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VA BBQ Championships 2015

Aug 21–22, 2015 · Hampton, VA

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SAUCED! BBQ TEAM
689.1656 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOKE-AHOLICS
687.3944 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOKIN MO'S BBQ
685.1084 · Master Series — Overall

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM won Grand Champion at the VA BBQ Championships on August 21, 2015 in Hampton, VA, scoring 689.1656 in a field of 46 teams. SMOKE-AHOLICS took Reserve Grand Champion with 687.3944. Category winners: Chicken — Slicks Bar-B-Que (176.5716); Pork Ribs — UNCLE TONY'S BBQ (173.7028); Pork — SAUCED! BBQ TEAM (174.8456); Brisket — Sauce This BBQ (178.8800). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2014 edition was won by CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ.

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 176.57
  • Pork Ribs 173.70
  • Pork 174.85
  • Brisket 178.88
129.15 178.88

Entries

46
4 judged meats · 3 ancillary

Top score

689.1656

Winning margin

1.7712
GC over RC

Field average

647.91
590.22689.17
median 647.63 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
2.8568 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

672.4572
590.22689.17
10th place overall

Field spread

98.9484
winner to last place

Most consistent

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM
avg finish 4.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 2.2744 pts — Slicks Bar-B-Que

How hot was the win?

Top 73%
beats 27% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

42%
18 of 43 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.73 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,570
avg power rating going in · stronger than 55% of contests

Top-rated in the field

3 EYZ BBQ
rated 1827 pre-contest

Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: 3 EYZ BBQ and WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Broke Bob's BBQ and 4:20 Q tied on 169.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE edged Slicks Bar-B-Que by 0.0112.

  • Chicken 3–4 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 4–5 · 0.0112
  • Pork Ribs 6–7 · 0.0112

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 9th.

  • Chicken 6th
  • Pork Ribs 3rd
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 9th

A contest record in brisket

178.8800 best brisket ever cooked here

Sauce This BBQ turned in 178.8800 in brisket — past the 174.2628 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

  • old best 174.2628
  • across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ (won 2014).

  • CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ · 2014

Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)

Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)

Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)

Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
Aug 22, 2014 Hampton, VA Hampton, VA 43 689.7488 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
Aug 21, 2015 ← this one Hampton, VA Hampton, VA 46 689.1656 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM SMOKE-AHOLICS

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.5716172.5600169.6800
Pork Ribs173.7028170.8460168.5600
Pork174.8456171.4400169.1316
Brisket178.8800175.4172170.2972

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

46 entries · top 689.1656 · median 647.6344

#TeamScore
1 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 689.1656
2 SMOKE-AHOLICS 687.3944
3 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ 685.1084
4 Sauce This BBQ 684.5828
5 APORKALYPSE NOW 683.9772
6 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 683.9200
7 3 EYZ BBQ 683.3256
8 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 676.4568
9 4:20 Q 672.4916
10 GROG N HOGS 672.4572
11 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE 669.0172
12 SERIAL GRILLER 668.5372
13 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 667.3600
14 412Q 664.5372
15 SLO MOE'S BBQ 663.3828
16 SMOKIN SKULLIES 663.3828
17 Slicks Bar-B-Que 659.8744
18 WALK THE SWINE 658.8800
19 FIRESIDE ALCHEMY 658.2284
20 On a Roll BBQ 657.6804
21 COOL SMOKE 657.6572
22 SUBLIME SMOKE 653.0740
23 SMOKETASTIC BBQ 649.0744
24 LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE 646.1944
25 SMOKIN STORY BBQ 645.5888
26 TOP NOTCH BBQ 643.9312
27 BIG DOG BBQ VA 640.4344
28 TAR RIVER BBQ 639.8972
29 Cooter Jackson's BBQ 636.4800
30 COLONIAL EMBERS 635.2912
31 JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS 635.2344
32 Broke Bob's BBQ 634.2052
33 KIRBBQ 634.1828
34 UNCLE TONY'S BBQ 632.5028
35 BIG O'S LOW N SLOW BBQ 632.4228
36 PIG JAM 627.8516
37 BATTLE STREET BBQ 626.7772
38 FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE 626.1940
39 MEATATARIAN'S 625.6796
40 Blazin Goats BBQ 620.4916
41 Tau's HardWood BBQ 620.4916
42 PoppaDukesBBQ 614.1600
43 Smoke BBQ 599.9656
44 Island BBQ 595.2796
45 Kravin Daves BBQ 590.6168
46 Good News BBQ 590.2172

