Apr 22–23, 2016 · Lexington, NC
SMOKING BUTT HEADS won Grand Champion at the Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off on April 22, 2016 in Lexington, NC, scoring 704.5828 in a field of 54 teams. SLICKS BAR-B-QUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 703.9888. Category winners: Chicken — HICKORY PRIME (178.8800); Pork Ribs — UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ (177.7144); Pork — SLICKS BAR-B-QUE (177.7028); Brisket — SAUCED! BBQ TEAM (177.7028). 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.
Closer than 88% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5940 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
SMOKING BUTT HEADS came in rated below the field's top team, Smoke-A-Holics, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SMOKING BUTT HEADS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was SMOKING BUTT HEADS's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 44th tracked contest.
Chicken places 7–8: K & D SMOKERS and SMOKIN STORY BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: SMOKIN STORY BBQ and UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ and WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2016 ← this one | Lexington, NC | Lexington, NC | 54 | 704.5828 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | SLICKS BAR-B-QUE |
| Apr 28, 2017 | Lexington, NC | uptown Lexington | 38 | 687.3712 | MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | SMOKING BUTT HEADS |
| Apr 27, 2018 | Lexington, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 177.1428 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 175.4288 | 173.1316 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 175.4400 | 172.5828 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 176 | 173.7144 |
54 entries · top 704.5828 · median 667.5886
52 entries · top 178.8800 · median 169.1314
53 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.1084
54 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.9828
54 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.3886