2015-10-02 – 2015-10-03 · Rome, GA · 📍 Rome, GA 30144
Grand Champion: J & B'S BBQ (698.2172) · 52 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HICKORY PRIME
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100
J & B'S BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, CHECKERED PIG, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
J & B'S BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was J & B'S BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 23rd tracked contest.
Chicken places 4–5: Q-INATOR! and ROAST BEAST BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: STEWBABYS BBQ and SWIGGIN PIG tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Organizer Portal and BUB-BA-Q tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.0000 | 174.8456 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 176.0000 | 172.5600 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 174.8456 | 173.1428 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 177.1428 | 173.7028 |
52 entries · top 698.2172 · median 669.8916
52 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8344
52 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.6916
52 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.2400
52 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.6914