Jul 24–25, 2015 · Morton, IL
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI won Grand Champion at the 5th Annual Morton BBQ Throwdown on July 24, 2015 in Morton, IL, scoring 692.5940 in a field of 47 teams. YELLOW RIVER BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 685.1428. Category winners: Chicken — THE SMOKE HUNTERS (174.2972); Pork Ribs — Oui Oui Oui BBQ (176.5600); Pork — HATFIELD AND MCCOY BARBECUE (177.7144); Brisket — QUAU (176.5600).
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.
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Pork places 9–10: QUAU and ALL IN QUE tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: HATFIELD AND MCCOY BARBECUE edged ALL IN QUE by 0.0112. Chicken places 1–2: THE SMOKE HUNTERS edged TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI by 0.0116.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2972 | 171.9884 | 168.5484 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 172.5484 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 172.5600 | 170.2628 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 171.9884 | 169.1428 |
47 entries · top 692.5940 · median 643.3372
47 entries · top 174.2972 · median 160.6172
47 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.0972
47 entries · top 177.7144 · median 162.8228
47 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.1312
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.
9 entries · top 180 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get Sauced | |
| 2 | SAUCED N SMOKED | |
| 3 | M & K BBQ | |
| 4 | All Pork'd Up | |
| 5 | DESIGNATED SMOKIN' AREA | |
| 6 | Papa Sean's BBQ | |
| 7 | Swigging Swines | |
| 8 | Cravin' Dave's | |
| 9 | KCBEER'S SMOKE SHACK |