Jun 10–11, 2016 · Fillmore, CA · 📍 250 Central Ave
MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the Califorina Honey Harvest Festival and BBQ Championship on June 10, 2016 in Fillmore, CA at 250 Central Ave, scoring 701.1428 in a field of 27 teams. LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 696.5256. Category winners: Chicken — FUNTIME BBQ (177.7028); Pork Ribs — SMOKIN MO'S BBQ (177.7144); Pork — BLAZED N' GLAZED (178.3200); Brisket — PORTERHOUSE BBQ (180.0000).
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100
MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BIG POPPA SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 1–2: FUNTIME BBQ and MAD DAWGZ BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ and SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT and LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 176.5600 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 174.2628 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 178.3200 | 175.4056 | 172.5484 |
| Brisket | 180 | 174.8456 | 170.2512 |
27 entries · top 701.1428 · median 673.7032
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 2 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 3 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 4 | MAD DAWGZ BBQ | |
| 5 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 6 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ | |
| 8 | LADY OF Q | |
| 9 | COME AND TAKE IT BBQ | |
| 10 | PORKCHOP & BUBBAS | |
| 11 | FUNTIME BBQ | |
| 12 | COOL GRILLING | |
| 13 | PART TIME BBQ | |
| 14 | RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | |
| 15 | CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S | |
| 16 | FU MAN QUE CREW | |
| 17 | BLAZED N' GLAZED | |
| 18 | BAR-B-Q'S-2GO | |
| 19 | TROPICAL HEAT BBQ | |
| 20 | NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | |
| 21 | THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ | |
| 22 | Central Cali Smokers | |
| 23 | REDNECKS WITH FIRE | |
| 24 | BITE ME BBQ, BAKERSFIELD | |
| 25 | 3 Ton BBQ | |
| 26 | Mad Miller BBQ | |
| 27 | Bar J H Bar-B-Q |
27 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FUNTIME BBQ | |
| 2 | MAD DAWGZ BBQ | |
| 3 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 4 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 5 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 6 | CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S | |
| 7 | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ | |
| 8 | NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | |
| 9 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 10 | LADY OF Q | |
| 11 | REDNECKS WITH FIRE | |
| 12 | COME AND TAKE IT BBQ | |
| 13 | RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | |
| 14 | BITE ME BBQ, BAKERSFIELD | |
| 15 | TROPICAL HEAT BBQ | |
| 16 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 17 | PORKCHOP & BUBBAS | |
| 18 | Central Cali Smokers | |
| 19 | PART TIME BBQ | |
| 20 | COOL GRILLING | |
| 21 | BLAZED N' GLAZED | |
| 22 | BAR-B-Q'S-2GO | |
| 23 | THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ | |
| 24 | FU MAN QUE CREW | |
| 25 | 3 Ton BBQ | |
| 26 | Mad Miller BBQ | |
| 27 | Bar J H Bar-B-Q |
27 entries · top 177.7144 · median 170.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ | |
| 2 | FU MAN QUE CREW | |
| 3 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 4 | PORKCHOP & BUBBAS | |
| 5 | BAR-B-Q'S-2GO | |
| 6 | CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S | |
| 7 | COOL GRILLING | |
| 8 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 9 | COME AND TAKE IT BBQ | |
| 10 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 11 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 12 | RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | |
| 13 | LADY OF Q | |
| 14 | TROPICAL HEAT BBQ | |
| 15 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 16 | FUNTIME BBQ | |
| 17 | PART TIME BBQ | |
| 18 | BITE ME BBQ, BAKERSFIELD | |
| 19 | NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | |
| 20 | MAD DAWGZ BBQ | |
| 21 | BLAZED N' GLAZED | |
| 22 | THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ | |
| 23 | 3 Ton BBQ | |
| 24 | Mad Miller BBQ | |
| 25 | Central Cali Smokers | |
| 26 | Bar J H Bar-B-Q | |
| 27 | REDNECKS WITH FIRE |
27 entries · top 178.3200 · median 167.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BLAZED N' GLAZED | |
| 2 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 3 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 4 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 5 | COME AND TAKE IT BBQ | |
| 6 | MAD DAWGZ BBQ | |
| 7 | FU MAN QUE CREW | |
| 8 | Central Cali Smokers | |
| 9 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 10 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 11 | FUNTIME BBQ | |
| 12 | NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | |
| 13 | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ | |
| 14 | LADY OF Q | |
| 15 | COOL GRILLING | |
| 16 | THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ | |
| 17 | PART TIME BBQ | |
| 18 | PORKCHOP & BUBBAS | |
| 19 | TROPICAL HEAT BBQ | |
| 20 | CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S | |
| 21 | 3 Ton BBQ | |
| 22 | RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | |
| 23 | REDNECKS WITH FIRE | |
| 24 | BAR-B-Q'S-2GO | |
| 25 | Bar J H Bar-B-Q | |
| 26 | BITE ME BBQ, BAKERSFIELD | |
| 27 | Mad Miller BBQ |
27 entries · top 180 · median 167.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 2 | MAD DAWGZ BBQ | |
| 3 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 4 | THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ | |
| 5 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 6 | LADY OF Q | |
| 7 | PART TIME BBQ | |
| 8 | BAR-B-Q'S-2GO | |
| 9 | RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | |
| 10 | PORKCHOP & BUBBAS | |
| 11 | COOL GRILLING | |
| 12 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 13 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 14 | BLAZED N' GLAZED | |
| 15 | COME AND TAKE IT BBQ | |
| 16 | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ | |
| 17 | FU MAN QUE CREW | |
| 18 | CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S | |
| 19 | FUNTIME BBQ | |
| 20 | TROPICAL HEAT BBQ | |
| 21 | REDNECKS WITH FIRE | |
| 22 | NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | |
| 23 | Bar J H Bar-B-Q | |
| 24 | Central Cali Smokers | |
| 25 | BITE ME BBQ, BAKERSFIELD | |
| 26 | 3 Ton BBQ | |
| 27 | Mad Miller BBQ |