Jul 10–11, 2015 · Wellsville, MO
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE won Grand Champion at the 8th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff on July 10, 2015 in Wellsville, MO, scoring 693.1200 in a field of 31 teams. SMOKE THIS BBQ MO took Reserve Grand Champion with 692.5372. Category winners: Chicken — UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC (178.2972); Pork Ribs — THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE (176.5944); Pork — BRICKHEAD BBQ (176.5600); Brisket — SMOKE THIS BBQ MO (178.2972).
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 89% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5828 points — closer than 89% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE came in rated below the field's top team, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 4–5: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ and SMOKE THIS BBQ MO tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE and UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC and SMOKE THIS BBQ MO tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 9th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 168.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5944 | 173.1544 | 169.1084 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 171.4172 | 170.2628 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 173.1200 | 169.6800 |
31 entries · top 693.1200 · median 661.6224
31 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.6800
31 entries · top 176.5944 · median 163.9884
31 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.2628
31 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.6800