2016-08-26 – 2016-08-27 · Pikeville, TN · 📍 Alan P Deakins Rd
Grand Champion: UNDER THE RADAR (689.0856) · 12 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES
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, 2014 to 2025 — 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.
UNDER THE RADAR won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
4 of 6 tracked editions
UNDER THE RADAR has won this contest 4 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Stronger than 95% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1646 power rating going in — stronger than 95% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 7–8: HICKORY PRIME and Organizer Portal tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: UNDER THE RADAR and DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: SMOKIN' F BBQ edged SMOKE ON THIS by 0.0112.
RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES won Pork, Brisket — a double.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: UNDER THE RADAR (won 2014), SMOKE ON THIS (won 2015).
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-10 | Pikeville, TN | Pikeville, TN 37367 | 11 | 693.6456 | UNDER THE RADAR | SMOKE ON THIS |
| 2015-08-28 | Pikeville, TN | Pikeville, TN 37367 | 26 | 702.2744 | SMOKE ON THIS | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN |
| 2016-08-26 ← this one | Pikeville, TN | Alan P Deakins Rd | 12 | 689.0856 | UNDER THE RADAR | RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES |
| 2017-09-22 | Pikeville, TN | Alan P Deakins Rd | 19 | 706.2400 | UNDER THE RADAR | SMOKE ON THIS |
| 2018-09-21 | Pikeville, TN | Alan P Deakins Rd | 12 | 698.8456 | UNDER THE RADAR | HIGH ON THE HAWG |
| 2025-09-27 | Edmonton, AB | 13204 Rainbow Valley Road | 23 | 694.8916 | Phantom Smoke & BBQ | SMELLAQUE |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 171.9656 | 167.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0228 | 172.0000 | 166.2400 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 169.6684 | 162.2284 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 170.8228 | 165.1200 |
12 entries · top 689.0856 · median 679.6284
12 entries · top 177.7144 · median 171.1200
12 entries · top 176.0228 · median 171.1200
12 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.5256
12 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.4114
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.
6 entries · top 169.7028 · median 167.1084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEE LA Q | |
| 2 | Ole Smokey BBQ | |
| 3 | BUCKEYE BBQ | |
| 4 | QUE'N CREW | |
| 5 | Puck Daddy's Killer Q | |
| 6 | 3 Guys and a Bottle |
6 entries · top 335.9312 · median 325.0856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUCKEYE BBQ | |
| 2 | Puck Daddy's Killer Q | |
| 3 | LEE LA Q | |
| 4 | QUE'N CREW | |
| 5 | 3 Guys and a Bottle | |
| 6 | Ole Smokey BBQ |
6 entries · top 167.9656 · median 158.5314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUCKEYE BBQ | |
| 2 | Puck Daddy's Killer Q | |
| 3 | LEE LA Q | |
| 4 | 3 Guys and a Bottle | |
| 5 | QUE'N CREW | |
| 6 | Ole Smokey BBQ |
9 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180