Apr 10–11, 2015 · Wildomar, CA
LEFT COAST Q won Grand Champion at The Ultimate BBQ Showdown East vs West VI on April 10, 2015 in Wildomar, CA, scoring 706.2972 in a field of 42 teams. Sharpe's Woodshed took Reserve Grand Champion with 700.5944. Category winners: Chicken — MOSSY ROCK BBQ (178.8800); Pork Ribs — SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ (179.4400); Pork — LEFT COAST Q (178.8572); Brisket — LEFT COAST Q (178.8572).
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.
Chicken places 1–2: MOSSY ROCK BBQ and Sharpe's Woodshed tied on 178.8800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: DEAD PIG WALKING and NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: DG FIREHOUSE BBQ and BURNIN AND LOOTIN tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
LEFT COAST Q won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
LEFT COAST Q took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 24th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 175.4400 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 173.7600 | 171.4400 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 173.2000 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 172.5600 | 170.8344 |
42 entries · top 706.2972 · median 668.2572
42 entries · top 178.8800 · median 170.5714
42 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.8628
42 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5428
42 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.9886
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.
18 entries · top 180 · median 171.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180