Nov 13–14, 2015 · Mount Pleasant, SC
SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown on November 13, 2015 in Mount Pleasant, SC, scoring 674.7772 in a field of 28 teams. JB'S SMOKESHACK took Reserve Grand Champion with 674.1828. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — PIG ON FIRE (173.7028); Pork — MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB (176.0000); Brisket — YES, DEAR BBQ (176.5600). This is the 3rd of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2014 edition was won by KILLER B'S BBQ; the next was held in 2016.
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 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 88% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5944 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100
Smoke Central BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, MIDNIGHT BURN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 7th tracked contest.
2 of 6 tracked editions
KILLER B'S BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Chicken places 4–5: CARTER-QUE-ING and SMOKIN' GRINGO'S BBQ tied on 170.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: YES, DEAR BBQ and RAZORBACK BBQ tied on 165.0972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: MIDNIGHT BURN and BACK DRAFT BBQ SC tied on 165.0856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 20th.
SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 177.1428 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2013 | Charleston, SC | Charleston, SC | 35 | 691.3716 | KILLER B'S BBQ | BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC |
| Nov 14, 2014 | Charleston, SC | Charleston, SC 29464 | 30 | 695.3944 | KILLER B'S BBQ | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC |
| Nov 13, 2015 ← this one | Mount Pleasant, SC | Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 | 28 | 674.7772 | SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ | JB'S SMOKESHACK |
| Nov 11, 2016 | Mt. Pleasant, SC | 20 Patriots Point RD | 25 | 689.0512 | DIG-IN COOKERS | KILLER B'S BBQ |
| Nov 10, 2017 | Mt. Pleasant, SC | 20 Patriots Point RD | 25 | 690.8116 | FIRE AND SMOKE SHAK | DIG-IN COOKERS |
| Nov 16, 2018 | Mt. Pleasant, SC | 20 Patriots Point RD | 25 | 690.1940 | PIG ON FIRE | ELITE BBQ SMOKERS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 170.2744 | 165.0972 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.7028 | 167.3944 | 163.3828 |
| Pork | 176 | 170.8228 | 167.3944 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 168.5600 | 166.2284 |
28 entries · top 674.7772 · median 648.1030
27 entries · top 180 · median 163.9428 · 🔥 perfect 180
28 entries · top 173.7028 · median 161.3714
28 entries · top 176 · median 160.6000
27 entries · top 176.5600 · median 163.3944
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.
28 entries · top 174.8572 · median 158.5886