2016-07-15 – 2016-07-16 · Waterloo, IA · 📍 400 E Park Ave
Grand Champion: LUCKY'S Q (686.2056) · 32 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 IOWA WILD HOGS 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 2019 — 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.
Closer than 92% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5596 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.
LUCKY'S Q won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
3 of 7 tracked editions
LUCKY'S Q has won this contest 3 times across its 7 tracked editions.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.0344 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 8–9: IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ and BIG T'Z Q CRU tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ and SMOKIN BONZ BBQ COMPANY tied on 170.8460 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: WOODWARD BARBEQUE and BIG T'Z Q CRU tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
LUCKY'S Q took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 12th.
Dig In Cookers turned in 179.4400 in chicken — past the 177.1428 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: LUCKY'S Q (won 2015).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-19 | Waterloo, IA | Waterloo, IA | 35 | 690.2284 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | TIPPYCANOE BBQ CREW |
| 2014-07-18 | Waterloo, IA | Waterloo, IA 50703 | 37 | 690.2168 | PIGSKIN BBQ | BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG |
| 2015-07-17 | Waterloo, IA | Waterloo, IA 50702 | 39 | 693.6572 | LUCKY'S Q | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
| 2016-07-15 ← this one | Waterloo, IA | 400 E Park Ave | 32 | 686.2056 | LUCKY'S Q | IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ |
| 2017-07-14 | Waterloo, IA | 400 E Park Ave | 33 | 694.8572 | LUCKY'S Q | KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ |
| 2018-07-20 | Waterloo, IA | 400 E Park Ave | 42 | 704.6288 | WHEN PIGS DIE | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2019-07-19 | Waterloo, IA | 400 E Park | 33 | 696.5600 | Iowa Smokey D's BBQ | LUCKY'S Q |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 172.5484 | 169.7372 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 170.8460 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 176.0228 | 171.9772 | 168.5600 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 172.5828 | 168.0344 |
32 entries · top 686.2056 · median 662.7542
31 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5372
32 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.8228
29 entries · top 176.0228 · median 166.2628
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 162.5314 · 🔥 perfect 180