May 22–23, 2015 · Westmont, IL
MUD'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the Red, White and BBQ (Day 1) on May 22, 2015 in Westmont, IL, scoring 681.6800 in a field of 41 teams. BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 680.5828. Category winners: Chicken — CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM (178.8572); Pork Ribs — QUAU (176.5944); Pork — FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN RIBS AGO BBQ (175.4056); Brisket — QUAU (175.4400). This is the 3rd of 4 editions of this contest on record; the 2014 edition was won by TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI; the next was held in 2015.
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, 2014 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.
Closer than 84% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.0972 points — closer than 84% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 88 times in 100
MUD'S BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
MUD'S BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was MUD'S BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 12th tracked contest.
Pork places 4–5: THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ and SMOKY LINCS tied on 170.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: A FINE SWINE and IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: iBQ'n edged JH OLD SCHOOL by 0.0112.
QUAU won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double.
CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM turned in 178.8572 in chicken — past the 177.7372 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (won 2014), TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI (won 2014).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2014 | Westmont, IL | Westmont, IL 60559 | 43 | 680 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | MUD'S BBQ |
| May 24, 2014 | Westmont, IL | Westmont, IL 60559 | 72 | 683.4628 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | A FINE SWINE |
| May 22, 2015 ← this one | Westmont, IL | Westmont, IL 60559 | 41 | 681.6800 | MUD'S BBQ | BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ |
| May 23, 2015 | Westmont, IL | Westmont, IL 60559 | 58 | 692.6172 | A FINE SWINE | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 174.8800 | 169.7256 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5944 | 170.8572 | 168 |
| Pork | 175.4056 | 170.2972 | 168 |
| Brisket | 175.4400 | 171.4056 | 165.2000 |
41 entries · top 681.6800 · median 645.0172
41 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.5600
41 entries · top 176.5944 · median 162.2400
41 entries · top 175.4056 · median 163.4056
41 entries · top 175.4400 · median 159.4172