2016-09-03 – 2016-09-04 · Omaha, NE · 📍 455 N10 st Lot D
Grand Champion: DIRT ROAD BBQ (699.3944) · 45 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 JAESTAR BBQ
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 2018 — 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.
699.3944 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 685.1312 JAESTAR BBQ set in 2014.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100
DIRT ROAD BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 95% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 14.2400 points — a wider margin than 95% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 9–10: OVERSIZE LOAD BBQ and SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: JAESTAR BBQ and SUBTLE SMOKE tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ edged JAESTAR BBQ by 0.0116.
DIRT ROAD BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 7th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: JAESTAR BBQ (won 2014).
This contest usually draws about 30 teams
45 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 30.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-30 | Omaha, NE | Omaha, NE 68106 | 29 | 685.1312 | JAESTAR BBQ | FOUR MEN AND A PIG |
| 2015-09-05 | Omaha, NE | Omaha, NE 68106 | 31 | 684.0340 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | PORK PATROL BBQ |
| 2016-09-03 ← this one | Omaha, NE | 455 N10 st Lot D | 45 | 699.3944 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | JAESTAR BBQ |
| 2017-09-02 | Omaha, NE | Century Link Lot D 455 N 10 st | 29 | 692.5600 | SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ | THUMP & STRUM BBQ |
| 2018-09-01 | Omaha, NE | Century Link Lot D 455 N 10 st | 34 | 688.5256 | GETTIN' SAUCED | KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 173.1544 | 171.9772 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1544 | 172.0000 | 168.0000 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 172.5828 | 169.1428 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 176.0344 | 170.8572 |
45 entries · top 699.3944 · median 656.5028
45 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.6684
45 entries · top 173.1544 · median 162.2400
45 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.1316
45 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.6800
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 180.0000 · median 175.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
6 entries · top 176.5716 · median 172.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunter Hoisington | |
| 2 | Thomas Elder | |
| 3 | Duane Thompson | |
| 4 | Brayden Christensen | |
| 5 | Blaire Christensen | |
| 6 | Brad Hecker |
3 entries · top 177.1544 · median 170.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tristen Hoisington | |
| 2 | Shelby Loth | |
| 3 | Brax Hecker |