2016-09-23 – 2016-09-24 · Missoula, MT · 📍 3400 Captain Rawnway
Grand Champion: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (680.5484) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN MO'S BBQ
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, 2014 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.
Closer than 79% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1768 points — closer than 79% of every championship in the data.
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Brisket places 9–10: GRATE EXPECTATIONS and B-S BBQ OUTLAWS tied on 167.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: CAMP HOUSE BBQ edged LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS by 0.0116. Brisket places 7–8: SMOKIN PUP edged BIG PIG BBQ by 0.0116.
YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double.
UPNSMOKIN BBQ House turned in 176.0000 in chicken — past the 174.8572 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: MONTANA Q (won 2014), LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS (won 2015).
This contest usually draws about 14 teams
25 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 14.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-30 | Missoula, MT | Missoula, MT 59801 | 7 | 675.4284 | MONTANA Q | RUB Q LONG TIME |
| 2015-05-29 | Missoula, MT | Missoula, MT 59801 | 20 | 682.7656 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW |
| 2016-09-23 ← this one | Missoula, MT | 3400 Captain Rawnway | 25 | 680.5484 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0000 | 167.4744 | 163.9428 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8800 | 172.0116 | 168.0460 |
| Pork | 172.5716 | 169.7028 | 164.5372 |
| Brisket | 174.2856 | 170.8456 | 167.9772 |
25 entries · top 680.5484 · median 643.9084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 2 | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ | |
| 3 | GRATE EXPECTATIONS | |
| 4 | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | |
| 5 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 6 | SMOKIN PUP | |
| 7 | MADDDOG'S BBQ | |
| 8 | IDAHO'S BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW | |
| 9 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 10 | UPNSMOKIN BBQ House | |
| 11 | UP IN SMOKE BBQ | |
| 12 | CAMP HOUSE BBQ | |
| 13 | Side Of The Tracks BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKE-IN-LAW | |
| 15 | BIG DADDY QUE | |
| 16 | Mountain Smoke | |
| 17 | BIG PIG BBQ | |
| 18 | Double Diamond BBQ | |
| 19 | 12 BAR BLUES CUE | |
| 20 | MONTANA Q | |
| 21 | Bad Betty's Barbecue | |
| 22 | BBBBQ | |
| 23 | 307 Q | |
| 24 | Gril-Trans | |
| 25 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ |
25 entries · top 176.0000 · median 161.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UPNSMOKIN BBQ House | |
| 2 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | |
| 3 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 4 | CAMP HOUSE BBQ | |
| 5 | GRATE EXPECTATIONS | |
| 6 | MADDDOG'S BBQ | |
| 7 | IDAHO'S BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW | |
| 8 | Side Of The Tracks BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN PUP | |
| 10 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 11 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 12 | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | |
| 13 | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ | |
| 14 | BIG DADDY QUE | |
| 15 | MONTANA Q | |
| 16 | BIG PIG BBQ | |
| 17 | BBBBQ | |
| 18 | 307 Q | |
| 19 | Mountain Smoke | |
| 20 | Double Diamond BBQ | |
| 21 | SMOKE-IN-LAW | |
| 22 | Bad Betty's Barbecue | |
| 23 | UP IN SMOKE BBQ | |
| 24 | Gril-Trans | |
| 25 | 12 BAR BLUES CUE |
25 entries · top 174.8800 · median 161.0972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | |
| 2 | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ | |
| 3 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | |
| 4 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 5 | UP IN SMOKE BBQ | |
| 6 | 12 BAR BLUES CUE | |
| 7 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 8 | IDAHO'S BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW | |
| 9 | GRATE EXPECTATIONS | |
| 10 | 307 Q | |
| 11 | SMOKIN PUP | |
| 12 | Mountain Smoke | |
| 13 | MONTANA Q | |
| 14 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 15 | SMOKE-IN-LAW | |
| 16 | UPNSMOKIN BBQ House | |
| 17 | Side Of The Tracks BBQ | |
| 18 | MADDDOG'S BBQ | |
| 19 | Gril-Trans | |
| 20 | BIG DADDY QUE | |
| 21 | CAMP HOUSE BBQ | |
| 22 | BIG PIG BBQ | |
| 23 | Bad Betty's Barbecue | |
| 24 | BBBBQ | |
| 25 | Double Diamond BBQ |
25 entries · top 172.5716 · median 160.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GRATE EXPECTATIONS | |
| 2 | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN PUP | |
| 4 | CAMP HOUSE BBQ | |
| 5 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 6 | MADDDOG'S BBQ | |
| 7 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 8 | SMOKE-IN-LAW | |
| 9 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | |
| 10 | IDAHO'S BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW | |
| 11 | Double Diamond BBQ | |
| 12 | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | |
| 13 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 14 | Bad Betty's Barbecue | |
| 15 | UPNSMOKIN BBQ House | |
| 16 | MONTANA Q | |
| 17 | UP IN SMOKE BBQ | |
| 18 | BBBBQ | |
| 19 | BIG PIG BBQ | |
| 20 | 12 BAR BLUES CUE | |
| 21 | 307 Q | |
| 22 | Side Of The Tracks BBQ | |
| 23 | Mountain Smoke | |
| 24 | BIG DADDY QUE | |
| 25 | Gril-Trans |
24 entries · top 174.2856 · median 165.6686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | |
| 2 | MADDDOG'S BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ | |
| 4 | BIG DADDY QUE | |
| 5 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 6 | UP IN SMOKE BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN PUP | |
| 8 | BIG PIG BBQ | |
| 9 | GRATE EXPECTATIONS | |
| 10 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 11 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | |
| 12 | Side Of The Tracks BBQ | |
| 13 | Double Diamond BBQ | |
| 14 | IDAHO'S BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW | |
| 15 | Mountain Smoke | |
| 16 | SMOKE-IN-LAW | |
| 17 | Bad Betty's Barbecue | |
| 18 | 12 BAR BLUES CUE | |
| 19 | BBBBQ | |
| 20 | UPNSMOKIN BBQ House | |
| 21 | CAMP HOUSE BBQ | |
| 22 | MONTANA Q | |
| 23 | 307 Q | |
| 24 | Gril-Trans |