Jun 20–21, 2014 · Barbourville, KY
HICKORY PRIME won Grand Champion at the Barbourville BBQ Festival on June 20, 2014 in Barbourville, KY, scoring 699.4860 in a field of 27 teams. TENACIOUS Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.7884. Category winners: Chicken — HICKORY PRIME (178.3200); Pork Ribs — TENACIOUS Q (180.0000); Pork — MONTY PIGTHON & THE HOLY GRILL (178.8800); Brisket — HICKORY PRIME (178.2972).
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 77 times in 100
HICKORY PRIME came in rated below the field's top team, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 2–3: WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS and BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS and SWEET SAUCE BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: BUBBY'S BBQ edged EAST TENNESSE Q CREW by 0.0116.
HICKORY PRIME won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
HICKORY PRIME took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 15th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.3200 | 174.2628 | 173.1084 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 174.8688 | 170.8572 |
| Pork | 178.8800 | 173.7144 | 169.1200 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 174.8572 | 167.9772 |
27 entries · top 699.4860 · median 671.3256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 2 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 3 | MONTY PIGTHON & THE HOLY GRILL | |
| 4 | CHECKERED PIG | |
| 5 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 6 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 7 | BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ | |
| 8 | Pappy Q | |
| 9 | BUBBY'S BBQ | |
| 10 | EAST TENNESSE Q CREW | |
| 11 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | |
| 12 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 13 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 14 | G-QUE KY | |
| 15 | FORKIN' GOOD BBQ | |
| 16 | DIVINE SWINE | |
| 17 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 18 | TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS | |
| 19 | Q-FACTOR | |
| 20 | Tiki Q | |
| 21 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 22 | SWEET SAUCE BBQ | |
| 23 | HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS | |
| 24 | SUGAR BABY BBQ | |
| 25 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | |
| 26 | CHATTY TOWN BBQ | |
| 27 | ONTARGET BBQ |
27 entries · top 178.3200 · median 170.2972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 2 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 3 | BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ | |
| 4 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 5 | EAST TENNESSE Q CREW | |
| 6 | G-QUE KY | |
| 7 | TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS | |
| 8 | SWEET SAUCE BBQ | |
| 9 | CHECKERED PIG | |
| 10 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 11 | BUBBY'S BBQ | |
| 12 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 13 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 14 | DIVINE SWINE | |
| 15 | Q-FACTOR | |
| 16 | MONTY PIGTHON & THE HOLY GRILL | |
| 17 | HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS | |
| 18 | Tiki Q | |
| 19 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | |
| 20 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 21 | FORKIN' GOOD BBQ | |
| 22 | Pappy Q | |
| 23 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | |
| 24 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 25 | SUGAR BABY BBQ | |
| 26 | ONTARGET BBQ | |
| 27 | CHATTY TOWN BBQ |
27 entries · top 180 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 2 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | |
| 3 | DIVINE SWINE | |
| 4 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 5 | BUBBY'S BBQ | |
| 6 | EAST TENNESSE Q CREW | |
| 7 | BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ | |
| 8 | SUGAR BABY BBQ | |
| 9 | Q-FACTOR | |
| 10 | Pappy Q | |
| 11 | MONTY PIGTHON & THE HOLY GRILL | |
| 12 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 13 | Tiki Q | |
| 14 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 15 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 16 | G-QUE KY | |
| 17 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 18 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 19 | FORKIN' GOOD BBQ | |
| 20 | CHECKERED PIG | |
| 21 | HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS | |
| 22 | CHATTY TOWN BBQ | |
| 23 | TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS | |
| 24 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 25 | SWEET SAUCE BBQ | |
| 26 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | |
| 27 | ONTARGET BBQ |
27 entries · top 178.8800 · median 167.3944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MONTY PIGTHON & THE HOLY GRILL | |
| 2 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 3 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 4 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 5 | BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ | |
| 6 | Pappy Q | |
| 7 | FORKIN' GOOD BBQ | |
| 8 | CHECKERED PIG | |
| 9 | Q-FACTOR | |
| 10 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 11 | EAST TENNESSE Q CREW | |
| 12 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 13 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 14 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | |
| 15 | TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS | |
| 16 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 17 | Tiki Q | |
| 18 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | |
| 19 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 20 | SWEET SAUCE BBQ | |
| 21 | BUBBY'S BBQ | |
| 22 | SUGAR BABY BBQ | |
| 23 | G-QUE KY | |
| 24 | CHATTY TOWN BBQ | |
| 25 | HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS | |
| 26 | DIVINE SWINE | |
| 27 | ONTARGET BBQ |
27 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 2 | CHECKERED PIG | |
| 3 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ | |
| 4 | Pappy Q | |
| 5 | TENACIOUS Q | |
| 6 | MONTY PIGTHON & THE HOLY GRILL | |
| 7 | BUBBY'S BBQ | |
| 8 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 9 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 10 | DIVINE SWINE | |
| 11 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 12 | G-QUE KY | |
| 13 | FORKIN' GOOD BBQ | |
| 14 | BLUE CHIP BBQ | |
| 15 | TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS | |
| 16 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | |
| 17 | BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ | |
| 18 | EAST TENNESSE Q CREW | |
| 19 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 20 | SWEET SAUCE BBQ | |
| 21 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 22 | HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS | |
| 23 | Tiki Q | |
| 24 | Q-FACTOR | |
| 25 | CHATTY TOWN BBQ | |
| 26 | SUGAR BABY BBQ | |
| 27 | ONTARGET BBQ |