Aug 5–6, 2016 · Omaha, NE · 📍 7300 Q St
HELPING U BBQ won Grand Champion at the 24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska on August 5, 2016 in Omaha, NE at 7300 Q St, scoring 687.4056 in a field of 70 teams. BOOTYQUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 684.5372. Category winners: Chicken — THUMP & STRUM BBQ (178.8800); Pork Ribs — PORKY BUTTS BBQ (176.5944); Pork — PORKY BUTTS BBQ (176.0000); Brisket — RISE N SWINE (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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 90 times in 100
HELPING U BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, CLARK CREW BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 10-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
HELPING U BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was HELPING U BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 34th tracked contest.
Pork places 2–3: SHIGGIN & GRINNIN and SMOKEAHOLICS tied on 174.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS and TWISTED Q tied on 171.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: CLEVELAND PYTHONS BBQ edged SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ by 0.0112.
PORKY BUTTS BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.
Bigger than 95% of the 5,469 contests in the data
70 teams — bigger than 95% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 174.2744 | 170.8344 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5944 | 172.5484 | 170.8456 |
| Pork | 176 | 174.2744 | 172.0228 |
| Brisket | 180 | 174.2628 | 171.4056 |
70 entries · top 687.4056 · median 652.1770
70 entries · top 178.8800 · median 164.2456
70 entries · top 176.5944 · median 161.3942
70 entries · top 176 · median 163.7086
70 entries · top 180 · median 162.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
22 entries · top 180 · median 168.8342 · 🔥 perfect 180