Won without a category win
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 11th
- Pork Ribs 3rd
- Pork 2nd
- Brisket 6th
Sep 16–17, 2016 · Oroville, CA · 📍 3 Alverda Dr
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ won Grand Champion at the 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship on September 16, 2016 in Oroville, CA at 3 Alverda Dr, scoring 692.5944 in a field of 61 teams. PORTERHOUSE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.1428. Category winners: Chicken — TOO ASHAMED TO NAME (175.4056); Pork Ribs — PHIL THE GRILL (178.2972); Pork — PORTERHOUSE BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — Smokey and the Pirate (177.7028).
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.
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 5–6: 2 ROLLING BONES and RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ and Pops BBQ 22 tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: PORTERHOUSE BBQ edged BAR-B-Q'S-2GO by 0.0116.
Bigger than 92% of the 5,462 contests in the data
61 teams — bigger than 92% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4056 | 172.5600 | 170.8800 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 172 | 169.7028 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 174.2972 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 173.1772 | 170.2512 |
61 entries · top 692.5944 · median 642.7888
61 entries · top 175.4056 · median 164.5600
61 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.2400
61 entries · top 178.8572 · median 159.4172
60 entries · top 177.7028 · median 160.3030