Jul 8–9, 2016 · Petaluma, CA · 📍 175 Fairgrounds Dr
SON OF SMOKE won Grand Champion at the Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival on July 8, 2016 in Petaluma, CA at 175 Fairgrounds Dr, scoring 678.2056 in a field of 38 teams. BIG POPPA SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 676.4800. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKESHOW (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SON OF SMOKE (176.5600); Pork — SMOKESHOW (177.1428); Brisket — BIG POPPA SMOKERS (176.5600). This is the 1st of 3 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2017.
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 2018 — 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 76 times in 100
SON OF SMOKE came in rated below the field's top team, BIG POPPA SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 7–8: Smokey and the Pirate and BIG O & MO BBQ tied on 168.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: SON OF SMOKE and HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: The Smoking J's edged FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. by 0.0116.
SMOKESHOW won Chicken, Pork — a double.
SON OF SMOKE took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 12th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2016 ← this one | Petaluma, CA | 175 Fairgrounds Dr | 38 | 678.2056 | SON OF SMOKE | BIG POPPA SMOKERS |
| Jul 7, 2017 | Petaluma, CA | 175 Fairgrounds Dr, Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds | 50 | 695.8968 | SHARPE GOURMET COOKING WOOD | CYNICAL BBQ |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Petaluma, CA | 175 Fairgrounds Dr, Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds | 38 | 701.1316 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 171.4284 | 165.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 168.5600 | 162.8456 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 169.1200 | 162.8228 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 167.3828 | 162.2972 |
38 entries · top 678.2056 · median 627.6284
38 entries · top 180 · median 158.8112 · 🔥 perfect 180
38 entries · top 176.5600 · median 155.6800
38 entries · top 177.1428 · median 157.9542
38 entries · top 176.5600 · median 153.9600
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.
16 entries · top 176 · median 161.4628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Smoking J's | |
| 2 | PIRATES OF THE PIG | |
| 3 | BelBQ and the 5150's | |
| 4 | CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S | |
| 5 | Doctor Q | |
| 6 | Smokey and the Pirate | |
| 7 | Keith's BBQ Beast | |
| 8 | FLAME THROWER BBQ CO. | |
| 9 | .Ribbin' Ain't Easy | |
| 10 | BIG O & MO BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKESHOW | |
| 12 | NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | |
| 13 | SMOKE N GRILL BBQ | |
| 14 | Pork Belly's BBQ | |
| 15 | RBQ | |
| 16 | BONES SAUCE & HARMONY |