Feb 21–22, 2015 · San Juan, PR · PUERTO RICO
T-MAC SMOKIN won Grand Champion at the Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico on February 21, 2015 in San Juan, PR, scoring 674.1940 in a field of 33 teams. Sabor A Lena took Reserve Grand Champion with 673.6572. Category winners: Chicken — Sabor A Lena (176.5716); Pork Ribs — Cap'n Cook (176.6172); Pork — Quibitas BBQ (176.5828); Brisket — Sun Pigs Sponsor team N /C (173.7488).
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.
Closer than 93% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5368 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
T-MAC SMOKIN won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Pork places 3–4: SHIGGIN & GRINNIN and BBQ FREAKS tied on 170.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: S.M.R. BBQ Team and T-MAC SMOKIN tied on 163.9428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: T-MAC SMOKIN and Slowly Smoked tied on 163.9428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5716 | 169.7028 | 165.0972 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.6172 | 168.5828 | 164.5600 |
| Pork | 176.5828 | 170.2972 | 165.1200 |
| Brisket | 173.7488 | 166.2856 | 162.8684 |
33 entries · top 674.1940 · median 633.6800
32 entries · top 176.5716 · median 160.5772
32 entries · top 176.6172 · median 161.6970
32 entries · top 176.5828 · median 157.9600
33 entries · top 173.7488 · median 160.5372
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.
28 entries · top 173.1200 · median 163.4114
27 entries · top 177.1772 · median 162.2744
32 entries · top 180 · median 163.1428 · 🔥 perfect 180
27 entries · top 175.4056 · median 162.8456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoke Daddy Voodo BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | S.M.R. BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Backyard BBQ & Grill | |
| 4 | La Frontera Hotelera | |
| 5 | Spartans | |
| 6 | Los Lenas de Florida | |
| 7 | ASADURA BBQ TEAM | |
| 8 | Flaming Bull | |
| 9 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 10 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 11 | Cap'n Cook | |
| 12 | Quibitas BBQ | |
| 13 | Smoke Em All | |
| 14 | La Leyenda Hotelera | |
| 15 | Shannons Barbiku Riders | |
| 16 | Sabor A Lena | |
| 17 | Cocineros del Este | |
| 18 | Smoking on Fire | |
| 19 | Los Barbicueros Grill Team | |
| 20 | Alelolae Grill Team | |
| 21 | La Manada Ribs | |
| 22 | El Trabuco BBQ | |
| 23 | A-La Bar-Ba Koa BBQ Team | |
| 24 | BBQ HOLICS | |
| 25 | IBANCA | |
| 26 | Bori Jano Cookers | |
| 27 | PLAYING WITH FIRE |
16 entries · top 173.7028 · median 162.5428
28 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.2628