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 4 | QUAU | |
| 5 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 6 | ROLLIN IN THE RUB | |
| 7 | CIRCLE W BARBECUE | |
| 8 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 9 | PORK PATROL BBQ | |
| 10 | ALWAYS SMOK'D | |
| 11 | HAWGNZ HEROZ | |
| 12 | YOU GONNA LIKE IT | |
| 13 | Weirich Custom BBQ | |
| 14 | LEEPS BBQ | |
| 15 | Mighta Burned That | |
| 16 | OL' SMOKEY BARBEQUE | |
| 17 | KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ | |
| 18 | SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT | |
| 19 | C&G SMOKING | |
| 20 | CROWN POINT BBQ | |
| 21 | HELPING U BBQ | |
| 22 | BLACKSHIRT BBQ | |
| 23 | SMITH BBQ CO. | |
| 24 | SHERWOOD 3 BBQ | |
| 25 | ELWOOD BBQ | |
| 26 | FIREHOUSE BBQ OMAHA | |
| 27 | UNCLE BILL'S BBQ | |
| 28 | ZMOKIN BBQ | |
| 29 | THE FINGER LICKERS | |
| 30 | PARTNERS IN SWINE |
30 entries · top 173.1544 · median 163.4114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | QUAU | |
| 2 | LEEPS BBQ | |
| 3 | SMITH BBQ CO. | |
| 4 | BLACKSHIRT BBQ | |
| 5 | ALWAYS SMOK'D | |
| 6 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 7 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 8 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 9 | Mighta Burned That | |
| 10 | HAWGNZ HEROZ | |
| 11 | SHERWOOD 3 BBQ | |
| 12 | ROLLIN IN THE RUB | |
| 13 | Weirich Custom BBQ | |
| 14 | C&G SMOKING | |
| 15 | HELPING U BBQ | |
| 16 | KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ | |
| 17 | YOU GONNA LIKE IT | |
| 18 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 19 | FIREHOUSE BBQ OMAHA | |
| 20 | TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q | |
| 21 | PORK PATROL BBQ | |
| 22 | SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT | |
| 23 | CROWN POINT BBQ | |
| 24 | CIRCLE W BARBECUE | |
| 25 | ELWOOD BBQ | |
| 26 | OL' SMOKEY BARBEQUE | |
| 27 | UNCLE BILL'S BBQ | |
| 28 | ZMOKIN BBQ | |
| 29 | PARTNERS IN SWINE | |
| 30 | THE FINGER LICKERS |
30 entries · top 174.8572 · median 159.6858
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q | |
| 2 | ROLLIN IN THE RUB | |
| 3 | OL' SMOKEY BARBEQUE | |
| 4 | LEEPS BBQ | |
| 5 | QUAU | |
| 6 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 7 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 8 | YOU GONNA LIKE IT | |
| 9 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 10 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 11 | HELPING U BBQ | |
| 12 | CIRCLE W BARBECUE | |
| 13 | PORK PATROL BBQ | |
| 14 | HAWGNZ HEROZ | |
| 15 | SMITH BBQ CO. | |
| 16 | CROWN POINT BBQ | |
| 17 | Weirich Custom BBQ | |
| 18 | SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT | |
| 19 | KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ | |
| 20 | ALWAYS SMOK'D | |
| 21 | UNCLE BILL'S BBQ | |
| 22 | Mighta Burned That | |
| 23 | C&G SMOKING | |
| 24 | ELWOOD BBQ | |
| 25 | SHERWOOD 3 BBQ | |
| 26 | BLACKSHIRT BBQ | |
| 27 | FIREHOUSE BBQ OMAHA | |
| 28 | ZMOKIN BBQ | |
| 29 | THE FINGER LICKERS | |
| 30 | PARTNERS IN SWINE |
30 entries · top 180 · median 158.8342 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q | |
| 2 | PORK PATROL BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 4 | CIRCLE W BARBECUE | |
| 5 | SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT | |
| 6 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 7 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 8 | HAWGNZ HEROZ | |
| 9 | BLACKSHIRT BBQ | |
| 10 | YOU GONNA LIKE IT | |
| 11 | OL' SMOKEY BARBEQUE | |
| 12 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 13 | ALWAYS SMOK'D | |
| 14 | Weirich Custom BBQ | |
| 15 | ELWOOD BBQ | |
| 16 | C&G SMOKING | |
| 17 | ZMOKIN BBQ | |
| 18 | QUAU | |
| 19 | Mighta Burned That | |
| 20 | UNCLE BILL'S BBQ | |
| 21 | ROLLIN IN THE RUB | |
| 22 | KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ | |
| 23 | HELPING U BBQ | |
| 24 | CROWN POINT BBQ | |
| 25 | PARTNERS IN SWINE | |
| 26 | FIREHOUSE BBQ OMAHA | |
| 27 | LEEPS BBQ | |
| 28 | SHERWOOD 3 BBQ | |
| 29 | THE FINGER LICKERS | |
| 30 | SMITH BBQ CO. |
30 entries · top 175.4172 · median 159.1256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIRCLE W BARBECUE | |
| 2 | ALWAYS SMOK'D | |
| 3 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 4 | QUAU | |
| 5 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 6 | ROLLIN IN THE RUB | |
| 7 | KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ | |
| 8 | Mighta Burned That | |
| 9 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 10 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 11 | TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q | |
| 12 | CROWN POINT BBQ | |
| 13 | Weirich Custom BBQ | |
| 14 | PORK PATROL BBQ | |
| 15 | HAWGNZ HEROZ | |
| 16 | YOU GONNA LIKE IT | |
| 17 | C&G SMOKING | |
| 18 | OL' SMOKEY BARBEQUE | |
| 19 | SMITH BBQ CO. | |
| 20 | SHERWOOD 3 BBQ | |
| 21 | LEEPS BBQ | |
| 22 | SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT | |
| 23 | ELWOOD BBQ | |
| 24 | FIREHOUSE BBQ OMAHA | |
| 25 | HELPING U BBQ | |
| 26 | UNCLE BILL'S BBQ | |
| 27 | BLACKSHIRT BBQ | |
| 28 | ZMOKIN BBQ | |
| 29 | THE FINGER LICKERS | |
| 30 | PARTNERS IN SWINE |