2016-09-17 – 2016-09-18 · Mazomanie, WI · 📍 Mazomanie, WI 53528
Grand Champion: CRASH TEST SMOKERS (689.6228) · 21 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 T-MAC SMOKIN
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.
Closer than 95% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5028 points — closer than 95% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100
CRASH TEST SMOKERS came in rated below the field's top team, TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
CRASH TEST SMOKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Pork Ribs places 6–7: FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ and TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: TRUE SMOKE BBQ and Backyard BBQ tied on 169.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: Littles BBQ Co and MOOSE'S BARBECUE tied on 166.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 172.5828 | 170.8572 | 166.8688 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5944 | 171.4288 | 166.2744 |
| Pork | 176.0000 | 169.7144 | 166.8228 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 171.4400 | 167.9772 |
21 entries · top 689.6228 · median 666.7656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRASH TEST SMOKERS | |
| 2 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 3 | FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 4 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 5 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 6 | SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV | |
| 7 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | |
| 8 | BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | |
| 9 | 5 FINGER BBQ | |
| 10 | ROLL THE BONES BBQ | |
| 11 | Littles BBQ Co | |
| 12 | Backyard BBQ | |
| 13 | TOPPGATOR BBQ | |
| 14 | WaunaQue | |
| 15 | TWO BREWS BBQ | |
| 16 | MR TONY'S BBQ | |
| 17 | BRAVA - Q | |
| 18 | MOOSE'S BARBECUE | |
| 19 | WOOD BBQ | |
| 20 | Team Bob-B-Q | |
| 21 | BADGER BBQ |
21 entries · top 172.5828 · median 166.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOPPGATOR BBQ | |
| 2 | CRASH TEST SMOKERS | |
| 3 | FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 4 | BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | |
| 5 | 5 FINGER BBQ | |
| 6 | ROLL THE BONES BBQ | |
| 7 | WaunaQue | |
| 8 | Littles BBQ Co | |
| 9 | SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV | |
| 10 | BADGER BBQ | |
| 11 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 12 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 13 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 14 | TWO BREWS BBQ | |
| 15 | MR TONY'S BBQ | |
| 16 | Team Bob-B-Q | |
| 17 | Backyard BBQ | |
| 18 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | |
| 19 | MOOSE'S BARBECUE | |
| 20 | BRAVA - Q | |
| 21 | WOOD BBQ |
21 entries · top 176.5944 · median 165.1772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 2 | CRASH TEST SMOKERS | |
| 3 | SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV | |
| 4 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 5 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 6 | FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 7 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | |
| 8 | WaunaQue | |
| 9 | ROLL THE BONES BBQ | |
| 10 | BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | |
| 11 | MR TONY'S BBQ | |
| 12 | Littles BBQ Co | |
| 13 | 5 FINGER BBQ | |
| 14 | Backyard BBQ | |
| 15 | TOPPGATOR BBQ | |
| 16 | WOOD BBQ | |
| 17 | MOOSE'S BARBECUE | |
| 18 | BRAVA - Q | |
| 19 | Team Bob-B-Q | |
| 20 | TWO BREWS BBQ | |
| 21 | BADGER BBQ |
21 entries · top 176.0000 · median 166.8112
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 2 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 3 | 5 FINGER BBQ | |
| 4 | FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 5 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 6 | Backyard BBQ | |
| 7 | BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | |
| 8 | SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV | |
| 9 | Littles BBQ Co | |
| 10 | MOOSE'S BARBECUE | |
| 11 | CRASH TEST SMOKERS | |
| 12 | BRAVA - Q | |
| 13 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | |
| 14 | TWO BREWS BBQ | |
| 15 | TOPPGATOR BBQ | |
| 16 | ROLL THE BONES BBQ | |
| 17 | WOOD BBQ | |
| 18 | MR TONY'S BBQ | |
| 19 | Team Bob-B-Q | |
| 20 | WaunaQue | |
| 21 | BADGER BBQ |
21 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | |
| 2 | CRASH TEST SMOKERS | |
| 3 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 4 | FREEMAN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 5 | ROLL THE BONES BBQ | |
| 6 | Backyard BBQ | |
| 7 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 8 | SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV | |
| 9 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 10 | TOPPGATOR BBQ | |
| 11 | WaunaQue | |
| 12 | Littles BBQ Co | |
| 13 | TWO BREWS BBQ | |
| 14 | 5 FINGER BBQ | |
| 15 | BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | |
| 16 | BRAVA - Q | |
| 17 | MR TONY'S BBQ | |
| 18 | MOOSE'S BARBECUE | |
| 19 | WOOD BBQ | |
| 20 | BADGER BBQ | |
| 21 | Team Bob-B-Q |