Mar 13–15, 2015 · Fairhope, AL
BOAR HOGS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q-TEAM won Grand Champion at the 2015 BBQ & Brew (BACKYARD CONTEST ONLY) on March 13, 2015 in Fairhope, AL, scoring 656.4912 in a field of 17 teams. GROUNDHOG SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 625.6340. Category winners: Chicken — Deez Nuts Smok'n Butts (172.5484); Pork Ribs — TEAM BALLINGER (169.1200); Pork — Bull & Bones (174.2628); Brisket — BOAR HOGS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q-TEAM (159.9656). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2016.
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.
This contest holds the KCBS record for toughest room — 470.13 average Master overall score, 17 teams · even the win only took 656.4912, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
This was BOAR HOGS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q-TEAM's first Grand Championship in the data.
Wider than 100% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The champion won by 30.8572 points — a wider margin than 100% of championships in the data.
BOAR HOGS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q-TEAM finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Pork places 8–9: Bama Boyz BBQ edged RUB'N AND RIP'N BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 7–8: GROUNDHOG SMOKERS edged BOAR HOGS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q-TEAM by 0.0228. Pork Ribs places 6–7: BOAR HOGS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q-TEAM edged Bull & Bones by 0.0228.
BOAR HOGS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q-TEAM took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 8th.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2015 ← this one | Fairhope, AL | Fairhope, AL 36532 | 17 | 656.4912 | BOAR HOGS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q-TEAM | GROUNDHOG SMOKERS |
| Mar 12, 2016 | Fairhope, AL | HWY 98 | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 172.5484 | 166.2512 | 158.8000 |
| Pork Ribs | 169.1200 | 165.0972 | 154.2972 |
| Pork | 174.2628 | 166.8228 | 160.5144 |
| Brisket | 159.9656 | — | — |
17 entries · top 656.4912 · median 485.0628
16 entries · top 172.5484 · median 160.8572
16 entries · top 169.1200 · median 156.5714
17 entries · top 174.2628 · median 162.2856
2 entries · top 159.9656 · median 156.2456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOAR HOGS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q-TEAM | |
| 2 | GROUNDHOG SMOKERS |
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.
4 entries · top 171.4400 · median 162.8686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LATE NIGHT BUTT RUBBERS | |
| 2 | GROUNDHOG SMOKERS | |
| 3 | RUB'N AND RIP'N BBQ | |
| 4 | Lake Helen BBQ |
4 entries · top 173.7028 · median 170.5714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEAM BALLINGER | |
| 2 | RUB'N AND RIP'N BBQ | |
| 3 | GROUNDHOG SMOKERS | |
| 4 | Lake Helen BBQ |