Apr 22–23, 2016 · Midland, TX · 📍 12600 HWY 191
CAN'T SMOKE THIS won Grand Champion at the Bynum School's Best of the Basin on April 22, 2016 in Midland, TX at 12600 HWY 191, scoring 683.4628 in a field of 46 teams. BARRY & ERICA took Reserve Grand Champion with 677.7712. Category winners: Chicken — CAN'T SMOKE THIS (174.2744); Pork Ribs — BARRY & ERICA (176.5828); Pork — LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS (177.7028); Brisket — BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ (176.0000).
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 73 times in 100
CAN'T SMOKE THIS came in rated below the field's top team, LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was CAN'T SMOKE THIS's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 14th tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 5–6: SMOKIN X and MOE CASON BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: SMOKIN X edged Lolli Q by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 3–4: BIG DADDY G'S BBQ edged BROKEN T BBQ by 0.0116.
CAN'T SMOKE THIS took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 12th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2744 | 171.4056 | 165.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5828 | 173.7028 | 170.2744 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 173.1428 | 168 |
| Brisket | 176 | 172.5600 | 168.5484 |
46 entries · top 683.4628 · median 627.8744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAN'T SMOKE THIS | |
| 2 | BARRY & ERICA | |
| 3 | MOE CASON BBQ | |
| 4 | BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 5 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 6 | JAMBO PITS | |
| 7 | SMOKIN X | |
| 8 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 9 | OLD 99 MEAT CO. | |
| 10 | Sweeet Heat BBQ | |
| 11 | Buckshot BBQ | |
| 12 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 13 | BIG DADDY G'S BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKE EM UP BBQ | |
| 15 | KISS MY RACK | |
| 16 | BROKEN T BBQ | |
| 17 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 18 | B-BRO'S BBQ | |
| 19 | Lolli Q | |
| 20 | Bent Nail BBQ | |
| 21 | Slap your Mamma | |
| 22 | Smoking Surveyor's | |
| 23 | BarrelHead Cookers | |
| 24 | SCOTTS BBQ SHACK | |
| 25 | 2 Can Q | |
| 26 | Two Gringo's & A Mescan | |
| 27 | Cemex Pit Crew | |
| 28 | Texas Trophies | |
| 29 | Smokin' G's BBQ | |
| 30 | Cisco Equip. Rental #2 | |
| 31 | Beer, Love & BBQ | |
| 32 | Ray's Rentals | |
| 33 | Burnt Lizard BBQ | |
| 34 | Bulldog BBQ | |
| 35 | REDNECK COOKERS | |
| 36 | Smokin The Basin | |
| 37 | BBQ BANDITS | |
| 38 | Just The Tri Tip BBQ | |
| 39 | Fire N' Smoke | |
| 40 | Big Bears | |
| 41 | West Texas Radio Group | |
| 42 | T-N-D BBQ | |
| 43 | Team Fish'n Shirt | |
| 44 | Cisco Equip. Rental #1 | |
| 45 | TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 46 | Infinity B BBQ |
46 entries · top 174.2744 · median 156.2570
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAN'T SMOKE THIS | |
| 2 | BarrelHead Cookers | |
| 3 | Two Gringo's & A Mescan | |
| 4 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 5 | Texas Trophies | |
| 6 | SMOKIN X | |
| 7 | Lolli Q | |
| 8 | TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 9 | Buckshot BBQ | |
| 10 | SCOTTS BBQ SHACK | |
| 11 | JAMBO PITS | |
| 12 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 13 | Bent Nail BBQ | |
| 14 | KISS MY RACK | |
| 15 | BARRY & ERICA | |
| 16 | 2 Can Q | |
| 17 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 18 | BIG DADDY G'S BBQ | |
| 19 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 20 | Smoking Surveyor's | |
| 21 | Ray's Rentals | |
| 22 | BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 23 | Slap your Mamma | |
| 24 | Smokin The Basin | |
| 25 | T-N-D BBQ | |
| 26 | SMOKE EM UP BBQ | |
| 27 | OLD 99 MEAT CO. | |
| 28 | B-BRO'S BBQ | |
| 29 | Sweeet Heat BBQ | |
| 30 | Big Bears | |
| 31 | MOE CASON BBQ | |
| 32 | Burnt Lizard BBQ | |
| 33 | BROKEN T BBQ | |
| 34 | Infinity B BBQ | |
| 35 | REDNECK COOKERS | |
| 36 | West Texas Radio Group | |
| 37 | Team Fish'n Shirt | |
| 38 | Bulldog BBQ | |
| 39 | Cisco Equip. Rental #2 | |
| 40 | Smokin' G's BBQ | |
| 41 | Cisco Equip. Rental #1 | |
| 42 | BBQ BANDITS | |
| 43 | Beer, Love & BBQ | |
| 44 | Cemex Pit Crew | |
| 45 | Fire N' Smoke | |
| 46 | Just The Tri Tip BBQ |
