2015-07-31 – 2015-08-01 · Asheboro, NC · 📍 Asheboro, NC 27203
Grand Champion: THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA (686.2060) · 31 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 CHECKERED PIG
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, 2014 to 2019 — 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 65 times in 100
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA came in rated below the field's top team, CHECKERED PIG, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 46th tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 5–6: SMOKIN SKULLIES and CAROLINA SMOKE tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: CHECKERED PIG edged SMOKIN SKULLIES by 0.0116. Chicken places 6–7: MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ edged CHECKERED PIG by 0.0228.
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.
PICKIN' PORKERS turned in 174.8916 in pork ribs — past the 173.7144 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CHECKERED PIG (won 2014).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-01 | Asheboro, NC | Asheboro, NC 27204 | 32 | 686.8344 | CHECKERED PIG | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA |
| 2015-07-31 ← this one | Asheboro, NC | Asheboro, NC 27203 | 31 | 686.2060 | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | CHECKERED PIG |
| 2016-08-05 | Asheboro, NC | 135 Sunset Ave. Bicentennial Park | 47 | 694.8228 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | SMOKING BUTT HEADS |
| 2017-08-04 | Asheboro, NC | Bicentennial Park,135 Sunset Ave | 46 | 687.9544 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM |
| 2018-08-03 | Asheboro, NC | Bicentennial Park,135 Sunset Ave | 48 | 700.4912 | CONTAGIOUS Q | SMOKE-AHOLICS |
| 2019-08-02 | Asheboro, NC | 135 Sunset Ave, Bicentennial Park | 40 | 690.2288 | Smoke Central BBQ | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 173.1428 | 168.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8916 | 169.7028 | 166.2400 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 171.9656 | 168.5256 |
| Brisket | 175.4288 | 173.7028 | 169.1200 |
31 entries · top 686.2060 · median 661.0056
31 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.0972
31 entries · top 174.8916 · median 164.5488
31 entries · top 175.4172 · median 166.3200
31 entries · top 175.4288 · median 163.9772