2015-09-11 – 2015-09-12 · Richmond, VA · 📍 Richmond, VA 23228
Grand Champion: CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ (679.9428) · 29 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE
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 85% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.0968 points — closer than 85% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 65 times in 100
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, 3 EYZ BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 6–7: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and 3 EYZ BBQ tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE and OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: FRED VEGAS SMOKERS edged CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ by 0.0116.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 171.4400 | 166.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 171.4516 | 167.4172 | 165.6916 |
| Pork | 174.8572 | 169.6800 | 164.5600 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 167.4400 | 161.6916 |
29 entries · top 679.9428 · median 641.1200
29 entries · top 178.2972 · median 161.7028
29 entries · top 171.4516 · median 158.8344
29 entries · top 174.8572 · median 163.3944
29 entries · top 176.5600 · median 157.1084