2015-09-05 – 2015-09-06 · Hartford, CT · 📍 Hartford, CT 06106
Grand Champion: SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ (685.7256) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MEAT @ SLIMS
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100
SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Pork places 9–10: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA and FIREHOUSE SMOKER tied on 165.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ edged DIVA Q by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 2–3: FIREHOUSE SMOKER edged SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA by 0.0228.
SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 6th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0000 | 172.5716 | 161.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 168.5484 | 161.1316 |
| Pork | 172.5828 | 169.6800 | 165.1200 |
| Brisket | 175.4056 | 165.6912 | 154.2400 |
17 entries · top 685.7256 · median 644.4460
17 entries · top 176.0000 · median 163.4400
17 entries · top 178.8800 · median 162.8344
17 entries · top 172.5828 · median 165.1200
17 entries · top 175.4056 · median 157.1316