46 entries · top 176.5828 · median 158.5428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BARRY & ERICA | |
| 2 | Cemex Pit Crew | |
| 3 | BIG DADDY G'S BBQ | |
| 4 | BROKEN T BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN X | |
| 6 | MOE CASON BBQ | |
| 7 | BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 8 | OLD 99 MEAT CO. | |
| 9 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 10 | JAMBO PITS | |
| 11 | SMOKE EM UP BBQ | |
| 12 | CAN'T SMOKE THIS | |
| 13 | Bent Nail BBQ | |
| 14 | 2 Can Q | |
| 15 | Sweeet Heat BBQ | |
| 16 | Smoking Surveyor's | |
| 17 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 18 | Cisco Equip. Rental #2 | |
| 19 | BarrelHead Cookers | |
| 20 | Ray's Rentals | |
| 21 | Beer, Love & BBQ | |
| 22 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 23 | Burnt Lizard BBQ | |
| 24 | TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 25 | Smokin' G's BBQ | |
| 26 | Lolli Q | |
| 27 | KISS MY RACK | |
| 28 | Buckshot BBQ | |
| 29 | SCOTTS BBQ SHACK | |
| 30 | Bulldog BBQ | |
| 31 | Smokin The Basin | |
| 32 | T-N-D BBQ | |
| 33 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 34 | B-BRO'S BBQ | |
| 35 | Team Fish'n Shirt | |
| 36 | Slap your Mamma | |
| 37 | Fire N' Smoke | |
| 38 | REDNECK COOKERS | |
| 39 | BBQ BANDITS | |
| 40 | Texas Trophies | |
| 41 | Two Gringo's & A Mescan | |
| 42 | Cisco Equip. Rental #1 | |
| 43 | West Texas Radio Group | |
| 44 | Infinity B BBQ | |
| 45 | Just The Tri Tip BBQ | |
| 46 | Big Bears |
46 entries · top 177.7028 · median 159.4514
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 2 | MOE CASON BBQ | |
| 3 | Buckshot BBQ | |
| 4 | CAN'T SMOKE THIS | |
| 5 | Sweeet Heat BBQ | |
| 6 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 7 | OLD 99 MEAT CO. | |
| 8 | B-BRO'S BBQ | |
| 9 | BARRY & ERICA | |
| 10 | JAMBO PITS | |
| 11 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 12 | BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 13 | KISS MY RACK | |
| 14 | SMOKE EM UP BBQ | |
| 15 | Smoking Surveyor's | |
| 16 | BROKEN T BBQ | |
| 17 | REDNECK COOKERS | |
| 18 | Slap your Mamma | |
| 19 | Texas Trophies | |
| 20 | Two Gringo's & A Mescan | |
| 21 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 22 | SMOKIN X | |
| 23 | Just The Tri Tip BBQ | |
| 24 | SCOTTS BBQ SHACK | |
| 25 | Lolli Q | |
| 26 | Burnt Lizard BBQ | |
| 27 | Fire N' Smoke | |
| 28 | Smokin' G's BBQ | |
| 29 | Bulldog BBQ | |
| 30 | Bent Nail BBQ | |
| 31 | Ray's Rentals | |
| 32 | Cemex Pit Crew | |
| 33 | BBQ BANDITS | |
| 34 | Smokin The Basin | |
| 35 | BIG DADDY G'S BBQ | |
| 36 | TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 37 | West Texas Radio Group | |
| 38 | Big Bears | |
| 39 | Infinity B BBQ | |
| 40 | Beer, Love & BBQ | |
| 41 | Cisco Equip. Rental #2 | |
| 42 | BarrelHead Cookers | |
| 43 | T-N-D BBQ | |
| 44 | Team Fish'n Shirt | |
| 45 | Cisco Equip. Rental #1 | |
| 46 | 2 Can Q |
46 entries · top 176 · median 158.2742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 2 | OLD 99 MEAT CO. | |
| 3 | MOE CASON BBQ | |
| 4 | Sweeet Heat BBQ | |
| 5 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 6 | B-BRO'S BBQ | |
| 7 | BARRY & ERICA | |
| 8 | BIG DADDY G'S BBQ | |
| 9 | JAMBO PITS | |
| 10 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 11 | Just The Tri Tip BBQ | |
| 12 | CAN'T SMOKE THIS | |
| 13 | SMOKIN X | |
| 14 | 2 Can Q | |
| 15 | Slap your Mamma | |
| 16 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 17 | Beer, Love & BBQ | |
| 18 | KISS MY RACK | |
| 19 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 20 | Cisco Equip. Rental #2 | |
| 21 | BROKEN T BBQ | |
| 22 | SMOKE EM UP BBQ | |
| 23 | Smokin' G's BBQ | |
| 24 | Buckshot BBQ | |
| 25 | BBQ BANDITS | |
| 26 | Big Bears | |
| 27 | Cemex Pit Crew | |
| 28 | Bulldog BBQ | |
| 29 | Bent Nail BBQ | |
| 30 | REDNECK COOKERS | |
| 31 | BarrelHead Cookers | |
| 32 | Lolli Q | |
| 33 | Fire N' Smoke | |
| 34 | West Texas Radio Group | |
| 35 | Two Gringo's & A Mescan | |
| 36 | SCOTTS BBQ SHACK | |
| 37 | Texas Trophies | |
| 38 | Smoking Surveyor's | |
| 39 | Burnt Lizard BBQ | |
| 40 | Smokin The Basin | |
| 41 | Team Fish'n Shirt | |
| 42 | Ray's Rentals | |
| 43 | Cisco Equip. Rental #1 | |
| 44 | T-N-D BBQ | |
| 45 | TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 46 | Infinity B BBQ |