Mar 20–21, 2015 · Arcadia, CA
SMOKIN MO'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the 4th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship on March 20, 2015 in Arcadia, CA, scoring 701.1316 in a field of 100 teams. KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 697.7144. Category winners: Chicken — Smoqued California BBQ (179.4400); Pork Ribs — BIG DADDY'S Q'N CREW (176.6172); Pork — THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ (180.0000); Brisket — LADY OF Q (178.8800).
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 69 times in 100
SMOKIN MO'S BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, 3 EYZ BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SMOKIN MO'S BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 6th. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was SMOKIN MO'S BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 28th tracked contest.
Chicken places 5–6: Sharpe's Woodshed and TOO ASHAMED TO NAME tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: TOO ASHAMED TO NAME and SMOKIN MO'S BBQ tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ and WHAT WOOD JESUS QUE? tied on 176.5828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Bigger than 98% of the 5,469 contests in the data
100 teams — bigger than 98% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 177.1428 | 176.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.6172 | 176 | 173.7144 |
| Pork | 180 | 177.1428 | 174.8456 |
| Brisket | 178.8800 | 176.5944 | 174.2744 |
100 entries · top 701.1316 · median 666.2630
98 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.2800
100 entries · top 176.6172 · median 166.2858
100 entries · top 180 · median 166.5314 · 🔥 perfect 180
98 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.5486
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 172 · median 169.1486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JJ's Smokin Hart | |
| 2 | Ferbeque | |
| 3 | Team Awesome | |
| 4 | Steakery Masters |
2 entries · top 178.8800 · median 177.1600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerry's Daughter | |
| 2 | Duke's Smokin Hart |