2015-07-09 – 2015-07-11 · Greenwood, SC · 📍 Greenwood, SC 29646
Grand Champion: BUB-BA-Q (697.0856) · 90 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ
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 2021 — 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 94% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5256 points — closer than 94% of every championship in the data.
697.0856 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 690.2288 KILLER B'S BBQ set in 2014.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100
Bubba Q came in rated below the field's top team, CHECKERED PIG, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
BUB-BA-Q won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 5–6: SAUCED! BBQ TEAM and BIG RED'S BARBECUE tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: CHECKERED PIG and County Line Que tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: County Line Que and MIDNIGHT BURN tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Bigger than 98% of the 5,410 contests in the data
90 teams made this a bigger field than 98% of every contest tracked.
This contest usually draws about 82 teams
90 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 82.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-11 | Greenwood, SC | Greenwood, SC | 78 | 678.7656 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | BIG RED'S BARBECUE |
| 2014-07-10 | Greenwood, SC | Greenwood, SC 29646 | 86 | 690.2288 | KILLER B'S BBQ | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM |
| 2015-07-09 ← this one | Greenwood, SC | Greenwood, SC 29646 | 90 | 697.0856 | BUB-BA-Q | ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ |
| 2016-07-07 | Greenwood, SC | Greenwood, SC | 82 | 686.7656 | UNCLE KENNY'S BBQ | HOT WACHULA'S |
| 2017-07-06 | Greenwood, SC | 120 Main Street | 89 | 700.5372 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC |
| 2018-07-12 | Greenwood, SC | Main Street | 89 | 694.8232 | OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY |
| 2019-07-12 | Greenwood, SC | Main Street | 83 | 690.8112 | SMOKIN' GRINGOS | PALMETTO PITMASTERS |
| 2021-07-09 | Greenwood, SC | Main Street | 81 | 706.8576 | SMOKE CENTRAL | SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.2744 | 173.1772 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 170.8460 |
| Pork | 175.4400 | 174.2628 | 172.0000 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 176.5600 | 174.8800 |
90 entries · top 697.0856 · median 653.8114
89 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180
90 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.9486
90 entries · top 175.4400 · median 163.0914
89 entries · top 179.4400 · median 161.1200
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.
44 entries · top 174.8572 · median 153.1430
29 entries · top 174.8572 · median 156.6172
15 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.6800