2016-08-19 – 2016-08-21 · New Paltz, NY · 📍 249 Libertyville
Grand Champion: SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS (683.4516) · 52 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ACK-QUE
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 100% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by -2.2168 points — closer than 100% of every championship in the data.
683.4516 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 670.8452 ACK-QUE set in 2014.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100
SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS came in rated below the field's top team, CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
2 of 8 tracked editions
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
Chicken places 6–7: SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS and SMOKE THIS L.I. tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: REED BOYZ BBQ and BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ tied on 167.4284 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: REED BOYZ BBQ edged CHICKEN CHOKERS by 0.0116.
SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 28th.
DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM turned in 177.1428 in pork — past the 174.2744 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (won 2013), ACK-QUE (won 2014), RED VALLEY BBQ (won 2015).
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-16 | New Paltz, NY | New Paltz, NY | 51 | 670.2168 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 3 EYZ BBQ |
| 2014-08-16 | New Paltz, NY | New Paltz, NY 12561 | 60 | 670.8452 | ACK-QUE | BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ |
| 2015-08-14 | New Paltz, NY | New Paltz, NY 12561 | 57 | 663.9200 | RED VALLEY BBQ | SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS |
| 2016-08-19 ← this one | New Paltz, NY | 249 Libertyville | 52 | 683.4516 | SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS | ACK-QUE |
| 2017-08-18 | New Paltz, NY | 249 Libertyville RD | 59 | 690.8572 | BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ | PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE |
| 2018-08-17 | New Paltz, NY | 249 Libertyville RD | 58 | 697.1200 | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | Rogue Hog BBQ |
| 2019-08-16 | New Paltz, NY | 249 Libertyville RD | 53 | 691.9656 | Smokin' Hoggz BBQ | FIRE DOWN BELOW |
| 2020-08-21 | New Paltz, NY | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 173.1428 | 169.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 172.0000 | 165.6916 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 171.9772 | 169.6800 |
| Brisket | 175.4516 | 168.5372 | 166.8456 |
76 entries · top 685.6684 · median 639.3654
52 entries · top 178.8800 · median 163.9828
52 entries · top 177.7144 · median 160.2344
52 entries · top 177.1428 · median 157.4058
52 entries · top 175.4516 · median 159.1314
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.
24 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.0286
24 entries · top 170.2628 · median 157.4458
7 entries · top 169.7256 · median 162.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Got Pork? Got Milk? | |
| 2 | Holihan's Beer Me" BBQ JR | |
| 3 | Lillibean BBQ | |
| 4 | Little Strugglers | |
| 5 | John John BBQ | |
| 6 | FULL MOON BBQ | |
| 7 | Little Greenwitch Que Co. |
23 entries · top 166.8800 · median 157.1660
24 entries · top 179.4400 · median 161.1428