2015-10-02 – 2015-10-03 · Harrisburg, PA · 📍 Harrisburg, PA 17110
Grand Champion: CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ (675.3368) · 57 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MEATWAGON 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, 2013 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 92% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5596 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.3480 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 5–6: BONE TO BARK BBQ and DRILLING & GRILLING tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: HAWG NATION BBQ and LO' -N- SLO' BBQ tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: HOG STREET BULLIES and SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION tied on 169.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ took the title on 1 call from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 22nd.
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ turned in 178.8800 in pork ribs — past the 173.7256 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: FLYING PORKERS (won 2013), PIG PEN BBQ (won 2014).
Bigger than 91% of the 5,410 contests in the data
57 teams made this a bigger field than 91% of every contest tracked.
This contest usually draws about 54 teams
57 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 54.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-04 | Harrisburg, PA | Harrisburg, PA | 55 | 674.8576 | FLYING PORKERS | HAWG NATION BBQ |
| 2014-10-03 | Harrisburg, PA | Harrisburg, PA 17110 | 53 | 678.9144 | PIG PEN BBQ | BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD |
| 2015-10-02 ← this one | Harrisburg, PA | Harrisburg, PA 17110 | 57 | 675.3368 | CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ | MEATWAGON BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.8456 | 171.4056 | 169.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 170.8228 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 171.4056 | 168.5372 |
| Brisket | 175.4056 | 171.9656 | 167.9656 |
57 entries · top 675.3368 · median 646.2976
57 entries · top 174.8456 · median 162.2744
57 entries · top 178.8800 · median 161.0972
57 entries · top 177.7144 · median 162.2400
57 entries · top 175.4056 · median 160.0000
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.
17 entries · top 176.0116 · median 162.8000