2016-07-01 – 2016-07-02 · Leburn, KY · 📍 Knott County Sportsplex
Grand Champion: K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ (687.9884) · 15 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SOUTH PORK
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, 2016 to 2020 — 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100
K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, South Pork, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 14th tracked contest.
Wider than 91% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 11.9196 points — a wider margin than 91% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 8–9: Pappy Q and THE BLUE BLOODS tied on 162.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: THE BLUE BLOODS and K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM edged SMOKIN' F BBQ by 0.0112.
K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 4th.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-01 ← this one | Leburn, KY | Knott County Sportsplex | 15 | 687.9884 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | SOUTH PORK |
| 2017-07-28 | Leburn, KY | Knott County Sportsplex | 13 | 690.2284 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW |
| 2018-07-27 | Leburn, KY | Knott County Sportsplex | 13 | 685.0168 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | SMOKE ON THIS |
| 2019-07-26 | Leburn, KY | Knott County Sportsplex | 25 | 698.8000 | CONTINENTAL BARBECUE CO. | SMOKE ON THIS |
| 2020-07-24 | Leburn, KY | Knott County Sportsplex | 30 | 691.4400 | Thunder Hog BBQ | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 165.7256 | 162.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1772 | 168.0228 | 161.6916 |
| Pork | 173.7600 | 166.2856 | 160.5256 |
| Brisket | 170.8800 | 165.1772 | 161.0856 |
15 entries · top 687.9884 · median 651.9200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 2 | SOUTH PORK | |
| 3 | EAST TENNESSE Q CREW | |
| 4 | HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS | |
| 5 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' F BBQ | |
| 7 | NOAH'S BARK | |
| 8 | MEAT MISTERS | |
| 9 | Pappy Q | |
| 10 | SWEET SAUCE BBQ | |
| 11 | PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM | |
| 12 | THE PIG'S BLANKET | |
| 13 | ELKHAWG SMOKERS | |
| 14 | BBQ 911 | |
| 15 | Lafferty Backyard BBQ |
15 entries · top 177.1428 · median 162.8456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 2 | EAST TENNESSE Q CREW | |
| 3 | SOUTH PORK | |
| 4 | HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS | |
| 5 | PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' F BBQ | |
| 7 | THE PIG'S BLANKET | |
| 8 | Pappy Q | |
| 9 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 10 | MEAT MISTERS | |
| 11 | ELKHAWG SMOKERS | |
| 12 | SWEET SAUCE BBQ | |
| 13 | NOAH'S BARK | |
| 14 | Lafferty Backyard BBQ | |
| 15 | BBQ 911 |
15 entries · top 173.1772 · median 162.8456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 2 | PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | MEAT MISTERS | |
| 4 | HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS | |
| 5 | NOAH'S BARK | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' F BBQ | |
| 7 | SWEET SAUCE BBQ | |
| 8 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 9 | EAST TENNESSE Q CREW | |
| 10 | SOUTH PORK | |
| 11 | Pappy Q | |
| 12 | THE PIG'S BLANKET | |
| 13 | BBQ 911 | |
| 14 | ELKHAWG SMOKERS | |
| 15 | Lafferty Backyard BBQ |
15 entries · top 173.7600 · median 164.0000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOUTH PORK | |
| 2 | NOAH'S BARK | |
| 3 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 4 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 5 | SWEET SAUCE BBQ | |
| 6 | HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS | |
| 7 | SMOKIN' F BBQ | |
| 8 | EAST TENNESSE Q CREW | |
| 9 | ELKHAWG SMOKERS | |
| 10 | MEAT MISTERS | |
| 11 | PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM | |
| 12 | Pappy Q | |
| 13 | THE PIG'S BLANKET | |
| 14 | BBQ 911 | |
| 15 | Lafferty Backyard BBQ |
14 entries · top 170.8800 · median 164.2856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | EAST TENNESSE Q CREW | |
| 2 | SOUTH PORK | |
| 3 | Pappy Q | |
| 4 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 5 | HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS | |
| 6 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 7 | ELKHAWG SMOKERS | |
| 8 | THE PIG'S BLANKET | |
| 9 | SMOKIN' F BBQ | |
| 10 | NOAH'S BARK | |
| 11 | MEAT MISTERS | |
| 12 | SWEET SAUCE BBQ | |
| 13 | PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM | |
| 14 | BBQ 911 |