2015-09-18 – 2015-09-19 · Salisbury, NC · 📍 Salisbury, NC 28146
Grand Champion: SMOKE THIS (697.6572) · 59 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 CHECKERED PIG
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 2019 — 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 76% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6572 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
SMOKE THIS came in rated below the field's top team, CHECKERED PIG, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SMOKE THIS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Pork Ribs places 5–6: SMOKIN SKULLIES and BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: REDNECK SCIENTIFIC and SMOKIN JOE'S BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ and PALMETTO PITMASTERS tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
K & D SMOKERS turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Bigger than 92% of the 5,410 contests in the data
59 teams made this a bigger field than 92% of every contest tracked.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-20 | Salisbury, NC | Salisbury, NC | 72 | 705.7144 | KILLER B'S BBQ | 4:20 Q |
| 2015-09-18 ← this one | Salisbury, NC | Salisbury, NC 28146 | 59 | 697.6572 | SMOKE THIS | CHECKERED PIG |
| 2016-09-16 | Salisbury, NC | Salisbury, NC | 68 | 699.3716 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM |
| 2017-09-15 | Salisbury, NC | 653 Bendix Dr | 63 | 689.6688 | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | NORTH MEETS SOUTH BBQ |
| 2018-09-14 | Salisbury, NC | 653 Bendix Dr | 29 | 691.3944 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | MIDNIGHT BURN |
| 2019-09-20 | Salisbury, NC | 653 Bendix Dr | 56 | 691.9428 | Wolf's Revenge BBQ | K & D SMOKERS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.8572 | 173.1656 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 172.5600 | 171.9772 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 174.2628 | 172.5944 |
| Brisket | 178.3200 | 176.5600 | 172.5944 |
59 entries · top 697.6572 · median 661.0512
59 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2512 · 🔥 perfect 180
59 entries · top 178.8800 · median 163.4288
59 entries · top 177.1428 · median 166.2512
59 entries · top 178.3200 · median 165.1200