Jul 10–11, 2015 · Drayton, ON · CANADA
FATTY MAC BARBECUE won Grand Champion at the Drayton Kinsmen Smoke and Sounds Festval on July 10, 2015 in Drayton, ON, scoring 680.5368 in a field of 18 teams. Q'N CANUCKS took Reserve Grand Champion with 679.9544. Category winners: Chicken — Q'N CANUCKS (179.4400); Pork Ribs — TRANQUIL CARNIVORES (172.5828); Pork — SMOKIN MO'S BBQ (175.4056); Brisket — McLay Brothers BBQ (174.9144).
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.
Closer than 90% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5824 points — closer than 90% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 65 times in 100
FATTY MAC BARBECUE came in rated below the field's top team, SMOKIN MO'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
FATTY MAC BARBECUE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Pork places 8–9: Q'N CANUCKS and DELIVERING SMOKE BBQ tied on 164.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: TEAM EATAPEDIA edged HEAVY D BBQ by 0.0116. Pork places 9–10: DELIVERING SMOKE BBQ edged TEAM EATAPEDIA by 0.0116.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 172 | 166.3084 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.5828 | 167.9884 | 163.4400 |
| Pork | 175.4056 | 169.6916 | 164.5484 |
| Brisket | 174.9144 | 168.5484 | 160 |
18 entries · top 680.5368 · median 657.3770
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FATTY MAC BARBECUE | |
| 2 | Q'N CANUCKS | |
| 3 | TRANQUIL CARNIVORES | |
| 4 | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ | |
| 5 | McLay Brothers BBQ | |
| 6 | THE GOOD CUE CREW | |
| 7 | TEAM EATAPEDIA | |
| 8 | BEHIND BBQ | |
| 9 | SIBLING RIVALRY | |
| 10 | SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | |
| 11 | DELIVERING SMOKE BBQ | |
| 12 | JACK9 BBQ | |
| 13 | PIG IRON | |
| 14 | LA PORKSTRA NOSTRA | |
| 15 | HEAVY D BBQ | |
| 16 | STEEL STAR BBQ | |
| 17 | AUBRY'S BAR-B-QUE | |
| 18 | RUSTY'S BBQ |
18 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.5942
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q'N CANUCKS | |
| 2 | TRANQUIL CARNIVORES | |
| 3 | THE GOOD CUE CREW | |
| 4 | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ | |
| 5 | SIBLING RIVALRY | |
| 6 | JACK9 BBQ | |
| 7 | FATTY MAC BARBECUE | |
| 8 | TEAM EATAPEDIA | |
| 9 | PIG IRON | |
| 10 | DELIVERING SMOKE BBQ | |
| 11 | RUSTY'S BBQ | |
| 12 | SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | |
| 13 | LA PORKSTRA NOSTRA | |
| 14 | HEAVY D BBQ | |
| 15 | BEHIND BBQ | |
| 16 | McLay Brothers BBQ | |
| 17 | STEEL STAR BBQ | |
| 18 | AUBRY'S BAR-B-QUE |
18 entries · top 172.5828 · median 163.4458
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRANQUIL CARNIVORES | |
| 2 | BEHIND BBQ | |
| 3 | Q'N CANUCKS | |
| 4 | STEEL STAR BBQ | |
| 5 | FATTY MAC BARBECUE | |
| 6 | DELIVERING SMOKE BBQ | |
| 7 | SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | |
| 8 | McLay Brothers BBQ | |
| 9 | TEAM EATAPEDIA | |
| 10 | HEAVY D BBQ | |
| 11 | LA PORKSTRA NOSTRA | |
| 12 | THE GOOD CUE CREW | |
| 13 | SIBLING RIVALRY | |
| 14 | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ | |
| 15 | PIG IRON | |
| 16 | JACK9 BBQ | |
| 17 | AUBRY'S BAR-B-QUE | |
| 18 | RUSTY'S BBQ |
18 entries · top 175.4056 · median 164.5542
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ | |
| 2 | JACK9 BBQ | |
| 3 | TRANQUIL CARNIVORES | |
| 4 | FATTY MAC BARBECUE | |
| 5 | BEHIND BBQ | |
| 6 | McLay Brothers BBQ | |
| 7 | SIBLING RIVALRY | |
| 8 | Q'N CANUCKS | |
| 9 | DELIVERING SMOKE BBQ | |
| 10 | TEAM EATAPEDIA | |
| 11 | AUBRY'S BAR-B-QUE | |
| 12 | HEAVY D BBQ | |
| 13 | THE GOOD CUE CREW | |
| 14 | PIG IRON | |
| 15 | SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | |
| 16 | STEEL STAR BBQ | |
| 17 | LA PORKSTRA NOSTRA | |
| 18 | RUSTY'S BBQ |
18 entries · top 174.9144 · median 162.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLay Brothers BBQ | |
| 2 | FATTY MAC BARBECUE | |
| 3 | SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | |
| 4 | TEAM EATAPEDIA | |
| 5 | THE GOOD CUE CREW | |
| 6 | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ | |
| 7 | Q'N CANUCKS | |
| 8 | LA PORKSTRA NOSTRA | |
| 9 | BEHIND BBQ | |
| 10 | AUBRY'S BAR-B-QUE | |
| 11 | PIG IRON | |
| 12 | SIBLING RIVALRY | |
| 13 | STEEL STAR BBQ | |
| 14 | DELIVERING SMOKE BBQ | |
| 15 | HEAVY D BBQ | |
| 16 | TRANQUIL CARNIVORES | |
| 17 | JACK9 BBQ | |
| 18 | RUSTY'S BBQ |