2016-05-06 – 2016-05-07 · Bixby, OK · 📍 Washington Irving Park
Grand Champion: UNCLE BC'S (694.8572) · 83 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BUFFALO'S BBQ
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, 2016 to 2022 — 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100
UNCLE BC'S came in rated below the field's top team, BUTCHER BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
UNCLE BC'S won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was UNCLE BC'S's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 26th tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 3–4: LOS PRIMOS BBQ and BUTCHER BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: IT'S A LEAGUE GAME, SMOKEY and TNK BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: EVIL MONKEY BBQ and BUTCHER BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Bigger than 98% of the 5,410 contests in the data
83 teams made this a bigger field than 98% of every contest tracked.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-06 ← this one | Bixby, OK | Washington Irving Park | 83 | 694.8572 | UNCLE BC'S | BUFFALO'S BBQ |
| 2017-05-05 | Bixby, OK | Washington Irving Park | 68 | 703.9888 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | TNK BBQ |
| 2018-05-04 | Bixby, OK | Washington Irving Park | 68 | 700.0112 | EVIL MONKEY BBQ | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ |
| 2022-05-06 | Bixby, OK | Bixby, OK 74008 | 38 | 706.8344 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | 4 LEGS UP BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 175.4172 | 172.5828 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.6172 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 172.0000 | 170.2860 |
83 entries · top 694.8572 · median 634.7540
78 entries · top 178.8572 · median 160.8230
82 entries · top 177.7372 · median 161.6972
79 entries · top 180.0000 · median 162.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
79 entries · top 177.7028 · median 156.0228
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.
25 entries · top 175.4400 · median 168.0228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bastin & Tastin Crew | |
| 2 | UNCLE BC'S | |
| 3 | J-Dub's BBQ | |
| 4 | RUB IT ALL OVER | |
| 5 | Butt Rubbers Anonymous | |
| 6 | 3 GUYS SMOKIN | |
| 7 | BUZZARD BAIT BBQ & CHILI | |
| 8 | Lyck BBQ | |
| 9 | ONE SMOKIN GRILL | |
| 10 | EPIC BBQ OKLAHOMA | |
| 11 | IRON WHEEL COOKERS | |
| 12 | RED BARN BBQ | |
| 13 | Dirty Sanchez Cue & Brue Crue | |
| 14 | Waste Management | |
| 15 | BACONATERS | |
| 16 | HOLY SMOKERS | |
| 17 | BUFFALO'S BBQ | |
| 18 | Famn Damily | |
| 19 | DIVINE SWINE | |
| 20 | Smokin Nut'z | |
| 21 | Somethin Smokin | |
| 22 | Get da' Pig BBQ | |
| 23 | PORKAHOLICS | |
| 24 | BRUCE & KYLE THE DYNAMIC DUO OF BBQ | |
| 25 | Plumb Smokin |