Mar 25–26, 2016 · Hammond, LA · 📍 Downtown
SERIAL GRILLER won Grand Champion at the Hamond BBQ on March 25, 2016 in Hammond, LA at Downtown, scoring 697.0972 in a field of 58 teams. SMOKE THIS took Reserve Grand Champion with 693.0512. Category winners: Chicken — SERIAL GRILLER (178.2972); Pork Ribs — BOOTYQUE (179.4400); Pork — GIVE IT TO GOD (177.1544); Brisket — SERIAL GRILLER (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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 81 times in 100
Serial Griller came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 8–9: COCHON 225 and WHO DAT SMOKERS tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: BIBS N' RIBS and SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES tied on 173.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ and CAJUN BLAZE tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SERIAL GRILLER won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
SERIAL GRILLER took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 24th.
Bigger than 91% of the 5,469 contests in the data
58 teams — bigger than 91% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 176.5600 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 175.4056 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 177.1544 | 175.4056 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 180 | 176.5600 | 172.5484 |
58 entries · top 697.0972 · median 669.8970
58 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.2456
58 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.9944
58 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.6800
58 entries · top 180 · median 168.5486 · 🔥 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.
42 entries · top 336.6172 · median 310.0170
41 entries · top 169.7144 · median 153.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OLE JOE'S BBQ | |
| 2 | UNITED RENTAL | |
| 3 | TANGI INDUSTRIAL | |
| 4 | MAD COW COOKERS 2 | |
| 5 | YLT | |
| 6 | FROG BONE CAJUN SPICES | |
| 7 | Brothers BBQ | |
| 8 | TASTE-BUDS | |
| 9 | TEAM I.K.S. | |
| 10 | SMOKING D'S BARBEQUE | |
| 11 | Smokin Butts BBQ | |
| 12 | CCA - TANGI CHAPTER | |
| 13 | CHARTER SPECTRUM | |
| 14 | LEI- CONTEMPT OF PORK | |
| 15 | WHO DAT GRILLIN & CHILLIN | |
| 16 | THE WOLF PACK | |
| 17 | FLORIDA PARISHES BANK | |
| 18 | LAMAR | |
| 19 | PATIO BURNERS | |
| 20 | FIRST GUARANTY BANK | |
| 21 | PILE OF BONES BBQ | |
| 22 | 42 BBQ | |
| 23 | GULF COAST BANK | |
| 24 | WALK-INS FAMILY SALON | |
| 25 | ANTHON CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC | |
| 26 | SMOKIN ON TRACKS | |
| 27 | UP IN SMOKE | |
| 28 | DAILY STAR | |
| 29 | M.A.D.BBQ | |
| 30 | BARBEQUE SPECIALTIES | |
| 31 | ED'S PLUMBING | |
| 32 | CHILLIN & GRILLIN | |
| 33 | Johnson Boys BBQ | |
| 34 | JIM CAREY DISTRIBUTING- MILLER LITE | |
| 35 | GEAUX CREOLE | |
| 36 | WAL-MART | |
| 37 | MURPHY APPRAISAL SERVICES | |
| 38 | PIT COMMANDERS | |
| 39 | EMERY, JAMES & GHORES | |
| 40 | NORTHSHORE BROADCASTING | |
| 41 | VERON BROTHER BBQ |
42 entries · top 173.7372 · median 156.2686
42 entries · top 162.3200 · median 148.2914