Won without a category win
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 2nd
- Pork Ribs 3rd
- Pork 3rd
- Brisket 4th
2016-09-23 – 2016-09-24 · Fayetteville, AR · 📍 Washington CountyFairgrounds
Grand Champion: THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ (703.9656) · 43 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MOVIN' THE CHAINS
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 AMERICAN DREAM BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 2–3: THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ and MOKAN MEATHEADS tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: The Wright Barbecue Team and BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: MOKAN MEATHEADS edged K.C. CAN CREW by 0.0116.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 171.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 172.5828 | 170.8456 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 170.8456 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 171.9772 | 167.4400 |
43 entries · top 703.9656 · median 650.6856
43 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.4400
43 entries · top 177.1544 · median 162.8000
43 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.5716
43 entries · top 177.7028 · median 161.1200