2015-09-11 – 2015-09-12 · Alma, AR · 📍 Alma, AR 72921
Grand Champion: INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE (701.1544) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BUFFALO'S 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, 2013 to 2015 — 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.
701.1544 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 701.1316 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS set in 2013.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100
INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE came in rated below the field's top team, CAVEMAN CUISINE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 42nd tracked contest.
Wider than 92% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 12.0800 points — a wider margin than 92% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 9–10: SUPER SWINE and BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Q-BONES BBQ and The Rack Pack tied on 170.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ and BUTCHER BBQ tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 14th.
INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE turned in 177.7372 in pork ribs — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CAVEMAN CUISINE (won 2014).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-04 | Alma, AR | Alma, AR | 22 | 701.1316 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | FIRE DANCER BBQ |
| 2014-09-12 | Alma, AR | Alma, AR 72921 | 27 | 697.0860 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE |
| 2015-09-11 ← this one | Alma, AR | Alma, AR 72921 | 25 | 701.1544 | INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE | BUFFALO'S BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.0000 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 173.1316 | 169.1200 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 169.7028 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 174.2744 | 169.1544 |
25 entries · top 701.1544 · median 674.7428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE | |
| 2 | BUFFALO'S BBQ | |
| 3 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 4 | HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 5 | HABITUAL SMOKERS | |
| 6 | BUTCHER BBQ | |
| 7 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | |
| 8 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 9 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | |
| 10 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 11 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 12 | BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO | |
| 13 | SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ | |
| 14 | Bonemaker Outdoors | |
| 15 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 16 | The Rack Pack | |
| 17 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 18 | ROYAL SMOKERS | |
| 19 | KICKIN BULL BBQ | |
| 20 | SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY | |
| 21 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 22 | On The Fly | |
| 23 | BURN ONE BBQ | |
| 24 | BACK NINE BBQ | |
| 25 | Big Sexy |
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE | |
| 2 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 3 | HABITUAL SMOKERS | |
| 4 | BUTCHER BBQ | |
| 5 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 6 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 7 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | |
| 8 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | |
| 9 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 10 | BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO | |
| 11 | Bonemaker Outdoors | |
| 12 | ROYAL SMOKERS | |
| 13 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 14 | SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ | |
| 15 | BUFFALO'S BBQ | |
| 16 | SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY | |
| 17 | HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 18 | KICKIN BULL BBQ | |
| 19 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 20 | The Rack Pack | |
| 21 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 22 | BURN ONE BBQ | |
| 23 | Big Sexy | |
| 24 | On The Fly | |
| 25 | BACK NINE BBQ |
25 entries · top 177.7372 · median 166.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE | |
| 2 | HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 3 | BUTCHER BBQ | |
| 4 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 5 | BUFFALO'S BBQ | |
| 6 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | |
| 7 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 8 | The Rack Pack | |
| 9 | Big Sexy | |
| 10 | ROYAL SMOKERS | |
| 11 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 12 | BACK NINE BBQ | |
| 13 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 14 | Bonemaker Outdoors | |
| 15 | BURN ONE BBQ | |
| 16 | SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ | |
| 17 | BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO | |
| 18 | KICKIN BULL BBQ | |
| 19 | HABITUAL SMOKERS | |
| 20 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 21 | On The Fly | |
| 22 | SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY | |
| 23 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 24 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | |
| 25 | RAZORRACKS |
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HABITUAL SMOKERS | |
| 2 | INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE | |
| 3 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 4 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 5 | HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 6 | Bonemaker Outdoors | |
| 7 | BUFFALO'S BBQ | |
| 8 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 9 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | |
| 10 | SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ | |
| 11 | BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO | |
| 12 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 13 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 14 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | |
| 15 | KICKIN BULL BBQ | |
| 16 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 17 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 18 | BACK NINE BBQ | |
| 19 | SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY | |
| 20 | BUTCHER BBQ | |
| 21 | On The Fly | |
| 22 | The Rack Pack | |
| 23 | BURN ONE BBQ | |
| 24 | Big Sexy | |
| 25 | ROYAL SMOKERS |
25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | |
| 2 | The Rack Pack | |
| 3 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 4 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 5 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | |
| 6 | BUFFALO'S BBQ | |
| 7 | BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO | |
| 8 | SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ | |
| 9 | BUTCHER BBQ | |
| 10 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 11 | HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 12 | On The Fly | |
| 13 | HABITUAL SMOKERS | |
| 14 | INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE | |
| 15 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 16 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 17 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 18 | Bonemaker Outdoors | |
| 19 | ROYAL SMOKERS | |
| 20 | SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY | |
| 21 | BURN ONE BBQ | |
| 22 | KICKIN BULL BBQ | |
| 23 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 24 | BACK NINE BBQ | |
| 25 | Big Sexy |