2016-06-25 – 2016-06-26 · Absarokee, MT · 📍 Downtown Absarokee
Grand Champion: MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ (701.7144) · 29 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 JO-BAWB'S 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, 2013 to 2022 — 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.
701.7144 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 696.5828 LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS set in 2015.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 81 times in 100
MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, PARROTHEAD SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 18th tracked contest.
3 of 9 tracked editions
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has won this contest 3 times across its 9 tracked editions.
Chicken places 3–4: MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ and PHAT JACKS BBQ NE tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS and B-S BBQ OUTLAWS tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS and MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
GRATE EXPECTATIONS turned in 176.5600 in pork ribs — past the 174.8916 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (won 2014).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-06 | Absarokee, MT | Absarokee, MT | 22 | 650.2858 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS |
| 2014-07-05 | Absarokee, MT | Absarokee, MT 59001 | 25 | 694.3316 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | SUNRISE BBQ |
| 2015-07-03 | Absarokee, MT | Absarokee, MT 59001 | 29 | 696.5828 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | JO-BAWB'S BBQ |
| 2016-06-25 ← this one | Absarokee, MT | Downtown Absarokee | 29 | 701.7144 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | JO-BAWB'S BBQ |
| 2017-06-24 | ABSAROKEE, MT | Hwy 78 | 35 | 701.1200 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG |
| 2018-06-23 | Absarokee, MT | Hwy 78 | 26 | 695.9660 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS |
| 2019-06-22 | Absarokee, MT | Hwy 78 | 29 | 699.9196 | Parrothead Smokers | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ |
| 2021-06-11 | Absarokee, MT | Woodard Ave | 27 | 708.5600 | Texas Smoke Whisperer | Bushmaster BBQ |
| 2022-06-10 | Absarokee, MT | Woodard Ave | 27 | 693.6112 | Stoake-D-Fire.com | OWENS BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 175.4288 | 168.5484 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 170.8572 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 174.2972 | 169.1200 |
| Brisket | 177.1544 | 173.1200 | 163.4060 |
29 entries · top 701.7144 · median 642.2400
28 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.6628
29 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.3828
28 entries · top 178.2972 · median 163.3828
28 entries · top 177.1544 · median 161.3828
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.
19 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KHL BBQ | |
| 2 | LONGBOARD BBQ | |
| 3 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN JERKS | |
| 5 | BIG BONE BBQ-MT | |
| 6 | Half Ass BBQ | |
| 7 | HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ | |
| 8 | Luxe | |
| 9 | BEER BELLY BBQ | |
| 10 | Big Yellow House | |
| 11 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 12 | GRATE EXPECTATIONS | |
| 13 | Checkered Flag BBQ | |
| 14 | UP IN SMOKE BBQ | |
| 15 | Malon Labe | |
| 16 | 12 BAR BLUES CUE | |
| 17 | Gallatin Grillers | |
| 18 | UPPER STILLWATER SMOKERS | |
| 19 | Smokin Pipes BBQ |