Mar 19–20, 2016 · Tupelo, MS · 📍 Fairpark, Downtown Tupelo
CAJUN BLAZE won Grand Champion at the Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 on March 19, 2016 in Tupelo, MS at Fairpark, Downtown Tupelo, scoring 708.5372 in a field of 61 teams. YELLOW RIVER BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 700.5256. Category winners: Chicken — QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Organizer Portal (180.0000); Pork — OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE (180.0000); Brisket — SWINE LIFE (178.8572). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2017.
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 70 times in 100
CAJUN BLAZE came in rated below the field's top team, CLARK CREW BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
CAJUN BLAZE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 92% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1635 power rating going in — stronger than 92% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N and SMOKE ON THIS tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: FIRE DANCER BBQ and CAJUN BLAZE tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: CAJUN BLAZE and HICKORY PRIME tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Bigger than 92% of the 5,469 contests in the data
61 teams — bigger than 92% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2016 ← this one | Tupelo, MS | Fairpark, Downtown Tupelo | 61 | 708.5372 | CAJUN BLAZE | YELLOW RIVER BBQ |
| Mar 18, 2017 | Tupelo, MS | Fairpark, Downtown Tupelo | 45 | 703.9888 | KILLER HOGS | CAJUN BLAZE |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 176 | 174.2744 |
| Pork | 180 | 177.7028 | 174.2628 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 176 | 173.7028 |
61 entries · top 708.5372 · median 670.2516
61 entries · top 180 · median 171.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
61 entries · top 180 · median 167.3828 · 🔥 perfect 180
61 entries · top 180 · median 166.2400 · 🔥 perfect 180
61 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5256