2015-09-05 – 2015-09-06 · Omaha, NE · 📍 Omaha, NE 68106
Grand Champion: TRUE SMOKE BBQ (684.0340) · 31 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PORK PATROL BBQ
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 2017 — 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 77% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.2112 points — closer than 77% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100
TRUE SMOKE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, JAESTAR BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was TRUE SMOKE BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 48th tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 3–4: YOU GONNA LIKE IT and PORK PATROL BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: PARRAQ and ELWOOD BBQ tied on 168.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: ELWOOD BBQ and PHAT JACKS BBQ NE tied on 168.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
TRUE SMOKE BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 17th.
PHAT JACKS BBQ NE turned in 178.2972 in pork — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: JAESTAR BBQ (won 2014).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-30 | Omaha, NE | Omaha, NE 68106 | 29 | 685.1312 | JAESTAR BBQ | FOUR MEN AND A PIG |
| 2015-09-05 ← this one | Omaha, NE | Omaha, NE 68106 | 31 | 684.0340 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | PORK PATROL BBQ |
| 2016-09-03 | Omaha, NE | 455 N10 st Lot D | 45 | 699.3944 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | JAESTAR BBQ |
| 2017-09-02 | Omaha, NE | Century Link Lot D 455 N 10 st | 29 | 692.5600 | SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ | THUMP & STRUM BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 169.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5828 | 168.5600 | 167.3828 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 169.7256 | 167.9656 |
| Brisket | 177.7372 | 170.8112 | 169.1084 |
31 entries · top 684.0340 · median 662.1828
31 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.4400
31 entries · top 176.5828 · median 162.8344
31 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2628
31 entries · top 177.7372 · median 162.2628
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.
14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2742 · 🔥 perfect 180
11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TATTOO BOBS BBQ | |
| 2 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 3 | THE Q CREW | |
| 4 | PARRAQ | |
| 5 | SKUNK RIVER BBQ | |
| 6 | YOU GONNA LIKE IT | |
| 7 | LEEPS BBQ | |
| 8 | SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT | |
| 9 | KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ | |
| 10 | SUBTLE SMOKE | |
| 11 | WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ |
25 entries · top 176.5828 · median 165.7600
9 entries · top 176.5828 · median 172.5716
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE Q CREW | |
| 2 | BABY BACK BBQ | |
| 3 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 4 | PORK PATROL BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ NEBRASKA | |
| 6 | HELPING U BBQ | |
| 7 | KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ | |
| 8 | TATTOO BOBS BBQ | |
| 9 | SKUNK RIVER BBQ |