2016-09-09 – 2016-09-10 · Vermillion, SD · 📍 Vermillion, SD
Grand Champion: QUETOPIA (694.8344) · 34 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKE ON THE PRAIRIE BBQ - WY
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100
QUETOPIA came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
QUETOPIA won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 5–6: SIN CIRCLE BBQ and SMOKE ON THE PRAIRIE BBQ - WY tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS and CHARCOAL LOUNGERS tied on 168.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: PORK PATROL BBQ edged SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS by 0.0116.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.3200 | 174.2628 | 169.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 172.5944 | 166.8228 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 170.2628 | 168.5484 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 173.1200 | 168.5828 |
34 entries · top 694.8344 · median 652.2058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | QUETOPIA | |
| 2 | SMOKE ON THE PRAIRIE BBQ - WY | |
| 3 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 4 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 5 | PORK PATROL BBQ | |
| 6 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 7 | OVERSIZE LOAD BBQ | |
| 8 | SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS | |
| 9 | Merica BBQ | |
| 10 | TIMBONE BARBECUE | |
| 11 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 12 | SPITFIRE | |
| 13 | EGGSPERT BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | |
| 15 | SPARK BBQ | |
| 16 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD | |
| 17 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 18 | THE WOLF PACK | |
| 19 | DAKOTA BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 20 | BARE BUTTS | |
| 21 | CHARCOAL LOUNGERS | |
| 22 | IOWA BONEHEAD BBQ | |
| 23 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 24 | SHORT CREW BBQ | |
| 25 | THE PIG PIRATES | |
| 26 | ROWDY HOG SMOKIN BBQ | |
| 27 | HAD A FEW... BBQ | |
| 28 | MOTLEY QUE 005 | |
| 29 | Q Friendz | |
| 30 | Smokey Bros BBQ | |
| 31 | Dizzy's Corn Cob Cookin | |
| 32 | Swine 329 | |
| 33 | Rat Rod Smokers | |
| 34 | GETTIN' BASTED |
34 entries · top 178.3200 · median 162.8458
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE PIG PIRATES | |
| 2 | QUETOPIA | |
| 3 | PORK PATROL BBQ | |
| 4 | SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS | |
| 5 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKE ON THE PRAIRIE BBQ - WY | |
| 7 | Merica BBQ | |
| 8 | TIMBONE BARBECUE | |
| 9 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 10 | OVERSIZE LOAD BBQ | |
| 11 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 12 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 13 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 14 | IOWA BONEHEAD BBQ | |
| 15 | SPARK BBQ | |
| 16 | MOTLEY QUE 005 | |
| 17 | DAKOTA BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | |
| 19 | THE WOLF PACK | |
| 20 | HAD A FEW... BBQ | |
| 21 | SHORT CREW BBQ | |
| 22 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 23 | SPITFIRE | |
| 24 | EGGSPERT BBQ | |
| 25 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 26 | Q Friendz | |
| 27 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD | |
| 28 | ROWDY HOG SMOKIN BBQ | |
| 29 | BARE BUTTS | |
| 30 | Swine 329 | |
| 31 | CHARCOAL LOUNGERS | |
| 32 | Dizzy's Corn Cob Cookin | |
| 33 | Smokey Bros BBQ | |
| 34 | Rat Rod Smokers |
34 entries · top 179.4400 · median 162.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 2 | SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | |
| 3 | SMOKE ON THE PRAIRIE BBQ - WY | |
| 4 | OVERSIZE LOAD BBQ | |
| 5 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 6 | TIMBONE BARBECUE | |
| 7 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 8 | QUETOPIA | |
| 9 | PORK PATROL BBQ | |
| 10 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 11 | THE WOLF PACK | |
| 12 | ROWDY HOG SMOKIN BBQ | |
| 13 | Merica BBQ | |
| 14 | BARE BUTTS | |
| 15 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 16 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD | |
| 17 | EGGSPERT BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 19 | SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS | |
| 20 | CHARCOAL LOUNGERS | |
| 21 | HAD A FEW... BBQ | |
| 22 | SPITFIRE | |
| 23 | SHORT CREW BBQ | |
| 24 | SPARK BBQ | |
| 25 | IOWA BONEHEAD BBQ | |
| 26 | DAKOTA BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 27 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 28 | Dizzy's Corn Cob Cookin | |
| 29 | THE PIG PIRATES | |
| 30 | Swine 329 | |
| 31 | Q Friendz | |
| 32 | MOTLEY QUE 005 | |
| 33 | Smokey Bros BBQ | |
| 34 | Rat Rod Smokers |
34 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.8286 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 2 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 3 | OVERSIZE LOAD BBQ | |
| 4 | EGGSPERT BBQ | |
| 5 | SPITFIRE | |
| 6 | SMOKE ON THE PRAIRIE BBQ - WY | |
| 7 | PORK PATROL BBQ | |
| 8 | SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS | |
| 9 | CHARCOAL LOUNGERS | |
| 10 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 11 | QUETOPIA | |
| 12 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD | |
| 13 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 14 | THE PIG PIRATES | |
| 15 | TIMBONE BARBECUE | |
| 16 | DAKOTA BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 17 | SPARK BBQ | |
| 18 | BARE BUTTS | |
| 19 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 20 | THE WOLF PACK | |
| 21 | Rat Rod Smokers | |
| 22 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 23 | Merica BBQ | |
| 24 | MOTLEY QUE 005 | |
| 25 | ROWDY HOG SMOKIN BBQ | |
| 26 | IOWA BONEHEAD BBQ | |
| 27 | SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | |
| 28 | SHORT CREW BBQ | |
| 29 | Smokey Bros BBQ | |
| 30 | HAD A FEW... BBQ | |
| 31 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 32 | Swine 329 | |
| 33 | Q Friendz | |
| 34 | Dizzy's Corn Cob Cookin |
34 entries · top 180.0000 · median 162.5258 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 2 | QUETOPIA | |
| 3 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 4 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 5 | PORK PATROL BBQ | |
| 6 | SPITFIRE | |
| 7 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKE ON THE PRAIRIE BBQ - WY | |
| 9 | Merica BBQ | |
| 10 | SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS | |
| 11 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 12 | SPARK BBQ | |
| 13 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD | |
| 14 | EGGSPERT BBQ | |
| 15 | CHARCOAL LOUNGERS | |
| 16 | DAKOTA BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 17 | BARE BUTTS | |
| 18 | OVERSIZE LOAD BBQ | |
| 19 | SHORT CREW BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | |
| 21 | IOWA BONEHEAD BBQ | |
| 22 | THE WOLF PACK | |
| 23 | TIMBONE BARBECUE | |
| 24 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 25 | Q Friendz | |
| 26 | MOTLEY QUE 005 | |
| 27 | Smokey Bros BBQ | |
| 28 | Dizzy's Corn Cob Cookin | |
| 29 | HAD A FEW... BBQ | |
| 30 | THE PIG PIRATES | |
| 31 | ROWDY HOG SMOKIN BBQ | |
| 32 | Swine 329 | |
| 33 | Rat Rod Smokers | |
| 34 | GETTIN' BASTED |