Mar 13–14, 2015 · Bainbridge, GA
WAY 2 QUE won Grand Champion at the Flames on the Flint on March 13, 2015 in Bainbridge, GA, scoring 697.1200 in a field of 72 teams. WINK'S BARBEQUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 696.5144. Category winners: Chicken — HOLLYWOOD N SWINE (180.0000); Pork Ribs — BALD HAWG BBQ (176.5716); Pork — BIG DADDY Q - FL (177.7144); Brisket — ROLLIN' SMOKE COMPETITION QUE (180.0000). This is the 2nd of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2014 edition was won by CHECKERED PIG; 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.
What it has taken to win here, 2014 to 2018 — 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 4,713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6056 points — closer than 87% of every championship in the data.
697.1200 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 685.0512 CHECKERED PIG set in 2014.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 88 times in 100
WAY 2 QUE came in rated below the field's top team, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
WAY 2 QUE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 6th. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was WAY 2 QUE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 13th tracked contest.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.5088 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 4–5: HICKORY PRIME and WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: FLAMING PIG and SMOKIN BLUE Q FL tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES and WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
HOLLYWOOD N SWINE turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 176.0000 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CHECKERED PIG (won 2014).
Bigger than 96% of the 5,468 contests in the data
72 teams — bigger than 96% of the 5,468 contests in the data.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2014 | Bainbridge, GA | Bainbridge, GA 39817 | 43 | 685.0512 | CHECKERED PIG | HAMBONES BY THE FIRE |
| Mar 13, 2015 ← this one | Bainbridge, GA | Bainbridge, GA 39819 | 72 | 697.1200 | WAY 2 QUE | WINK'S BARBEQUE |
| Mar 11, 2016 | Bainbridge, GA | Bainbridge, GA 39819 | 89 | 691.9428 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | YES, DEAR BBQ |
| Mar 10, 2017 | Bainbridge, GA | Earl May Boat Basin | 67 | 697.0972 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | BOOTYQUE |
| Mar 9, 2018 | Bainbridge, GA | Earl May Boat Basin | 42 | 696.5260 | SERIAL GRILLER | THE PIT CREW GA |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7028 | 175.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 175.4288 | 174.2744 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 176.5716 | 173.1428 |
| Brisket | 180 | 176 | 175.4056 |
72 entries · top 697.1200 · median 678.1714
72 entries · top 180 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
72 entries · top 176.5716 · median 169.7144
72 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.1428
72 entries · top 180 · median 168.5486 · 🔥 perfect 180