Jul 29–30, 2016 · Summerville, SC · 📍 2150 Beech Hill RD
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC won Grand Champion at the Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluesgrass Festival on July 29, 2016 in Summerville, SC at 2150 Beech Hill RD, scoring 699.3828 in a field of 22 teams. ELITE BBQ SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 691.4288. Category winners: Chicken — RAZORBACK BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — ELITE BBQ SMOKERS (177.7028); Pork — ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ (176.5600); Brisket — REDNECK SCIENTIFIC (180.0000).
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 4–5: YES, DEAR BBQ and PIONEER SMOKERS tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: RAZORBACK BBQ and ALVERON SMOKERS tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: POTBELLY COOKERS edged MIDNIGHT BURN by 0.0112.
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 175.4056 | 172.5484 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 172.5716 | 169.7144 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 171.9772 | 170.2628 |
| Brisket | 180 | 173.1200 | 170.3088 |
22 entries · top 699.3828 · median 676.4916
22 entries · top 180 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
22 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.8342
22 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.1086
22 entries · top 180 · median 167.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180