2016-03-18 – 2016-03-19 · Pensacola, FL · 📍 Pensacola, FL 32570
Grand Champion: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (694.7656) · 43 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 CHECKERED PIG
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, 2013 to 2019 — 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.
Closer than 83% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1200 points — closer than 83% of every championship in the data.
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
2 of 7 tracked editions
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.
Chicken places 8–9: SERIAL GRILLER and POVERTY HILL SMOKERS tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: LIBERTY BBQ and E.T.'S BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: E.T.'S BBQ and Fergolicious BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 26th.
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 179.4400 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ (won 2013), THE BLUE BLOODS (won 2014), IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (won 2015).
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-01 | Pensacola, FL | Pensacola, FL | 37 | 681.1424 | CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ | BAREKNUCKLES BBQ |
| 2014-03-07 | Pensacola, FL | Pensacola, FL 32570 | 46 | 698.2288 | THE BLUE BLOODS | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS |
| 2015-03-06 | Pensacola, FL | Pensacola, FL 32570 | 48 | 699.9428 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | The Specialists |
| 2016-03-18 ← this one | Pensacola, FL | Pensacola, FL 32570 | 43 | 694.7656 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | CHECKERED PIG |
| 2017-03-17 | Pensacola, FL | Seville SQ | 38 | 698.2056 | SOUTH PORK | BOOTYQUE |
| 2018-03-16 | Pensacola, FL | Seville SQ | 49 | 699.4176 | SMOKE ME SILLY | HOT WACHULA'S |
| 2019-03-15 | Pensacola, FL | Seville SQ | 35 | 693.1084 | MIDNIGHT BURN | THE SPECIALISTS |
| 2021-03-19 | Pensacola, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 175.4056 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 174.2628 | 172.5716 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 173.7144 | 171.4056 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.0116 | 173.7600 |
43 entries · top 694.7656 · median 674.8116
43 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2628
43 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.4400
43 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.5256
43 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
27 entries · top 348.5828 · median 327.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The 4th Little Pig | |
| 2 | RBA-Q-CREW | |
| 3 | PENSACOLA PROFESSIONAL FF | |
| 4 | GREENLIGHT BBQ | |
| 5 | GULF COAST SMOKE SHOW | |
| 6 | WOOD N BUTTS BBQ | |
| 7 | NATHAN'S BARBEQUE | |
| 8 | KC 2 BC | |
| 9 | HAMP'S ORIGINAL | |
| 10 | WILD BILL'S BBQ | |
| 11 | ROCKY D | |
| 12 | J&J BBQ | |
| 13 | PENSACOLA EGGFEST | |
| 14 | THE BARBECUE GRILLBILLIES | |
| 15 | TEAM BLOWING SMOKE | |
| 16 | SHEATS SMOKED MEATS | |
| 17 | SLADES BBQ | |
| 18 | WHO DAT SMOKERS | |
| 19 | NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME SWINE | |
| 20 | SMOKIN BULLETS | |
| 21 | G & W BBQ | |
| 22 | B.L.T. BBQ | |
| 23 | JONEZ' N 4BBQ | |
| 24 | TOTALLY BOAR'D | |
| 25 | Pork N' Pigs | |
| 26 | DADGUM GOOD BBQ | |
| 27 | A GUY, A GIRL, AND HIS MEAT |
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GULF COAST SMOKE SHOW | |
| 2 | KC 2 BC | |
| 3 | RBA-Q-CREW | |
| 4 | WOOD N BUTTS BBQ | |
| 5 | A GUY, A GIRL, AND HIS MEAT | |
| 6 | ROCKY D | |
| 7 | NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME SWINE | |
| 8 | The 4th Little Pig | |
| 9 | WILD BILL'S BBQ | |
| 10 | GREENLIGHT BBQ | |
| 11 | NATHAN'S BARBEQUE | |
| 12 | PENSACOLA PROFESSIONAL FF | |
| 13 | HAMP'S ORIGINAL | |
| 14 | PENSACOLA EGGFEST | |
| 15 | SMOKIN BULLETS | |
| 16 | B.L.T. BBQ | |
| 17 | J&J BBQ | |
| 18 | JONEZ' N 4BBQ | |
| 19 | THE BARBECUE GRILLBILLIES | |
| 20 | SLADES BBQ | |
| 21 | G & W BBQ | |
| 22 | DADGUM GOOD BBQ | |
| 23 | SHEATS SMOKED MEATS | |
| 24 | TEAM BLOWING SMOKE | |
| 25 | Pork N' Pigs | |
| 26 | WHO DAT SMOKERS | |
| 27 | TOTALLY BOAR'D |
26 entries · top 175.4172 · median 164.2630
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The 4th Little Pig | |
| 2 | PENSACOLA PROFESSIONAL FF | |
| 3 | GREENLIGHT BBQ | |
| 4 | RBA-Q-CREW | |
| 5 | TEAM BLOWING SMOKE | |
| 6 | NATHAN'S BARBEQUE | |
| 7 | WOOD N BUTTS BBQ | |
| 8 | HAMP'S ORIGINAL | |
| 9 | SHEATS SMOKED MEATS | |
| 10 | WHO DAT SMOKERS | |
| 11 | GULF COAST SMOKE SHOW | |
| 12 | THE BARBECUE GRILLBILLIES | |
| 13 | J&J BBQ | |
| 14 | KC 2 BC | |
| 15 | PENSACOLA EGGFEST | |
| 16 | WILD BILL'S BBQ | |
| 17 | SLADES BBQ | |
| 18 | TOTALLY BOAR'D | |
| 19 | G & W BBQ | |
| 20 | ROCKY D | |
| 21 | Pork N' Pigs | |
| 22 | SMOKIN BULLETS | |
| 23 | DADGUM GOOD BBQ | |
| 24 | JONEZ' N 4BBQ | |
| 25 | B.L.T. BBQ | |
| 26 | NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME SWINE |
20 entries · top 174.8572 · median 156.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 2 | BBQ ISLAND | |
| 3 | WILD BILL'S BBQ | |
| 4 | Pork N' Pigs | |
| 5 | JONEZ' N 4BBQ | |
| 6 | WHO DAT SMOKERS | |
| 7 | NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME SWINE | |
| 8 | WINK'S BARBEQUE | |
| 9 | GULF COAST SMOKE SHOW | |
| 10 | WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS | |
| 11 | RBA-Q-CREW | |
| 12 | PENSACOLA PROFESSIONAL FF | |
| 13 | TOTALLY BOAR'D | |
| 14 | TWIN PIGS BARBECUE | |
| 15 | GREENLIGHT BBQ | |
| 16 | Pig Boss Man | |
| 17 | WOOD N BUTTS BBQ | |
| 18 | PENSACOLA EGGFEST | |
| 19 | TEAM BLOWING SMOKE | |
| 20 | B.L.T. BBQ |