2015-05-29 – 2015-05-30 · Woodruff, SC · 📍 Woodruff, SC 29388
Grand Champion: POT'S BBQ (689.2000) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 J & B'S BBQ
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, 2015 to 2018 — 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 77% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.2000 points — closer than 77% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
Pot's BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SAUCED! BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
2 of 4 tracked editions
SMOKING BUTT HEADS has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
Chicken places 8–9: HICKORY PRIME and County Line Que tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: County Line Que and V QUE tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ edged TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS by 0.0116.
POT'S BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 6th.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-29 ← this one | Woodruff, SC | Woodruff, SC 29388 | 23 | 689.2000 | POT'S BBQ | J & B'S BBQ |
| 2016-05-20 | Woodruff, SC | 231 East Haynestreet | 20 | 693.6572 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | POT'S BBQ |
| 2017-06-02 | Woodruff, SC | 231 E Hayne St | 44 | 698.2400 | UNDER THE RADAR | CAROLINA SMOKIN JOHN'S BBQ |
| 2018-06-01 | Woodruff, SC | 231 E Hayne St | 34 | 701.0856 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | UNDER THE RADAR |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7372 | 174.2628 | 171.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 168.5372 | 165.1200 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 168.5256 | 165.7828 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 173.1200 | 163.9884 |
23 entries · top 689.2000 · median 661.0516
23 entries · top 177.7372 · median 168.0000
23 entries · top 177.7372 · median 162.8456
23 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.0000
23 entries · top 176.5600 · median 163.4284
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.
7 entries · top 147.9656 · median 138.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WYANDOTTE SMOKE | |
| 2 | County Line Que | |
| 3 | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS | |
| 4 | HICKORY NUT BBQ OF SOUTH CAROLINA | |
| 5 | PIG ON FIRE | |
| 6 | CACAJO | |
| 7 | E.T.'S BBQ |