Chicken

46 entries · top 176.5716 · median 161.4342

#TeamScore
1 Slicks Bar-B-Que 176.5716
2 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ 174.2972
3 3 EYZ BBQ 173.7028
4 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 173.7028
5 4:20 Q 172.5600
6 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 172.0344
7 SMOKIN SKULLIES 172.0116
8 SMOKE-AHOLICS 171.4172
9 Sauce This BBQ 169.7256
10 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 169.6800
11 JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS 168.5600
12 GROG N HOGS 168.5600
13 SERIAL GRILLER 167.9884
14 APORKALYPSE NOW 167.9656
15 BATTLE STREET BBQ 167.4172
16 SLO MOE'S BBQ 167.3944
17 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 165.7028
18 FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE 164.6056
19 412Q 163.3828
20 SMOKETASTIC BBQ 162.8800
21 COLONIAL EMBERS 162.8344
22 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE 162.7884
23 COOL SMOKE 161.7256
24 On a Roll BBQ 161.1428
25 LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE 160
26 TAR RIVER BBQ 159.9772
27 SUBLIME SMOKE 159.3828
28 FIRESIDE ALCHEMY 158.8456
29 BIG DOG BBQ VA 158.8344
30 TOP NOTCH BBQ 158.8340
31 BIG O'S LOW N SLOW BBQ 157.1316
32 Cooter Jackson's BBQ 156.5716
33 SMOKIN STORY BBQ 156.5372
34 MEATATARIAN'S 156.5256
35 UNCLE TONY'S BBQ 154.8572
36 Blazin Goats BBQ 154.8228
37 Tau's HardWood BBQ 153.7256
38 Kravin Daves BBQ 153.6572
39 Smoke BBQ 152.5944
40 Broke Bob's BBQ 151.4284
41 Good News BBQ 150.8456
42 KIRBBQ 150.8112
43 WALK THE SWINE 150.8000
44 PIG JAM 148.5028
45 PoppaDukesBBQ 147.3600
46 Island BBQ 138.2284

Pork Ribs

46 entries · top 173.7028 · median 165.7030

#TeamScore
1 UNCLE TONY'S BBQ 173.7028
2 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ 171.4400
3 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 171.4056
4 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 170.8572
5 Slicks Bar-B-Que 170.8460
6 SUBLIME SMOKE 169.1772
7 On a Roll BBQ 169.1660
8 Broke Bob's BBQ 169.1428
9 4:20 Q 169.1428
10 APORKALYPSE NOW 168.5600
11 SLO MOE'S BBQ 168.0228
12 3 EYZ BBQ 167.9772
13 SMOKE-AHOLICS 167.9772
14 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 166.8572
15 Sauce This BBQ 166.8456
16 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 166.8228
17 412Q 166.2972
18 COOL SMOKE 166.2744
19 GROG N HOGS 166.2516
20 BIG DOG BBQ VA 166.2400
21 PoppaDukesBBQ 165.7372
22 SMOKETASTIC BBQ 165.7144
23 TAR RIVER BBQ 165.7144
24 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE 165.6916
25 KIRBBQ 165.1544
26 WALK THE SWINE 160.6172
27 FIRESIDE ALCHEMY 160.5256
28 SERIAL GRILLER 159.9888
29 LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE 159.9544
30 BIG O'S LOW N SLOW BBQ 158.2284
31 MEATATARIAN'S 156.0344
32 Cooter Jackson's BBQ 156
33 COLONIAL EMBERS 155.9312
34 Blazin Goats BBQ 155.4172
35 SMOKIN SKULLIES 154.8456
36 TOP NOTCH BBQ 154.2744
37 Tau's HardWood BBQ 153.1316
38 SMOKIN STORY BBQ 153.1088
39 Island BBQ 152.5140
40 JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS 151.9316
41 PIG JAM 143.9544
42 BATTLE STREET BBQ 143.9428
43 FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE 143.3828
44 Smoke BBQ 142.8456
45 Kravin Daves BBQ 134.7656
46 Good News BBQ 129.1544

