Jun 6–7, 2014 · N. Charleston, SC
PALMETTO PITMASTERS won Grand Champion at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour on June 6, 2014 in N. Charleston, SC, scoring 685.6684 in a field of 28 teams. WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 685.0624. Category winners: Chicken — WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q (180.0000); Pork Ribs — PALMETTO PITMASTERS (177.1428); Pork — FIRE AND SMOKE SHAK (174.2628); Brisket — FLAMING PIG (180.0000). This is the 39th of 126 editions of this contest on record; the 2014 edition was won by PIG WHISPERERS; 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.
Closer than 87% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6060 points — closer than 87% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 81 times in 100
PALMETTO PITMASTERS came in rated below the field's top team, Killer B's BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was PALMETTO PITMASTERS's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 4th tracked contest.
4 of 126 tracked editions
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has won this contest 4 times across its 126 tracked editions.
Pork Ribs places 1–2: PALMETTO PITMASTERS and PICKIN' PORKERS tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB edged CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 3–4: KILLER B'S BBQ edged WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q by 0.0116.
PALMETTO PITMASTERS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 13th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q (won 2013).
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 173.7028 | 169.7256 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 171.4172 | 168.5488 |
| Pork | 174.2628 | 169.1200 | 165.6684 |
| Brisket | 180 | 173.7028 | 169.6912 |
28 entries · top 685.6684 · median 662.4742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PALMETTO PITMASTERS | |
| 2 | WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q | |
| 3 | MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB | |
| 4 | FLAMING PIG | |
| 5 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 6 | CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ | |
| 7 | BRITTON'S BBQ | |
| 8 | TARHEEL SMOKERS | |
| 9 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 11 | SMOKE-AHOLICS | |
| 12 | TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS | |
| 13 | BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC | |
| 14 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 15 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 16 | FIRE AND SMOKE SHAK | |
| 17 | THE ROLLING GRILL BBQ | |
| 18 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 19 | HOG CABIN | |
| 20 | QUEOLOGY | |
| 21 | DIVINE SMOKE | |
| 22 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 23 | FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN | |
| 24 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | |
| 25 | SOME-R SWINE | |
| 26 | KILTED KILBY | |
| 27 | SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 28 | SHIPWRECKED QUE CREW |
28 entries · top 180 · median 166.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q | |
| 2 | BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC | |
| 3 | QUEOLOGY | |
| 4 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 5 | TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS | |
| 6 | THE ROLLING GRILL BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 8 | MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB | |
| 9 | CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ | |
| 10 | PALMETTO PITMASTERS | |
| 11 | DIVINE SMOKE | |
| 12 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 13 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 14 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 15 | TARHEEL SMOKERS | |
| 16 | FLAMING PIG | |
| 17 | SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 18 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 19 | HOG CABIN | |
| 20 | FIRE AND SMOKE SHAK | |
| 21 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 22 | SMOKE-AHOLICS | |
| 23 | SHIPWRECKED QUE CREW | |
| 24 | KILTED KILBY | |
| 25 | BRITTON'S BBQ | |
| 26 | FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN | |
| 27 | SOME-R SWINE | |
| 28 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS |
28 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.6972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PALMETTO PITMASTERS | |
| 2 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 3 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 4 | WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q | |
| 5 | SOME-R SWINE | |
| 6 | MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB | |
| 7 | SMOKE-AHOLICS | |
| 8 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 9 | HOG CABIN | |
| 10 | FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN | |
| 11 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 12 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 13 | DIVINE SMOKE | |
| 14 | BRITTON'S BBQ | |
| 15 | TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS | |
| 16 | FLAMING PIG | |
| 17 | TARHEEL SMOKERS | |
| 18 | SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 19 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 20 | THE ROLLING GRILL BBQ | |
| 21 | CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ | |
| 22 | BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC | |
| 23 | FIRE AND SMOKE SHAK | |
| 24 | QUEOLOGY | |
| 25 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 26 | KILTED KILBY | |
| 27 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | |
| 28 | SHIPWRECKED QUE CREW |
28 entries · top 174.2628 · median 163.0914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE AND SMOKE SHAK | |
| 2 | BRITTON'S BBQ | |
| 3 | MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB | |
| 4 | BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC | |
| 5 | FLAMING PIG | |
| 6 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 7 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 8 | TARHEEL SMOKERS | |
| 9 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 10 | HOG CABIN | |
| 11 | CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ | |
| 12 | TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS | |
| 13 | PALMETTO PITMASTERS | |
| 14 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 15 | FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN | |
| 16 | SMOKE-AHOLICS | |
| 17 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 18 | WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q | |
| 19 | THE ROLLING GRILL BBQ | |
| 20 | DIVINE SMOKE | |
| 21 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 22 | SOME-R SWINE | |
| 23 | QUEOLOGY | |
| 24 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | |
| 25 | KILTED KILBY | |
| 26 | SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 27 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 28 | SHIPWRECKED QUE CREW |
28 entries · top 180 · median 165.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLAMING PIG | |
| 2 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | |
| 4 | PALMETTO PITMASTERS | |
| 5 | CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKE-AHOLICS | |
| 7 | TARHEEL SMOKERS | |
| 8 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 9 | BRITTON'S BBQ | |
| 10 | WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q | |
| 11 | MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB | |
| 12 | BALD HAWG BBQ | |
| 13 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 14 | FIRE AND SMOKE SHAK | |
| 15 | THE ROLLING GRILL BBQ | |
| 16 | QUEOLOGY | |
| 17 | YES, DEAR BBQ | |
| 18 | FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN | |
| 19 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 20 | TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS | |
| 21 | HOG CABIN | |
| 22 | KILTED KILBY | |
| 23 | BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC | |
| 24 | DIVINE SMOKE | |
| 25 | SHIPWRECKED QUE CREW | |
| 26 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 27 | SOME-R SWINE | |
| 28 | SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE |