Jun 3–4, 2016 · Canon City, CO · 📍 4218 Fremont county Rd
SHIG NINJA BBQ won Grand Champion at the Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown on June 3, 2016 in Canon City, CO at 4218 Fremont county Rd, scoring 696.6172 in a field of 30 teams. 4 LEGS UP BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 685.6572. Category winners: Chicken — SHIG NINJA BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — KEEP CALM AND BLAZE ON (175.4400); Pork — SHIG NINJA BBQ (179.4400); Brisket — PROUD SOULS BARBECUE (169.1428). This is the 4th of 4 editions of this contest on record; the 2015 edition was won by CLARK CREW 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, 2013 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100
SHIG NINJA BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, 4 LEGS UP BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was SHIG NINJA BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 11th tracked contest.
Wider than 90% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The champion won by 10.9600 points — a wider margin than 90% of championships in the data.
2 of 4 tracked editions
SMOKIN TRIGGERS has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
Brisket places 1–2: PROUD SOULS BARBECUE edged BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ by 0.0112. Pork places 6–7: Lolli Q edged JO-BAWB'S BBQ by 0.0116. Pork places 5–6: THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS edged Lolli Q by 0.0228.
SHIG NINJA BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
SHIG NINJA BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 5th.
SHIG NINJA BBQ turned in 178.8572 in chicken — past the 174.8572 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2013 | Canon City, CO | Canon City, CO | 33 | 677.1432 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES |
| May 30, 2014 | Canon City, CO | Canon City, CO 81212 | 34 | 704.5944 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ |
| May 29, 2015 | Canon City, CO | Canon City, CO 81212 | 32 | 694.8228 | CLARK CREW BBQ | JO-BAWB'S BBQ |
| Jun 3, 2016 ← this one | Canon City, CO | 4218 Fremont county Rd | 30 | 696.6172 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | 4 LEGS UP BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 172.0228 | 167.9884 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4400 | 170.8572 | 167.4172 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 169.7028 | 165.0856 |
| Brisket | 169.1428 | 167.4056 | 160.5028 |
30 entries · top 696.6172 · median 650.4974
30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.5430
30 entries · top 175.4400 · median 164.2686
30 entries · top 179.4400 · median 162.5314
30 entries · top 169.1428 · median 157.3772