Jul 3–4, 2015 · Jackson, TN
BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE won Grand Champion at the Blues Hog Barbecue, Music & Craft Festival on July 3, 2015 in Jackson, TN, scoring 700.5256 in a field of 51 teams. GETTIN' BASTED took Reserve Grand Champion with 696.4912. Category winners: Chicken — SOUTHERN SMOKERS (178.2972); Pork Ribs — GETTIN' BASTED (180.0000); Pork — Organizer Portal (177.1544); Brisket — BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE (178.8572).
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 76 times in 100
BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 17th tracked contest.
Chicken places 2–3: GETTIN' BASTED and FIRE DANCER BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: FIRE DANCER BBQ and HOT COLE'S BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE and OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 19th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 176 | 171.9772 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 172.5600 | 171.4172 |
| Pork | 177.1544 | 173.1428 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 173.7144 | 171.4056 |
51 entries · top 700.5256 · median 669.5656
50 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.5256
51 entries · top 180 · median 166.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
51 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.2168
50 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2572
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.
15 entries · top 178.8800 · median 165.0972
3 entries · top 326.7656 · median 324.1492
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZILLA'S PIT | |
| 2 | TomKat BBQ | |
| 3 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ |
3 entries · top 165.8060 · median 159.9428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TomKat BBQ | |
| 2 | ZILLA'S PIT | |
| 3 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ |
2 entries · top 166.8228 · median 162.5830
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZILLA'S PIT | |
| 2 | TomKat BBQ |
18 entries · top 172.5600 · median 161.7086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RUBBIN RACKS BBQ | |
| 2 | QUE-N-BREW | |
| 3 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 4 | SWAMP BOYS | |
| 5 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 6 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 7 | BUBBA-Q'S | |
| 8 | PICK'N OUR BUTTS | |
| 9 | SMELLY BUTT'S N BBQ | |
| 10 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 11 | TomKat BBQ | |
| 12 | THE BARON & HIS PITMASTERS | |
| 13 | ZILLA'S PIT | |
| 14 | Downtown Grillers | |
| 15 | BEER OR 12 BBQ | |
| 16 | Fireline/Oak Hollow BBQ & Spirits | |
| 17 | Two Fine Swine | |
| 18 | Team Kissell |