Pork

46 entries · top 174.8456 · median 164.8400

#TeamScore
1 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 174.8456
2 SMOKIN SKULLIES 173.7028
3 APORKALYPSE NOW 172.0344
4 3 EYZ BBQ 171.9656
5 BATTLE STREET BBQ 171.4400
6 WALK THE SWINE 170.8800
7 SMOKE-AHOLICS 170.8456
8 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ 170.8228
9 SLO MOE'S BBQ 169.7028
10 Sauce This BBQ 169.1316
11 COOL SMOKE 168.5600
12 FIRESIDE ALCHEMY 168.5600
13 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 167.9772
14 PIG JAM 167.9772
15 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE 167.9772
16 GROG N HOGS 167.9656
17 4:20 Q 167.9656
18 SMOKIN STORY BBQ 167.9656
19 412Q 167.4400
20 On a Roll BBQ 166.8228
21 SUBLIME SMOKE 166.2628
22 SERIAL GRILLER 165.1200
23 LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE 165.1200
24 TOP NOTCH BBQ 164.5600
25 KIRBBQ 164.5600
26 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 164.5256
27 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 162.8228
28 BIG DOG BBQ VA 162.2856
29 TAR RIVER BBQ 161.7028
30 MEATATARIAN'S 161.6912
31 Cooter Jackson's BBQ 160.5256
32 SMOKETASTIC BBQ 160.5028
33 BIG O'S LOW N SLOW BBQ 159.9428
34 FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE 159.4056
35 JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS 158.8228
36 Smoke BBQ 157.7028
37 Slicks Bar-B-Que 157.6684
38 Good News BBQ 157.6684
39 COLONIAL EMBERS 157.1200
40 Island BBQ 155.4172
41 Broke Bob's BBQ 155.4056
42 PoppaDukesBBQ 155.4056
43 Blazin Goats BBQ 154.2628
44 Tau's HardWood BBQ 154.2172
45 Kravin Daves BBQ 153.7028
46 UNCLE TONY'S BBQ 153.7028

Brisket

46 entries · top 178.8800 · median 160.8230

#TeamScore
1 Sauce This BBQ 178.8800
2 SMOKE-AHOLICS 177.1544
3 WALK THE SWINE 176.5828
4 SERIAL GRILLER 175.4400
5 APORKALYPSE NOW 175.4172
6 OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 175.4056
7 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ 173.1084
8 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE 172.5600
9 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 170.8800
10 FIRESIDE ALCHEMY 170.2972
11 CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 170.2744
12 3 EYZ BBQ 169.6800
13 GROG N HOGS 169.6800
14 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ 168.5484
15 SMOKIN STORY BBQ 167.9772
16 412Q 167.4172
17 PIG JAM 167.4172
18 TOP NOTCH BBQ 166.2628
19 Cooter Jackson's BBQ 163.3828
20 4:20 Q 162.8232
21 SMOKIN SKULLIES 162.8228
22 LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE 161.1200
23 COOL SMOKE 161.0972
24 On a Roll BBQ 160.5488
25 SMOKETASTIC BBQ 159.9772
26 Tau's HardWood BBQ 159.4172
27 COLONIAL EMBERS 159.4056
28 FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE 158.8000
29 SLO MOE'S BBQ 158.2628
30 SUBLIME SMOKE 158.2512
31 Broke Bob's BBQ 158.2284
32 BIG O'S LOW N SLOW BBQ 157.1200
33 Blazin Goats BBQ 155.9888
34 JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS 155.9200
35 Slicks Bar-B-Que 154.7884
36 KIRBBQ 153.6572
37 BIG DOG BBQ VA 153.0744
38 Good News BBQ 152.5488
39 TAR RIVER BBQ 152.5028
40 MEATATARIAN'S 151.4284
41 UNCLE TONY'S BBQ 150.2400
42 Island BBQ 149.1200
43 Kravin Daves BBQ 148.4912
44 Smoke BBQ 146.8228
45 PoppaDukesBBQ 145.6572
46 BATTLE STREET BBQ 143.9772

Ancillary categories

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.

