2014-06-13 – 2014-06-14 · Tryon, NC · 📍 Tryon, NC 28782
Grand Champion: WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS (694.7884) · 73 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE
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 2016 — 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.
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
2 of 5 tracked editions
ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.
Chicken places 3–4: WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS and MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE and THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA and Too Bad You're My Cousin tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
FLAMING PIG won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
HAMBONES BY THE FIRE turned in 178.8800 in pork ribs — past the 177.7142 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE (won 2013).
Bigger than 96% of the 5,410 contests in the data
73 teams made this a bigger field than 96% of every contest tracked.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-06-14 | Tryon, NC | Tryon, NC | 97 | 704.5712 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS |
| 2014-06-13 ← this one | Tryon, NC | Tryon, NC 28782 | 73 | 694.7884 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | HAMBONES BY THE FIRE |
| 2014-08-22 | Harrisonburg, VA | Harrisonburg, VA 22801 | 16 | 656.5028 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | ROCK'S MONEY PIT BBQ |
| 2015-06-12 | Tryon, NC | Tryon, NC 28782 | 78 | 697.6572 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL |
| 2016-06-10 | Tryon, NC | Harmon Field Rd | 76 | 710.2972 | BRICKHEAD BBQ | HAMBONES BY THE FIRE |
| 2017-06-09 | Tryon, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 174.8456 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 174.8572 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 175.4056 | 174.2628 | 171.4284 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 176.5600 | 173.7372 |
73 entries · top 694.7884 · median 661.5884
72 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.1200
71 entries · top 178.8800 · median 163.4172
70 entries · top 175.4056 · median 165.7142
68 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.3770
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.
25 entries · top 177.2000 · median 170.8228
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.3316 · 🔥 perfect 180
27 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.8456
8 entries · top 176.0000 · median 166.5658
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oink, Cackle and Moo | |
| 2 | TEXAS RIB RANGERS | |
| 3 | King's Cooking | |
| 4 | MAC'S SMOKE SHOP | |
| 5 | 3 Blind Hogs | |
| 6 | BUBBAJACK'S | |
| 7 | TEXAS YOUNG GUNS | |
| 8 | CAT BALLEWS SMOKING CREW |