Jul 22–23, 2016 · Peoria, IL
YELLOW RIVER BBQ won Grand Champion at the Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown) on July 22, 2016 in Peoria, IL, scoring 694.2056 in a field of 37 teams. JUGS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 685.6684. Category winners: Chicken — YELLOW RIVER BBQ (177.7028); Pork Ribs — CHANNABILLY BBQ (176.5600); Pork — CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE (177.1428); Brisket — YELLOW RIVER BBQ (176.5600).
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Chicken places 8–9: QUAU and GREEN EGGS AND PIGS tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: OUI OUI OUI BBQ and Whitey's BBQ tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: YELLOW RIVER BBQ and IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
YELLOW RIVER BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
YELLOW RIVER BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 8th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 169.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 169.7028 | 166.9144 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 170.2856 | 168.5256 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 170.2628 |
37 entries · top 694.2056 · median 656.0344
37 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.5372
37 entries · top 176.5600 · median 163.3944
37 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.1200
36 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.8284
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.
9 entries · top 174.2856 · median 160.5260