Jun 17–18, 2016 · Frisco, CO
PORKY BUTTS BBQ won Grand Champion at the 23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge on June 17, 2016 in Frisco, CO, scoring 707.9656 in a field of 58 teams. SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.2512. Category winners: Chicken — EVENING WOOD (177.7372); Pork Ribs — SIN CITY SMOKERS (179.4400); Pork — PORKY BUTTS BBQ (176.5600); Brisket — PORKY BUTTS BBQ (180.0000).
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.
PORKY BUTTS BBQ holds the KCBS record for the 180 grand slam — 4 different meats scored perfect in, first in 2015 · 18 contests to complete the set, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
Wider than 86% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.7144 points — a wider margin than 86% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 3–4: LOS NERDS and GETTIN' BASTED tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ and THE CELTIC PIG tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: PORKY'S PIT CREW and SIN CITY SMOKERS tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
PORKY BUTTS BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
PORKY BUTTS BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 5th.
Bigger than 91% of the 5,468 contests in the data
58 teams — bigger than 91% of the 5,468 contests in the data.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7372 | 174.8688 | 172 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 174.8456 | 172.5484 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 175.4172 | 171.4284 |
| Brisket | 180 | 171.4284 | 167.4056 |
58 entries · top 707.9656 · median 653.2914
57 entries · top 177.7372 · median 164.5256
57 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.3944
58 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.5428
57 entries · top 180 · median 160.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
8 entries · top 180 · median 170.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKE N BABES BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ REPUBLIC WEST | |
| 3 | LOST WEEKEND GRILL | |
| 4 | PETA BBQ | |
| 5 | CLARENCE | |
| 6 | Q'TANG CLAN | |
| 7 | 1 2 BBQ | |
| 8 | SIN CITY SMOKERS |
9 entries · top 177.1772 · median 164.5488
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Daddy's Texas BBQ | |
| 2 | PETA BBQ | |
| 3 | CLARENCE | |
| 4 | BIG DADDY'S 2 | |
| 5 | SIN CITY SMOKERS | |
| 6 | 1 2 BBQ | |
| 7 | PETA 2 | |
| 8 | Q' TANG CLAN 2 | |
| 9 | Q'TANG CLAN |