Sep 4–5, 2015 · Columbia, MO
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO won Grand Champion at the Q'ing for a Cause on September 4, 2015 in Columbia, MO, scoring 689.6800 in a field of 21 teams. OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.1200. Category winners: Chicken — IN DEEP SAUCE (178.8572); Pork Ribs — BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE (176.5600); Pork — BELLY BROTHERS BBQ TEAM (174.8800); Brisket — SMOKE THIS BBQ MO (177.1428).
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 92% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5600 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO came in rated below the field's top team, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Brisket places 8–9: B-BOYZ BBQ and SPICEWINE IRONWORKS tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: CALLAWAY CREAMATORS edged Hickory Hills BBQ by 0.0116. Pork places 8–9: Hickory Hills BBQ edged FLAMIN YAWNS by 0.0116.
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 16th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 172 | 169.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 174.8800 | 171.9772 | 168.0228 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 173.1200 | 169.1200 |
21 entries · top 689.6800 · median 669.0624
21 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5484
21 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.8800
21 entries · top 174.8800 · median 166.8112
21 entries · top 177.1428 · median 168.5828