Aug 19–20, 2016 · Madison, IN · 📍 Broadway St.
EAT MOR BUTT BBQ won Grand Champion at the Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval on August 19, 2016 in Madison, IN at Broadway St., scoring 697.0740 in a field of 63 teams. FOWL BUTT BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 697.0628. Category winners: Chicken — UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — THE FLYING BURRITOS (176.5600); Pork — SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS (180.0000); Brisket — FOWL BUTT BBQ (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.
Closer than 99% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0112 points — closer than 99% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100
EAT MOR BUTT BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, YELLOW RIVER BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
EAT MOR BUTT BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was EAT MOR BUTT BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 35th tracked contest.
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 2.8684 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 5–6: BARK BROTHERS BBQ and GREY STREET BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: BOILER Q'ERS and VELVET SMOKE tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ and SMITTY'S REAL PIT BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Bigger than 93% of the 5,469 contests in the data
63 teams — bigger than 93% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 175.4172 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 174.8572 | 173.7028 |
| Pork | 180 | 174.2628 | 173.1084 |
| Brisket | 180 | 176.5716 | 174.2972 |
63 entries · top 697.0740 · median 664.9712
63 entries · top 180 · median 167.3828 · 🔥 perfect 180
63 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.2400
63 entries · top 180 · median 165.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
63 entries · top 180 · median 163.9428 · 🔥 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 174.8688 · median 165.1200
22 entries · top 180 · median 175.1256 · 🔥 perfect 180