2015-10-09 – 2015-10-10 · Bullhead City, AZ · 📍 Bullhead City, AZ 86426
Grand Champion: TOYS 4 BBQ'N (700.0572) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LOOT N' BOOTY 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.
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 74 times in 100
TOYS 4 BBQ'N came in rated below the field's top team, LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was TOYS 4 BBQ'N's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 19th tracked contest.
Wider than 88% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 10.4460 points — a wider margin than 88% of championships in the data.
Brisket places 6–7: OLD SCHOOL BBQ ARIZONA and SWEET PETE'S BBQ tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: JESSIE RAE'S BBQ edged Out To Smoke Ya by 0.0116. Chicken places 2–3: CHAR WARS COMPETITION BBQ edged TOYS 4 BBQ'N by 0.0228.
TOYS 4 BBQ'N won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
TOYS 4 BBQ'N took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 3rd.
SWEET PETE'S BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ (won 2014).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-10 | Bullhead City, AZ | Bullhead City, AZ 89439 | 21 | 702.2284 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | SIN CITY SMOKERS |
| 2015-10-09 ← this one | Bullhead City, AZ | Bullhead City, AZ 86426 | 20 | 700.0572 | TOYS 4 BBQ'N | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 170.2628 | 165.7600 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 167.9772 | 160.5944 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 169.7144 | 165.1316 |
| Brisket | 173.1428 | 169.6800 | 164.5372 |
20 entries · top 700.0572 · median 649.6000
20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.3142
20 entries · top 179.4400 · median 159.7258
19 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1316 · 🔥 perfect 180
19 entries · top 173.1428 · median 164.5372
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 180.0000 · median 168.6172 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FREAK'S BBQ | |
| 2 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKE N' GRIND | |
| 4 | Trailer Hood BBQ | |
| 5 | AZ BEER BELLY BBQ |
4 entries · top 177.1772 · median 164.3144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKE N' GRIND | |
| 2 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 3 | 1ST AND COAL SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 4 | FREAK'S BBQ |
3 entries · top 172.5484 · median 165.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 2 | PEPPER PAPPY BBQ CO | |
| 3 | SMOKE N' GRIND |