2015-10-16 – 2015-10-17 · Woodstock, VA · 📍 Woodstock, VA 22664
Grand Champion: 4:20 Q (694.8000) · 37 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 CHECKERED FLAG 500 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, 2014 to 2017 — 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.
694.8000 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 679.9544 PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ set in 2014.
Wider than 94% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 13.7144 points — a wider margin than 94% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 3–4: ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ and TASTE OF GRACE tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ and 3 EYZ BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ and Drilling and Grilling tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
4:20 Q won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
4:20 Q took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 9th.
4:20 Q turned in 178.2972 in brisket — past the 174.2628 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ (won 2014).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-17 | Woodstock, VA | Woodstock, VA 22664 | 40 | 679.9544 | PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ | APORKALYPSE NOW |
| 2015-10-16 ← this one | Woodstock, VA | Woodstock, VA 22664 | 37 | 694.8000 | 4:20 Q | CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ |
| 2016-10-14 | Woodstock, VA | 300 Fairground RD | 38 | 687.3600 | 3 EYZ BBQ | Sauce This BBQ |
| 2017-10-13 | Woodstock, VA | 300 Fairground RD | 30 | 678.2400 | ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ | 3 EYZ BBQ |
| 2018-10-12 | Woodstock, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 175.4172 | 168.5256 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2744 | 170.2744 | 167.4172 |
| Pork | 174.2628 | 168.0000 | 165.6800 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 168.5484 | 162.8228 |
37 entries · top 694.8000 · median 638.6624
37 entries · top 177.1428 · median 162.3200
36 entries · top 174.2744 · median 161.9542
37 entries · top 174.2628 · median 158.2400
35 entries · top 178.2972 · median 159.3712