2015-09-04 – 2015-09-05 · Warrens, WI · 📍 Warrens, WI 54666
Grand Champion: BIG "E" BBQ (684.5256) · 27 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HOGLINE
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 81% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1428 points — closer than 81% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
BIG "E" BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, QUAU, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
BIG "E" BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 1–2: Big Time BBQ Buddies and BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA and BIG "E" BBQ tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: Littles BBQ Co and MYASSIS SMOKIN tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 173.1428 | 170.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 167.4288 | 163.9656 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 172.5484 | 169.1200 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 172.6172 | 169.6916 |
26 entries · top 684.5256 · median 661.9372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 2 | HOGLINE | |
| 3 | BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG | |
| 4 | QUAU | |
| 5 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 6 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | |
| 7 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 8 | GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA | |
| 9 | Wine & Swine | |
| 10 | Croix Valley Sauces | |
| 11 | BIG CITY BBQ | |
| 12 | B.S. Barbaque | |
| 13 | SMOKIN GOPHER | |
| 14 | CASE OF RIBS | |
| 15 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 16 | Big Time BBQ Buddies | |
| 17 | IT'S BBQ TIME | |
| 18 | PIG CITY BBQ | |
| 19 | BIG AL'S GHETTO HOGS | |
| 20 | Littles BBQ Co | |
| 21 | ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK | |
| 22 | Z SMOKE | |
| 23 | BIG BOAR BBQ | |
| 24 | SOUTHSIDE SMOKE | |
| 26 | William Klaetsch | |
| 27 | GRASS ROOTS BBQ |
26 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.5544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Time BBQ Buddies | |
| 2 | BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG | |
| 3 | HOGLINE | |
| 4 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | |
| 5 | GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA | |
| 6 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN GOPHER | |
| 8 | Littles BBQ Co | |
| 9 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 10 | BIG CITY BBQ | |
| 11 | CASE OF RIBS | |
| 12 | ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK | |
| 13 | Croix Valley Sauces | |
| 14 | Wine & Swine | |
| 15 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 16 | PIG CITY BBQ | |
| 17 | QUAU | |
| 18 | IT'S BBQ TIME | |
| 19 | B.S. Barbaque | |
| 20 | BIG AL'S GHETTO HOGS | |
| 21 | SOUTHSIDE SMOKE | |
| 22 | Z SMOKE | |
| 23 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 24 | GRASS ROOTS BBQ | |
| 26 | BIG BOAR BBQ | |
| 27 | William Klaetsch |
26 entries · top 174.8572 · median 162.5200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOGLINE | |
| 2 | QUAU | |
| 3 | BIG AL'S GHETTO HOGS | |
| 4 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | |
| 5 | CASE OF RIBS | |
| 6 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 7 | B.S. Barbaque | |
| 8 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 9 | BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG | |
| 10 | Croix Valley Sauces | |
| 12 | SMOKIN GOPHER | |
| 13 | Big Time BBQ Buddies | |
| 14 | Wine & Swine | |
| 15 | GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA | |
| 16 | BIG BOAR BBQ | |
| 17 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 18 | IT'S BBQ TIME | |
| 19 | SOUTHSIDE SMOKE | |
| 20 | Z SMOKE | |
| 21 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 22 | BIG CITY BBQ | |
| 23 | ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK | |
| 24 | Littles BBQ Co | |
| 25 | PIG CITY BBQ | |
| 26 | William Klaetsch | |
| 27 | GRASS ROOTS BBQ |
26 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.4058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 2 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 3 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 4 | Croix Valley Sauces | |
| 5 | ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK | |
| 6 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 7 | BIG CITY BBQ | |
| 8 | SOUTHSIDE SMOKE | |
| 9 | HOGLINE | |
| 10 | B.S. Barbaque | |
| 11 | CASE OF RIBS | |
| 12 | GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA | |
| 13 | Z SMOKE | |
| 14 | BIG BOAR BBQ | |
| 15 | QUAU | |
| 16 | BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG | |
| 17 | Wine & Swine | |
| 18 | BIG AL'S GHETTO HOGS | |
| 19 | IT'S BBQ TIME | |
| 20 | PIG CITY BBQ | |
| 21 | SMOKIN GOPHER | |
| 22 | Littles BBQ Co | |
| 23 | Big Time BBQ Buddies | |
| 24 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | |
| 25 | William Klaetsch | |
| 27 | GRASS ROOTS BBQ |
26 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.4114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wine & Swine | |
| 2 | QUAU | |
| 3 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 4 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | |
| 5 | BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG | |
| 6 | PIG CITY BBQ | |
| 7 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 8 | BIG CITY BBQ | |
| 9 | B.S. Barbaque | |
| 10 | GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA | |
| 11 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 12 | SMOKIN GOPHER | |
| 13 | IT'S BBQ TIME | |
| 14 | HOGLINE | |
| 15 | Croix Valley Sauces | |
| 16 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 17 | Littles BBQ Co | |
| 18 | CASE OF RIBS | |
| 19 | Big Time BBQ Buddies | |
| 20 | BIG BOAR BBQ | |
| 21 | BIG AL'S GHETTO HOGS | |
| 22 | Z SMOKE | |
| 23 | ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK | |
| 24 | GRASS ROOTS BBQ | |
| 26 | William Klaetsch | |
| 27 | SOUTHSIDE SMOKE |
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.
7 entries · top 180.0000 · median 177.1772 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA | |
| 2 | Big Time BBQ Buddies | |
| 3 | Croix Valley Sauces | |
| 4 | CASE OF RIBS | |
| 5 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | |
| 7 | ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK | |
| 8 | Z SMOKE |
13 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Payton Reese | |
| 2 | Hannah Ward | |
| 3 | Michael Haberman | |
| 4 | Sophia Syed | |
| 5 | Audrey Simpon | |
| 6 | Cody Bond | |
| 7 | Kyle Fagerlind | |
| 8 | Fisher Holter | |
| 9 | Jacob Little | |
| 10 | Jacob Zaves | |
| 11 | Thomas Hanson | |
| 12 | Isabelle Lee | |
| 13 | Drake Holter |