Jun 26–27, 2015 · Ypsilanti, MI
iBQ'n won Grand Champion at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour on June 26, 2015 in Ypsilanti, MI, scoring 677.0740 in a field of 30 teams. BIG BROTHERS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 675.9428. Category winners: Chicken — MAC ATTACK BBQ (171.9884); Pork Ribs — BIG BROTHERS BBQ (176.0116); Pork — SWEET T'S BBQ SHACK (172.0116); Brisket — THE SMOKE HUNTERS (180.0000). This is the 67th of 125 editions of this contest on record; the 2015 edition was won by GILLY'S BBQ; the next was held in 2015.
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, 2013 to 2017 — 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 83% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1312 points — closer than 83% of every championship in the data.
iBQ'n won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
4 of 125 tracked editions
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has won this contest 4 times across its 125 tracked editions.
Chicken places 3–4: BIG "E" BBQ and MIKE tied on 171.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 1–2: MAC ATTACK BBQ edged THE SMOKE HUNTERS by 0.0228. Pork places 1–2: SWEET T'S BBQ SHACK edged FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ by 0.0232.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: THE SMOKE HUNTERS (won 2013).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 171.9884 | 170.3084 | 166.2856 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0116 | 166.2744 | 163.3944 |
| Pork | 172.0116 | 167.3828 | 162.8456 |
| Brisket | 180 | 171.4056 | 167.4172 |
30 entries · top 677.0740 · median 643.0626
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | iBQ'n | |
| 2 | BIG BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 3 | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | |
| 4 | MAC ATTACK BBQ | |
| 5 | THE SMOKE HUNTERS | |
| 6 | SWEET T'S BBQ SHACK | |
| 7 | BREW-B-Q | |
| 8 | AWW HELL | |
| 9 | JAMBRIE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 10 | KALAMAZOO PIT POSSE | |
| 11 | RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ | |
| 12 | MIKE | |
| 13 | FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 14 | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
| 15 | UNCLE BUB'S BBQ | |
| 16 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 17 | SMOKIN' IN THE D | |
| 18 | HOLY SMOKERS MI | |
| 19 | MOTLEY QUE CREW | |
| 20 | 40 CALIBER BBQ | |
| 21 | WOODPILE BBQ SHACK | |
| 22 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 23 | OMG-BBQ-TX | |
| 24 | STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 25 | TEAM CANADA BBQ | |
| 26 | MUTTS & BUTTS BARK-BQ | |
| 27 | MAD JACK'S BBQ | |
| 28 | BURNIN WOOD | |
| 29 | SMOKE SIGNALS BBQ | |
| 30 | PAPA G'S BBQ |
30 entries · top 171.9884 · median 163.1314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAC ATTACK BBQ | |
| 2 | THE SMOKE HUNTERS | |
| 3 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 4 | MIKE | |
| 5 | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | |
| 6 | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
| 7 | SMOKIN' IN THE D | |
| 8 | UNCLE BUB'S BBQ | |
| 9 | RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ | |
| 10 | iBQ'n | |
| 11 | BREW-B-Q | |
| 12 | AWW HELL | |
| 13 | HOLY SMOKERS MI | |
| 14 | WOODPILE BBQ SHACK | |
| 15 | BIG BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 16 | JAMBRIE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 17 | SWEET T'S BBQ SHACK | |
| 18 | KALAMAZOO PIT POSSE | |
| 19 | TEAM CANADA BBQ | |
| 20 | MOTLEY QUE CREW | |
| 21 | FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 22 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 23 | MUTTS & BUTTS BARK-BQ | |
| 24 | OMG-BBQ-TX | |
| 25 | 40 CALIBER BBQ | |
| 26 | STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 27 | BURNIN WOOD | |
| 28 | PAPA G'S BBQ | |
| 29 | MAD JACK'S BBQ | |
| 30 | SMOKE SIGNALS BBQ |
30 entries · top 176.0116 · median 159.1142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 2 | iBQ'n | |
| 3 | BREW-B-Q | |
| 4 | JAMBRIE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 5 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 6 | UNCLE BUB'S BBQ | |
| 7 | AWW HELL | |
| 8 | KALAMAZOO PIT POSSE | |
| 9 | STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 10 | FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 11 | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | |
| 12 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 13 | SWEET T'S BBQ SHACK | |
| 14 | TEAM CANADA BBQ | |
| 15 | MAD JACK'S BBQ | |
| 16 | RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ | |
| 17 | MUTTS & BUTTS BARK-BQ | |
| 18 | MAC ATTACK BBQ | |
| 19 | MIKE | |
| 20 | MOTLEY QUE CREW | |
| 21 | THE SMOKE HUNTERS | |
| 22 | OMG-BBQ-TX | |
| 23 | SMOKIN' IN THE D | |
| 24 | HOLY SMOKERS MI | |
| 25 | SMOKE SIGNALS BBQ | |
| 26 | WOODPILE BBQ SHACK | |
| 27 | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
| 28 | 40 CALIBER BBQ | |
| 29 | PAPA G'S BBQ | |
| 30 | BURNIN WOOD |
30 entries · top 172.0116 · median 160.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWEET T'S BBQ SHACK | |
| 2 | FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 3 | KALAMAZOO PIT POSSE | |
| 4 | MAC ATTACK BBQ | |
| 5 | iBQ'n | |
| 6 | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | |
| 7 | STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 8 | BIG BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 9 | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
| 10 | MUTTS & BUTTS BARK-BQ | |
| 11 | MOTLEY QUE CREW | |
| 12 | OMG-BBQ-TX | |
| 13 | MAD JACK'S BBQ | |
| 14 | 40 CALIBER BBQ | |
| 15 | WOODPILE BBQ SHACK | |
| 16 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 17 | JAMBRIE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 18 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 19 | THE SMOKE HUNTERS | |
| 20 | AWW HELL | |
| 21 | BREW-B-Q | |
| 22 | UNCLE BUB'S BBQ | |
| 23 | SMOKIN' IN THE D | |
| 24 | RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ | |
| 25 | HOLY SMOKERS MI | |
| 26 | SMOKE SIGNALS BBQ | |
| 27 | MIKE | |
| 28 | PAPA G'S BBQ | |
| 29 | BURNIN WOOD | |
| 30 | TEAM CANADA BBQ |
30 entries · top 180 · median 161.1314 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE SMOKE HUNTERS | |
| 2 | 40 CALIBER BBQ | |
| 3 | MIKE | |
| 4 | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | |
| 5 | RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ | |
| 6 | BIG BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 7 | BURNIN WOOD | |
| 8 | MAC ATTACK BBQ | |
| 9 | iBQ'n | |
| 10 | HOLY SMOKERS MI | |
| 11 | AWW HELL | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' IN THE D | |
| 13 | OMG-BBQ-TX | |
| 14 | SWEET T'S BBQ SHACK | |
| 15 | MOTLEY QUE CREW | |
| 16 | TEAM CANADA BBQ | |
| 17 | JAMBRIE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 18 | WOODPILE BBQ SHACK | |
| 19 | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
| 20 | BREW-B-Q | |
| 21 | FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 22 | KALAMAZOO PIT POSSE | |
| 23 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 24 | UNCLE BUB'S BBQ | |
| 25 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 26 | MAD JACK'S BBQ | |
| 27 | STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 28 | MUTTS & BUTTS BARK-BQ | |
| 29 | SMOKE SIGNALS BBQ | |
| 30 | PAPA G'S BBQ |