2015-04-24 – 2015-04-25 · Lexington, NC · 📍 Lexington, NC 27292
Grand Champion: TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL (699.9656) · 60 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN SKULLIES
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.
699.9656 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 682.8566 TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL set in 2013.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL came in rated below the field's top team, Killer B's BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
2 of 3 tracked editions
TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL has won this contest 2 times across its 3 tracked editions.
Chicken places 6–7: 3 EYZ BBQ and THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: HERE PIGGY PIGGY BBQ and Q SMOKE tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Q SMOKE and SMOKIN SKULLIES tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
CHECKERED PIG turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 176.5714 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL (won 2013).
Bigger than 92% of the 5,410 contests in the data
60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-26 | Lexington, NC | Lexington, NC | 71 | 682.8566 | TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL | 3 EYZ BBQ |
| 2015-04-24 ← this one | Lexington, NC | Lexington, NC 27292 | 60 | 699.9656 | TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL | SMOKIN SKULLIES |
| 2019-04-26 | Lexington, NC | uptown Lexington | 43 | 689.6684 | WHO CARES BBQ | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4400 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 172.0000 |
| Pork | 177.1544 | 174.8572 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 171.9772 |
60 entries · top 699.9656 · median 657.6054
60 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.5598 · 🔥 perfect 180
60 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.5544
60 entries · top 177.1544 · median 165.7258
59 entries · top 178.8572 · median 163.3828
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.
5 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.2860
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q SMOKE | |
| 2 | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | CAMMO'S BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN JOE'S BBQ | |
| 5 | RECYCLED SMOKE |
4 entries · top 172.5600 · median 153.4058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE KINGS OF Q | |
| 2 | Big Daddy Wayne | |
| 3 | NED'S CAROLINA BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
| 4 | PIG ON FIRE |