Jun 17–18, 2016 · Hendersonville, TN
SON SEEKERS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour on June 17, 2016 in Hendersonville, TN, scoring 699.9544 in a field of 29 teams. THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW took Reserve Grand Champion with 699.9428. Category winners: Chicken — WILDER-THAN-YOU BAR-B-QUE (179.4400); Pork Ribs — ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN (180.0000); Pork — CHARCOAL COWBOYS (180.0000); Brisket — UNDER THE RADAR (178.8572). This is the 91st of 126 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by CHECKERED FLAG 500 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 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.
Closer than 98% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0116 points — closer than 98% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100
SON SEEKERS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SWIGGIN PIG, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SON SEEKERS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
4 of 126 tracked editions
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has won this contest 4 times across its 126 tracked editions.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 1.7488 points — 3 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 4–5: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and HOBBIE BAR-B-Q tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: HOT COLE'S BBQ and Q-BONES BBQ tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE and SON SEEKERS BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SWIGGIN PIG (won 2014).
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 176.5600 | 174.2744 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 177.1428 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
29 entries · top 699.9544 · median 683.3256
29 entries · top 179.4400 · median 173.1200
29 entries · top 180 · median 171.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
28 entries · top 180 · median 170.2514 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHARCOAL COWBOYS | |
| 2 | WILD BOAR SMOKERS | |
| 3 | OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE | |
| 4 | SON SEEKERS BBQ | |
| 5 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 6 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 7 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 8 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 9 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 10 | HOG & BREW BBQ | |
| 11 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 12 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 13 | Q SMOKE | |
| 14 | Hank's BBQ | |
| 15 | BOOM BOOM QUE | |
| 16 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 17 | FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ | |
| 18 | SWIGGIN PIG | |
| 19 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 20 | SWEET SMOKE BBQ | |
| 21 | SMOKING KNOTHEADS | |
| 22 | BATTLEGROUND BBQ | |
| 23 | BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK | |
| 24 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 25 | WILDER-THAN-YOU BAR-B-QUE | |
| 26 | HOBBIE BAR-B-Q | |
| 27 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 28 | OUTLAWZ BBQ |
29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800