Aug 26–27, 2016 · Washington Island, WI
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ won Grand Champion at the 5th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque on August 26, 2016 in Washington Island, WI, scoring 693.6228 in a field of 42 teams. IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 685.6228. Category winners: Chicken — SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ (177.7028); Pork Ribs — SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ (175.4172); Pork — IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE (175.4056); Brisket — FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ (178.8572).
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.
Chicken places 4–5: PLASTERED PORK BBQ and CHEFS GONE GRILLIN tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: CHEFS GONE GRILLIN and BIG "E" BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: GETTIN' BASTED and LETTUCE SMOKE tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 7th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 171.4628 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 171.4400 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 175.4056 | 172.5484 | 168.5600 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 173.1084 | 168.5140 |
42 entries · top 693.6228 · median 654.2114
42 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.2628
42 entries · top 175.4172 · median 161.9486
42 entries · top 175.4056 · median 164.5314
42 entries · top 178.8572 · median 161.6570
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.
14 entries · top 180 · median 172.0114 · 🔥 perfect 180