May 6–7, 2016 · Lucedale, MS
CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ won Grand Champion at the George County Firefighters Association BBQ Challenge on May 6, 2016 in Lucedale, MS, scoring 697.6688 in a field of 27 teams. BOOTYQUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 696.5256. Category winners: Chicken — THE BARBECUE GRILLBILLIES (178.8800); Pork Ribs — KOKOMO Q (176.0228); Pork — CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ (176.5600); Brisket — BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ (177.1428). This is the 3rd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2015 edition was won by BAYOU BOOGIE 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, 2014 to 2016 — 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.
Closer than 81% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1432 points — closer than 81% of every championship in the data.
Chicken places 5–6: CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ and KOKOMO Q tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: BOOTYQUE and THE DOUBLE "S" SMOKEHOUSE tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: THE DOUBLE "S" SMOKEHOUSE and SMOKE ON THIS tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 7th.
THE BARBECUE GRILLBILLIES turned in 178.8800 in chicken — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PIGGIN' OUT (won 2014), BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ (won 2015).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2014 | Lucedale, MS | Lucedale, MS 39452 | 15 | 691.3944 | PIGGIN' OUT | HAULIN' BUTT BBQ |
| May 1, 2015 | Lucedale, MS | Lucedale, MS 39452 | 27 | 698.2740 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | CAJUN BLAZE |
| May 6, 2016 ← this one | Lucedale, MS | Lucedale, MS 39452 | 27 | 697.6688 | CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ | BOOTYQUE |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 173.1200 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0228 | 173.7028 | 170.2972 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 173.1200 | 168.5372 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 172.5828 | 169.6800 |
27 entries · top 697.6688 · median 671.2684
27 entries · top 178.8800 · median 170.2856
27 entries · top 176.0228 · median 165.6800
27 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.4056
27 entries · top 177.1428 · median 168.5256
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.
17 entries · top 341.1428 · median 322.2512
17 entries · top 174.3200 · median 164.0228
17 entries · top 176.0344 · median 159.4744