Master Series — Amateur

31 entries · top 334.3656 · median 303.3940

#TeamScore
1 Perfecta Q 334.3656
2 Trible Smokers 326.2744
3 PORK DAWGS 325.1084
4 Celtic Rage BBQ 322.9028
5 Flying High BBQ 318.8684
6 HICKNECK'S BBQ 318.7884
7 Chock Full of Barbecue 317.6688
8 Two Boy's Grill 315.4288
9 Bearded 'Billies BBQ 312.5372
10 JW BBQ & Wings 310.8116
11 Bickering Barbeque 308.5140
12 Dr. Death BBQ 308
13 Them Damn Yankees 305.1428
14 The Printing Center Barbecue Team 304.5828
15 Bubba-n-Franks Smokehouse 303.4056
16 Short Stack BBQ 303.3940
17 The Grounds Guys Championship BBQ 303.3828
18 Hot Butts BBQ 301.0628
19 XO BBQ 299.3824
20 SAUCED BY NOON 299.3484
21 VM Smoke 295.8740
22 Price Family BBQ 294.8116
23 B & D SWINE BBQ 294.2288
24 Cofields Smoking Grills 293.7144
25 Burg Boyz BBQ 292.4572
26 No Place Like Home BBQ 291.9772
27 CJ's Pitt Stop 289.0056
28 Vintage Barbecue Co 270.8224
29 MO'S PIT "Q 166.8800
30 SLO MOE'S BBQ 150.8340
31 Team BBQ Family 133.1200

Master Series — Amateur Chicken

28 entries · top 167.4628 · median 155.9542

#TeamScore
1 Perfecta Q 167.4628
2 HICKNECK'S BBQ 166.8456
3 PORK DAWGS 166.2972
4 Celtic Rage BBQ 165.1428
5 Chock Full of Barbecue 162.8572
6 Trible Smokers 161.1316
7 Flying High BBQ 160.5828
8 Two Boy's Grill 158.8344
9 Cofields Smoking Grills 157.7372
10 Dr. Death BBQ 157.7256
11 SAUCED BY NOON 157.6800
12 The Printing Center Barbecue Team 156.5828
13 Them Damn Yankees 156.0228
14 Hot Butts BBQ 155.9772
15 CJ's Pitt Stop 155.9312
16 Short Stack BBQ 154.2856
17 Bickering Barbeque 154.2284
18 VM Smoke 154.2284
19 JW BBQ & Wings 153.0972
20 XO BBQ 151.3940
21 Burg Boyz BBQ 150.2628
22 Bearded 'Billies BBQ 149.0972
23 The Grounds Guys Championship BBQ 148.5600
24 B & D SWINE BBQ 147.9544
25 Bubba-n-Franks Smokehouse 145.6684
26 No Place Like Home BBQ 144.5600
27 Price Family BBQ 143.9772
28 Vintage Barbecue Co 141.7140

Master Series — Amateur Ribs

31 entries · top 166.9028 · median 150.8340

#TeamScore
1 Perfecta Q 166.9028
2 MO'S PIT "Q 166.8800
3 Trible Smokers 165.1428
4 Bearded 'Billies BBQ 163.4400
5 PORK DAWGS 158.8112
6 Flying High BBQ 158.2856
7 Celtic Rage BBQ 157.7600
8 Bubba-n-Franks Smokehouse 157.7372
9 JW BBQ & Wings 157.7144
10 Two Boy's Grill 156.5944
11 The Grounds Guys Championship BBQ 154.8228
12 Chock Full of Barbecue 154.8116
13 Bickering Barbeque 154.2856
14 HICKNECK'S BBQ 151.9428
15 Price Family BBQ 150.8344
16 SLO MOE'S BBQ 150.8340
17 Dr. Death BBQ 150.2744
18 Them Damn Yankees 149.1200
19 Short Stack BBQ 149.1084
20 The Printing Center Barbecue Team 148
21 XO BBQ 147.9884
22 No Place Like Home BBQ 147.4172
23 B & D SWINE BBQ 146.2744
24 Hot Butts BBQ 145.0856
25 Burg Boyz BBQ 142.1944
26 SAUCED BY NOON 141.6684
27 VM Smoke 141.6456
28 Cofields Smoking Grills 135.9772
29 Team BBQ Family 133.1200
30 CJ's Pitt Stop 133.0744
31 Vintage Barbecue Co 129.1084

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