2016-06-10 – 2016-06-11 · Tryon, NC · 📍 Harmon Field Rd
Grand Champion: BRICKHEAD BBQ (710.2972) · 76 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HAMBONES BY THE FIRE
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.
710.2972 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 704.5712 ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE set in 2013.
BRICKHEAD BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Wider than 91% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 11.5088 points — a wider margin than 91% of championships in the data.
2 of 5 tracked editions
ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.
Chicken places 3–4: CHECKERED PIG and SUE E PIGG tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: SUE E PIGG and CONTAGIOUS Q tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: BRICKHEAD BBQ and HAMBONES BY THE FIRE tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SMOKIN BLUE Q FL turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE (won 2013, 2015).
Bigger than 97% of the 5,410 contests in the data
76 teams made this a bigger field than 97% of every contest tracked.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-06-14 | Tryon, NC | Tryon, NC | 97 | 704.5712 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS |
| 2014-06-13 | Tryon, NC | Tryon, NC 28782 | 73 | 694.7884 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | HAMBONES BY THE FIRE |
| 2014-08-22 | Harrisonburg, VA | Harrisonburg, VA 22801 | 16 | 656.5028 | FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | ROCK'S MONEY PIT BBQ |
| 2015-06-12 | Tryon, NC | Tryon, NC 28782 | 78 | 697.6572 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL |
| 2016-06-10 ← this one | Tryon, NC | Harmon Field Rd | 76 | 710.2972 | BRICKHEAD BBQ | HAMBONES BY THE FIRE |
| 2017-06-09 | Tryon, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 176.5600 | 174.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 174.8572 | 173.7028 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.1772 | 173.7028 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 174.8456 |
76 entries · top 710.2972 · median 666.4630
75 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.9888
76 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8286
76 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.7086 · 🔥 perfect 180
75 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.0972
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.
25 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2628
24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2800 · 🔥 perfect 180
8 entries · top 175.4172 · median 166.2514
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUBBAJACK'S | |
| 2 | MACK'S SMOKE SHOP | |
| 3 | TEXAS RIB RANGERS | |
| 4 | King's Cooking | |
| 5 | SMOKE THIS | |
| 6 | OINK, CACKLE & MOO | |
| 7 | SOS INC. | |
| 8 | CROW CREEK BBQ |