2016-06-25 – 2016-06-26 · Waterbury, VT · 📍 Farr's Field, Rte.2
Grand Champion: INSANE SWINE BBQ (694.8344) · 40 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BLAZIN' BUTTZ 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, 2015 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.
694.8344 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 690.2400 CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ set in 2015.
Wider than 93% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 13.1540 points — a wider margin than 93% of championships in the data.
Pork places 5–6: THE BASIC BBQ TEAM and Rogue Hog BBQ tied on 171.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: SMOKIN ACES edged SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA by 0.0116. Chicken places 8–9: BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ edged SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS by 0.0228.
INSANE SWINE BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 6th.
CIDER BOYS BBQ turned in 176.0116 in pork ribs — past the 174.8572 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ (won 2015).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-27 | Waterbury, VT | Waterbury, VT 05676 | 23 | 690.2400 | CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ | SMOKIN' BARRELS BBQ - VT |
| 2016-06-25 ← this one | Waterbury, VT | Farr's Field, Rte.2 | 40 | 694.8344 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ |
| 2017-09-09 | Randolph, VT | Abel Mountain Campground, 354 Mobile Acres Rd | 32 | 685.7144 | FIRE DOWN BELOW | A MAZIE Q |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0000 | 172.0228 | 169.6684 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0116 | 171.9884 | 167.3828 |
| Pork | 174.8572 | 171.4400 | 168.5484 |
| Brisket | 175.4400 | 170.8228 | 166.8572 |
40 entries · top 694.8344 · median 648.7770
40 entries · top 176.0000 · median 165.4114
40 entries · top 176.0116 · median 161.7258
40 entries · top 174.8572 · median 163.3942
40 entries · top 175.4400 · median 163.0970
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.
11 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.8684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIG PEN BBQ | |
| 2 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 3 | THE BASIC BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | SWEET BREATHE BBQ | |
| 5 | J.R. SMOKEY'S BBQ | |
| 6 | Bare Bones BBQ | |
| 7 | The Pit Fiends | |
| 8 | BOYMEETSGRILL | |
| 9 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN BARRELS BBQ VT | |
| 11 | WHAT THE PORK? |
17 entries · top 173.7144 · median 162.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bare Bones BBQ | |
| 2 | THE BASIC BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | Caja Madera | |
| 4 | BIG HEAD ED BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | UP IN YOUR GRILL | |
| 6 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 7 | SWEET BREATHE BBQ | |
| 8 | The Pit Fiends | |
| 9 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN BARRELS BBQ VT | |
| 11 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 12 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 13 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 14 | SHOOT TO GRILL | |
| 15 | Cape Cod BBQT's | |
| 16 | J.R. SMOKEY'S BBQ | |
| 17 | CHUCK & DAD'S BARBECUE |
16 entries · top 167.4628 · median 155.9486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | J.R. SMOKEY'S BBQ | |
| 2 | SWEET BREATHE BBQ | |
| 3 | THE BASIC BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 5 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 6 | Cape Cod BBQT's | |
| 7 | SMOKIN BARRELS BBQ VT | |
| 8 | 10 Boobs & A Bob | |
| 9 | UP IN YOUR GRILL | |
| 10 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 11 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 12 | SHOOT TO GRILL | |
| 13 | BIG HEAD ED BBQ TEAM | |
| 14 | CHUCK & DAD'S BARBECUE | |
| 15 | The Pit Fiends | |
| 16 | WHAT THE PORK? |
18 entries · top 670.2060 · median 641.6742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 2 | SWEET BREATHE BBQ | |
| 3 | THE BASIC BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | UP IN YOUR GRILL | |
| 5 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 6 | SMOKIN BARRELS BBQ VT | |
| 7 | BIG HEAD ED BBQ TEAM | |
| 8 | The Pit Fiends | |
| 9 | Cape Cod BBQT's | |
| 10 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 11 | CHUCK & DAD'S BARBECUE | |
| 12 | SHOOT TO GRILL | |
| 13 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 14 | J.R. SMOKEY'S BBQ | |
| 15 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 16 | 10 Boobs & A Bob | |
| 17 | Bare Bones BBQ | |
| 18 | Caja Madera |
17 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.0572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 Boobs & A Bob | |
| 2 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 3 | BIG HEAD ED BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | The Pit Fiends | |
| 5 | CHUCK & DAD'S BARBECUE | |
| 6 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 7 | SWEET BREATHE BBQ | |
| 8 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN BARRELS BBQ VT | |
| 10 | Cape Cod BBQT's | |
| 11 | SHOOT TO GRILL | |
| 12 | J.R. SMOKEY'S BBQ | |
| 13 | Bare Bones BBQ | |
| 14 | THE BASIC BBQ TEAM | |
| 15 | UP IN YOUR GRILL | |
| 16 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 17 | WHAT THE PORK? |
17 entries · top 173.7256 · median 163.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 2 | UP IN YOUR GRILL | |
| 3 | 10 Boobs & A Bob | |
| 4 | CHUCK & DAD'S BARBECUE | |
| 5 | SHOOT TO GRILL | |
| 6 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 7 | THE BASIC BBQ TEAM | |
| 8 | SWEET BREATHE BBQ | |
| 9 | Cape Cod BBQT's | |
| 10 | WHAT THE PORK? | |
| 11 | The Pit Fiends | |
| 12 | SMOKIN BARRELS BBQ VT | |
| 13 | Bare Bones BBQ | |
| 14 | UP-2 BBQ | |
| 15 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 16 | BIG HEAD ED BBQ TEAM | |
| 17 | J.R. SMOKEY'S BBQ |