Sep 9–10, 2016 · Cookeville, TN · 📍 downtown
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUE won Grand Champion at The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff on September 9, 2016 in Cookeville, TN at downtown, scoring 703.3828 in a field of 30 teams. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR took Reserve Grand Champion with 702.8460. Category winners: Chicken — CAMP-BELL BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR (176.5716); Pork — THE UNIVERSITY OF QUE (180.0000); Brisket — CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR (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 93% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5368 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 85 times in 100
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUE came in rated below the field's top team, QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 15-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 2–3: PARADISE QUE and THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N and THE UNIVERSITY OF QUE tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: THE UNIVERSITY OF QUE and SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double.
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUE took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 14th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 174.8572 | 172.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 174.8572 | 173.1084 |
| Pork | 180 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 180 | 176.5944 | 174.2628 |
30 entries · top 703.3828 · median 677.3372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE UNIVERSITY OF QUE | |
| 2 | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR | |
| 3 | SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS | |
| 4 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 5 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 6 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 7 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 8 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 9 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 10 | CAMP-BELL BBQ | |
| 11 | LATE NIGHT WHISKEY SMOKERS | |
| 12 | KNOXVEGAS BBQ | |
| 13 | Q SMOKE | |
| 14 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | |
| 15 | RUB WON OUT | |
| 16 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 17 | SMOKIN NC | |
| 18 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 19 | LAST SMOKER STANDING | |
| 20 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 21 | BUTTRUB.COM | |
| 22 | BIG ORANGE SMOKERS | |
| 23 | Pig Time BBQ | |
| 24 | TEAM ALLEGRO | |
| 25 | BAR-B-Q 101 | |
| 26 | CRITTER COOKER'S | |
| 27 | SNORING HOGS BBQ | |
| 28 | RT QUE KUSINE | |
| 29 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 30 | SMOKIN IN THE COUNTRY |
30 entries · top 180 · median 169.1028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAMP-BELL BBQ | |
| 2 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 3 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 4 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 5 | SMOKIN NC | |
| 6 | Q SMOKE | |
| 7 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 8 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 9 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | |
| 10 | RUB WON OUT | |
| 11 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 12 | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR | |
| 13 | KNOXVEGAS BBQ | |
| 14 | THE UNIVERSITY OF QUE | |
| 15 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 16 | Pig Time BBQ | |
| 17 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 18 | SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS | |
| 19 | LAST SMOKER STANDING | |
| 20 | SNORING HOGS BBQ | |
| 21 | LATE NIGHT WHISKEY SMOKERS | |
| 22 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 23 | BAR-B-Q 101 | |
| 24 | CRITTER COOKER'S | |
| 25 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 26 | BUTTRUB.COM | |
| 27 | SMOKIN IN THE COUNTRY | |
| 28 | BIG ORANGE SMOKERS | |
| 29 | RT QUE KUSINE | |
| 30 | TEAM ALLEGRO |
30 entries · top 176.5716 · median 170.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR | |
| 2 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 3 | THE UNIVERSITY OF QUE | |
| 4 | SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS | |
| 5 | LATE NIGHT WHISKEY SMOKERS | |
| 6 | RUB WON OUT | |
| 7 | CRITTER COOKER'S | |
| 8 | RT QUE KUSINE | |
| 9 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 10 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 11 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 12 | BAR-B-Q 101 | |
| 13 | TEAM ALLEGRO | |
| 14 | KNOXVEGAS BBQ | |
| 15 | BIG ORANGE SMOKERS | |
| 16 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 17 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 18 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 19 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 20 | SMOKIN NC | |
| 21 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | |
| 22 | BUTTRUB.COM | |
| 23 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 24 | LAST SMOKER STANDING | |
| 25 | SMOKIN IN THE COUNTRY | |
| 26 | SNORING HOGS BBQ | |
| 27 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 28 | Pig Time BBQ | |
| 29 | Q SMOKE | |
| 30 | CAMP-BELL BBQ |
30 entries · top 180 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE UNIVERSITY OF QUE | |
| 2 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 3 | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR | |
| 4 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 5 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 6 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 7 | SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS | |
| 8 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 9 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 10 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 11 | CAMP-BELL BBQ | |
| 12 | BUTTRUB.COM | |
| 13 | TEAM ALLEGRO | |
| 14 | Q SMOKE | |
| 15 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 16 | CRITTER COOKER'S | |
| 17 | KNOXVEGAS BBQ | |
| 18 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | |
| 19 | SNORING HOGS BBQ | |
| 20 | LATE NIGHT WHISKEY SMOKERS | |
| 21 | BIG ORANGE SMOKERS | |
| 22 | Pig Time BBQ | |
| 23 | BAR-B-Q 101 | |
| 24 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 25 | RUB WON OUT | |
| 26 | LAST SMOKER STANDING | |
| 27 | SMOKIN IN THE COUNTRY | |
| 28 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 29 | RT QUE KUSINE | |
| 30 | SMOKIN NC |
30 entries · top 180 · median 169.1028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR | |
| 2 | SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS | |
| 3 | Q SMOKE | |
| 4 | THE UNIVERSITY OF QUE | |
| 5 | CAMP-BELL BBQ | |
| 6 | LAST SMOKER STANDING | |
| 7 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 8 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 9 | LATE NIGHT WHISKEY SMOKERS | |
| 10 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 11 | Pig Time BBQ | |
| 12 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 13 | KNOXVEGAS BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKIN NC | |
| 15 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | |
| 16 | BIG ORANGE SMOKERS | |
| 17 | RUB WON OUT | |
| 18 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 19 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 20 | TEAM ALLEGRO | |
| 21 | BUTTRUB.COM | |
| 22 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 23 | SNORING HOGS BBQ | |
| 24 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 25 | RT QUE KUSINE | |
| 26 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 27 | SMOKIN IN THE COUNTRY | |
| 28 | BAR-B-Q 101 | |
| 29 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 30 | CRITTER COOKER'S |
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.
11 entries · top 180 · median 176.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
28 entries · top 175.4400 · median 165.7256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 2 | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOAR | |
| 3 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 4 | RT QUE KUSINE | |
| 5 | SMOKE ON THIS | |
| 6 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 7 | LATE NIGHT WHISKEY SMOKERS | |
| 8 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 9 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 10 | THE UNIVERSITY OF QUE | |
| 11 | SMOKIN IN THE COUNTRY | |
| 12 | Q SMOKE | |
| 13 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 14 | BAR-B-Q 101 | |
| 15 | SNORING HOGS BBQ | |
| 16 | HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS | |
| 17 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 18 | CAMP-BELL BBQ | |
| 19 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | |
| 20 | SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS | |
| 21 | BIG ORANGE SMOKERS | |
| 22 | KNOXVEGAS BBQ | |
| 23 | Pig Time BBQ | |
| 24 | LAST SMOKER STANDING | |
| 25 | UNCULTURED SWINE | |
| 26 | SMOKIN NC | |
| 27 | BUTTRUB.COM | |
| 28 | CRITTER COOKER'S |