Aug 19–21, 2016 · Long Beach, CA · 📍 Rainbow Lagoon Park
BIG POPPA SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the 4th Annual Best BBQ In Town Long Beach BBQ Festival on August 19, 2016 in Long Beach, CA at Rainbow Lagoon Park, scoring 703.9544 in a field of 18 teams. BURNIN AND LOOTIN took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.2172. Category winners: Chicken — RIV'S BBQ (178.8800); Pork Ribs — NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q (175.4400); Pork — BIG POPPA SMOKERS (176.5600); Brisket — COOL GRILLING (179.4400).
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.
Pork places 2–3: SMOKIN' MONEY and HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: SMOKIN' MONEY and TEAM WOODSHED tied on 166.2400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q edged COOL GRILLING by 0.0112.
BIG POPPA SMOKERS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 4th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 172.5828 | 165.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4400 | 172.0228 | 163.3944 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 172.5600 | 167.4172 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 168.5600 | 158.8572 |
18 entries · top 703.9544 · median 662.2058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 2 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 3 | COOL GRILLING | |
| 4 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 5 | RIV'S BBQ | |
| 6 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 7 | SMOKIN' MONEY | |
| 8 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 9 | TEAM WOODSHED | |
| 10 | Racer's BBQ | |
| 11 | RONI'S RIBS | |
| 12 | Wowo's BBQ | |
| 13 | ONE SMOKE OVER THE SWINE | |
| 14 | BBQ SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 15 | BLUES ROCK BBQ | |
| 16 | Hawaiin Dancing Grill BBQ | |
| 17 | Red Sticks Cajuns | |
| 18 | Robert Earl's BBQ |
17 entries · top 178.8800 · median 165.7256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RIV'S BBQ | |
| 2 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 3 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 4 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 5 | COOL GRILLING | |
| 6 | TEAM WOODSHED | |
| 7 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 8 | RONI'S RIBS | |
| 9 | Racer's BBQ | |
| 10 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 11 | Hawaiin Dancing Grill BBQ | |
| 12 | ONE SMOKE OVER THE SWINE | |
| 13 | SMOKIN' MONEY | |
| 14 | Wowo's BBQ | |
| 15 | BBQ SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 16 | BLUES ROCK BBQ | |
| 17 | Red Sticks Cajuns |
18 entries · top 175.4400 · median 165.1258
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 2 | COOL GRILLING | |
| 3 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 4 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 5 | Wowo's BBQ | |
| 6 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN' MONEY | |
| 8 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 9 | RIV'S BBQ | |
| 10 | TEAM WOODSHED | |
| 11 | Racer's BBQ | |
| 12 | RONI'S RIBS | |
| 13 | BLUES ROCK BBQ | |
| 14 | Robert Earl's BBQ | |
| 15 | ONE SMOKE OVER THE SWINE | |
| 16 | Red Sticks Cajuns | |
| 17 | BBQ SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 18 | Hawaiin Dancing Grill BBQ |
18 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' MONEY | |
| 3 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 4 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 5 | RIV'S BBQ | |
| 6 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 7 | TEAM WOODSHED | |
| 8 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 9 | COOL GRILLING | |
| 10 | Racer's BBQ | |
| 11 | BBQ SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 12 | BLUES ROCK BBQ | |
| 13 | RONI'S RIBS | |
| 14 | ONE SMOKE OVER THE SWINE | |
| 15 | Robert Earl's BBQ | |
| 16 | Hawaiin Dancing Grill BBQ | |
| 17 | Wowo's BBQ | |
| 18 | Red Sticks Cajuns |
18 entries · top 179.4400 · median 158.8630
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | COOL GRILLING | |
| 2 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 3 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 4 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 5 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' MONEY | |
| 7 | TEAM WOODSHED | |
| 8 | RIV'S BBQ | |
| 9 | RONI'S RIBS | |
| 10 | Racer's BBQ | |
| 11 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 12 | BBQ SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 13 | ONE SMOKE OVER THE SWINE | |
| 14 | Wowo's BBQ | |
| 15 | Robert Earl's BBQ | |
| 16 | Red Sticks Cajuns | |
| 17 | Hawaiin Dancing Grill BBQ | |
| 18 | BLUES ROCK BBQ |
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.
12 entries · top 180 · median 170.5370 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLUES ROCK BBQ | |
| 2 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 3 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 4 | Racer's BBQ | |
| 5 | RIV'S BBQ | |
| 6 | COOL GRILLING | |
| 7 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 8 | SMOKIN' MONEY | |
| 9 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 10 | ONE SMOKE OVER THE SWINE | |
| 11 | Red Sticks Cajuns | |
| 12 | Wowo's BBQ |
6 entries · top 167.9884 · median 162.8342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncle Al's BBQ | |
| 2 | Wowo's BBQ | |
| 3 | MONTANA Q | |
| 4 | Robert Earl's BBQ | |
| 5 | BBQ SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 6 | Tilly Ramsey |