2015-08-21 – 2015-08-22 · Hill City, SD · 📍 Hill City, SD 57745
Grand Champion: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (689.6456) · 26 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SPITFIRE
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 2024 — 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.
Closer than 92% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5488 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
4 of 7 tracked editions
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has won this contest 4 times across its 7 tracked editions.
Chicken places 2–3: JO-BAWB'S BBQ and SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ and PARROTHEAD SMOKERS tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: SIN CIRCLE BBQ and LAST CALL HEROES BBQ tied on 169.6684 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BACKDRAFT BBQ turned in 177.7144 in pork ribs — past the 174.8456 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (won 2014).
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-22 | Hill City, SD | Hill City, SD 57745 | 25 | 692.5488 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS |
| 2015-08-21 ← this one | Hill City, SD | Hill City, SD 57745 | 26 | 689.6456 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | SPITFIRE |
| 2016-08-26 | Hill City, SD | Hill City, SD 57745 | 31 | 697.6916 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD |
| 2017-08-25 | Hill City, SD | Elm St | 26 | 691.3712 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ |
| 2018-08-24 | Hill City, SD | Sea Terrace Park | 27 | 704.5256 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | BACKDRAFT BBQ |
| 2019-08-23 | Hill City, SD | Sea Terrace Park | 31 | 699.9544 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ |
| 2024-08-23 | Hill City, SD | Main Street | 29 | 689.0512 | Q Cartel | LaTa-Que |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 171.4056 | 168.0000 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 170.8684 | 168.5600 |
| Pork | 176.0000 | 171.9656 | 169.6684 |
| Brisket | 176.0000 | 171.9656 | 169.6684 |
26 entries · top 689.6456 · median 660.4170
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 2 | SPITFIRE | |
| 3 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 4 | ROOFTOP BBQ | |
| 5 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 6 | CHARQUETERIE | |
| 7 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 8 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 9 | BIG DADDY QUE | |
| 10 | SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS | |
| 11 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 12 | J.R.'S RHODEHOUSE "Q" PITS | |
| 13 | RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY | |
| 14 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 15 | Hog Breath BBQ | |
| 16 | PIT PIGS | |
| 17 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 18 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 19 | Cornfed Cronies | |
| 20 | SMOKIN' HOT CATERING | |
| 21 | SWINESTEIGER | |
| 22 | SMOKIN JERKS | |
| 23 | SMOKE IT UP | |
| 24 | SMOKIN CLAMS BBQ TEAM | |
| 25 | Good, Bad, Ugly | |
| 26 | BEER + BEARDS |
26 entries · top 177.7144 · median 163.6858
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROOFTOP BBQ | |
| 2 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 4 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 5 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 6 | CHARQUETERIE | |
| 7 | Cornfed Cronies | |
| 8 | SPITFIRE | |
| 9 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 10 | J.R.'S RHODEHOUSE "Q" PITS | |
| 11 | BIG DADDY QUE | |
| 12 | Hog Breath BBQ | |
| 13 | RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY | |
| 14 | SMOKE IT UP | |
| 15 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 16 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 17 | SMOKIN JERKS | |
| 18 | SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS | |
| 19 | PIT PIGS | |
| 20 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 21 | SWINESTEIGER | |
| 22 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 23 | SMOKIN CLAMS BBQ TEAM | |
| 24 | SMOKIN' HOT CATERING | |
| 25 | BEER + BEARDS | |
| 26 | Good, Bad, Ugly |
26 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.8972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 2 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 3 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 4 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 5 | SPITFIRE | |
| 6 | BIG DADDY QUE | |
| 7 | ROOFTOP BBQ | |
| 8 | CHARQUETERIE | |
| 9 | RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY | |
| 10 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 11 | J.R.'S RHODEHOUSE "Q" PITS | |
| 12 | SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS | |
| 13 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 14 | PIT PIGS | |
| 15 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 16 | SWINESTEIGER | |
| 17 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 18 | Hog Breath BBQ | |
| 19 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 20 | Cornfed Cronies | |
| 21 | SMOKIN' HOT CATERING | |
| 22 | SMOKE IT UP | |
| 23 | SMOKIN JERKS | |
| 24 | Good, Bad, Ugly | |
| 25 | BEER + BEARDS | |
| 26 | SMOKIN CLAMS BBQ TEAM |
26 entries · top 176.0000 · median 167.1372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SPITFIRE | |
| 2 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 3 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 4 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 5 | BIG DADDY QUE | |
| 6 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 7 | CHARQUETERIE | |
| 8 | SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS | |
| 9 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN' HOT CATERING | |
| 11 | ROOFTOP BBQ | |
| 12 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 13 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 14 | J.R.'S RHODEHOUSE "Q" PITS | |
| 15 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 16 | PIT PIGS | |
| 17 | Hog Breath BBQ | |
| 18 | RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY | |
| 19 | SMOKIN CLAMS BBQ TEAM | |
| 20 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 21 | SMOKE IT UP | |
| 22 | Good, Bad, Ugly | |
| 23 | SMOKIN JERKS | |
| 24 | Cornfed Cronies | |
| 25 | SWINESTEIGER | |
| 26 | BEER + BEARDS |
26 entries · top 176.0000 · median 163.0914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS | |
| 2 | CHARQUETERIE | |
| 3 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 4 | SPITFIRE | |
| 5 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 6 | RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY | |
| 7 | ROOFTOP BBQ | |
| 8 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 9 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 10 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 11 | BIG DADDY QUE | |
| 12 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 13 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 14 | J.R.'S RHODEHOUSE "Q" PITS | |
| 15 | Hog Breath BBQ | |
| 16 | SMOKIN' HOT CATERING | |
| 17 | SWINESTEIGER | |
| 18 | Cornfed Cronies | |
| 19 | PIT PIGS | |
| 20 | SMOKIN JERKS | |
| 21 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 22 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 23 | Good, Bad, Ugly | |
| 24 | SMOKIN CLAMS BBQ TEAM | |
| 25 | SMOKE IT UP | |
| 26 | BEER + BEARDS |