Won without a category win
BOSS HAWG BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 3rd
- Pork Ribs 3rd
- Pork 8th
- Brisket 2nd
Jun 3–4, 2016 · Monroe City, MO
BOSS HAWG BBQ won Grand Champion at the 5th Annual Smokin on the Lake on June 3, 2016 in Monroe City, MO, scoring 695.4400 in a field of 22 teams. SMOKIN' BUTTS took Reserve Grand Champion with 687.4172. Category winners: Chicken — RIBS N BIBS (176.5828); Pork Ribs — SMOKIN' BUTTS (177.7372); Pork — 3G'S BAR-B-Q TEAM (180.0000); Brisket — AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW (176.0000).
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.
BOSS HAWG BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was BOSS HAWG BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 40th tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 3–4: BOSS HAWG BBQ and RIBS N BIBS tied on 176.5828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: The Fat Texan and BACKFIRIN' BBQ tied on 170.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: CAPTAIN BBQ & HOT POKERS and AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5828 | 171.4172 | 168 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 174.2972 | 168.5600 |
| Pork | 180 | 171.4056 | 169.6800 |
| Brisket | 176 | 172.0116 | 164.5256 |
22 entries · top 695.4400 · median 659.7200
22 entries · top 176.5828 · median 165.9714
22 entries · top 177.7372 · median 166.8286
22 entries · top 180 · median 168.0114 · 🔥 perfect 180
22 entries · top 176 · median 163.6742
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.
6 entries · top 180 · median 176.2914 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAPTAIN BBQ & HOT POKERS | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' BUTTS | |
| 3 | Big Juicy | |
| 4 | SHADETREE BBQ & CATERING | |
| 5 | Lil Twisted Tramp | |
| 6 | RIBS N BIBS |
2 entries · top 177.7600 · median 177.7314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erick Holtzmeier | |
| 2 | Madison Karns |