Jun 3–4, 2016 · Asheville, NC
SMOKING BUTT HEADS won Grand Champion at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour on June 3, 2016 in Asheville, NC, scoring 698.2628 in a field of 27 teams. PALMETTO PITMASTERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.5372. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKING BUTT HEADS (177.7600); Pork Ribs — PALMETTO PITMASTERS (176.5600); Pork — SMOKING BUTT HEADS (175.4172); Brisket — VICTORY SMOKERS (176.5600). This is the 88th of 125 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by VICTORY LANE BBQ; the next was held in 2016.
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, 2013 to 2017 — 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 69 times in 100
SMOKING BUTT HEADS came in rated below the field's top team, Killer B's BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 87% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.7256 points — a wider margin than 87% of championships in the data.
4 of 125 tracked editions
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has won this contest 4 times across its 125 tracked editions.
Brisket places 2–3: SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS and SMOKING BUTT HEADS tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: Q FACTOR and KILLER B'S BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: KILLER B'S BBQ edged BACKWOODS BBQ by 0.0116.
SMOKING BUTT HEADS won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
SMOKING BUTT HEADS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 7th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE (won 2013, 2015), PALMETTO PITMASTERS (won 2014), PICKIN' PORKERS (won 2014), MIDNIGHT BURN (won 2014), HOT WACHULA'S (won 2015), BIG DICK'S BBQ (won 2015).
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7600 | 172.5600 | 167.9884 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 172.5716 | 169.1316 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 171.9772 | 169.1428 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 171.9656 | 169.6800 |
27 entries · top 698.2628 · median 668.4572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | |
| 2 | PALMETTO PITMASTERS | |
| 3 | Q FACTOR | |
| 4 | VICTORY SMOKERS | |
| 5 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | |
| 6 | SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS | |
| 7 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 8 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 9 | TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL | |
| 10 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 11 | RECYCLED SMOKE | |
| 12 | BIG DICK'S BBQ | |
| 13 | ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 14 | MIDNIGHT BURN | |
| 15 | HOT WACHULA'S | |
| 16 | RAZORBACK BBQ | |
| 17 | MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB | |
| 18 | WHO CARES BBQ | |
| 19 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 20 | SMOKIN NC | |
| 21 | QUEOLOGY | |
| 22 | EAST TENNESSE Q CREW | |
| 23 | GRILLIN'THYME | |
| 24 | Porkaholics Barbeque | |
| 25 | BANJOMAN'S BBQ | |
| 26 | DOESN'T PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS | |
| 27 | SMOKIN' S'WINE |
27 entries · top 177.7600 · median 166.2856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | |
| 2 | HOT WACHULA'S | |
| 3 | EAST TENNESSE Q CREW | |
| 4 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 5 | ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 6 | Q FACTOR | |
| 7 | PALMETTO PITMASTERS | |
| 8 | MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB | |
| 9 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | |
| 10 | TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL | |
| 11 | RECYCLED SMOKE | |
| 12 | VICTORY SMOKERS | |
| 13 | BIG DICK'S BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKIN NC | |
| 15 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 16 | MIDNIGHT BURN | |
| 17 | Porkaholics Barbeque | |
| 18 | RAZORBACK BBQ | |
| 19 | WHO CARES BBQ | |
| 20 | DOESN'T PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS | |
| 21 | SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS | |
| 22 | QUEOLOGY | |
| 23 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 24 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 25 | BANJOMAN'S BBQ | |
| 26 | GRILLIN'THYME | |
| 27 | SMOKIN' S'WINE |
27 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PALMETTO PITMASTERS | |
| 2 | RECYCLED SMOKE | |
| 3 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | |
| 4 | Q FACTOR | |
| 5 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 6 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | |
| 8 | BIG DICK'S BBQ | |
| 9 | MIDNIGHT BURN | |
| 10 | SMOKIN NC | |
| 11 | SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS | |
| 12 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 13 | ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 14 | TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL | |
| 15 | Porkaholics Barbeque | |
| 16 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 17 | VICTORY SMOKERS | |
| 18 | WHO CARES BBQ | |
| 19 | EAST TENNESSE Q CREW | |
| 20 | HOT WACHULA'S | |
| 21 | RAZORBACK BBQ | |
| 22 | MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB | |
| 23 | DOESN'T PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS | |
| 24 | QUEOLOGY | |
| 25 | GRILLIN'THYME | |
| 26 | SMOKIN' S'WINE | |
| 27 | BANJOMAN'S BBQ |
27 entries · top 175.4172 · median 166.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | |
| 2 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 3 | SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS | |
| 4 | BANJOMAN'S BBQ | |
| 5 | PALMETTO PITMASTERS | |
| 6 | VICTORY SMOKERS | |
| 7 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | |
| 8 | MIDNIGHT BURN | |
| 9 | RECYCLED SMOKE | |
| 10 | Q FACTOR | |
| 11 | SMOKIN NC | |
| 12 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 13 | GRILLIN'THYME | |
| 14 | MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB | |
| 15 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 16 | WHO CARES BBQ | |
| 17 | TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL | |
| 18 | RAZORBACK BBQ | |
| 19 | DOESN'T PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS | |
| 20 | BIG DICK'S BBQ | |
| 21 | QUEOLOGY | |
| 22 | HOT WACHULA'S | |
| 23 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 24 | ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 25 | EAST TENNESSE Q CREW | |
| 26 | Porkaholics Barbeque | |
| 27 | SMOKIN' S'WINE |
27 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.5256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VICTORY SMOKERS | |
| 2 | SMOKE IN THE MOUNTAINS | |
| 3 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | |
| 4 | TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL | |
| 5 | Q FACTOR | |
| 6 | KILLER B'S BBQ | |
| 7 | RAZORBACK BBQ | |
| 8 | QUEOLOGY | |
| 9 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | |
| 10 | BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 11 | BIG DICK'S BBQ | |
| 12 | PALMETTO PITMASTERS | |
| 13 | ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 14 | HICKORY PRIME | |
| 15 | WHO CARES BBQ | |
| 16 | GRILLIN'THYME | |
| 17 | PICKIN' PORKERS | |
| 18 | MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB | |
| 19 | HOT WACHULA'S | |
| 20 | MIDNIGHT BURN | |
| 21 | BANJOMAN'S BBQ | |
| 22 | SMOKIN NC | |
| 23 | Porkaholics Barbeque | |
| 24 | RECYCLED SMOKE | |
| 25 | EAST TENNESSE Q CREW | |
| 26 | SMOKIN' S'WINE | |
| 27 | DOESN'T PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS |