2016-10-14 – 2016-10-15 · Mount Pleasant, TN · 📍 Historic Downtown
Grand Champion: CONTAGIOUS Q (707.9772) · 27 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Organizer Portal
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, 2016 to 2018 — 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 65 times in 100
CONTAGIOUS Q came in rated below the field's top team, Organizer Portal, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
2 of 3 tracked editions
CONTAGIOUS Q has won this contest 2 times across its 3 tracked editions.
Chicken places 4–5: Organizer Portal and HOT COLE'S BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: HOT COLE'S BBQ and NEW SOUTH BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: NEW SOUTH BBQ and CONTAGIOUS Q tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Uncle Kenny's Take-Away won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
CONTAGIOUS Q took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 7th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-14 ← this one | Mount Pleasant, TN | Historic Downtown | 27 | 707.9772 | CONTAGIOUS Q | Organizer Portal |
| 2017-10-20 | Mount Pleasant, TN | Main Street | 28 | 698.2400 | CONTAGIOUS Q | UNDER THE RADAR |
| 2018-10-19 | Mount Pleasant, TN | Historic Downtown | 22 | 692.0000 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | CONTAGIOUS Q |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 173.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 175.4172 | 171.9772 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 173.1428 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 174.8456 | 170.8228 |
27 entries · top 707.9772 · median 675.3716
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CONTAGIOUS Q | |
| 2 | Organizer Portal | |
| 3 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 4 | MUSIC CITY BBQ | |
| 5 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 6 | Uncle Kenny's Take-Away | |
| 7 | BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM | |
| 8 | NEW SOUTH BBQ | |
| 9 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 10 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 11 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 12 | Q SMOKE | |
| 13 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 14 | LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW | |
| 15 | 2 LIVE CUE | |
| 16 | BREWS & QUE | |
| 17 | DOUBLE A'S BBQ | |
| 18 | RT QUE KUSINE | |
| 19 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 20 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 21 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 22 | GOOBY'S BBQ | |
| 23 | SMOKING KNOTHEADS | |
| 24 | Bobby B-Que's Smokin' Crew | |
| 25 | BIG ORANGE SMOKERS | |
| 26 | Mt. Pleasant Grille | |
| 27 | TONY'S PIT HOUSE |
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncle Kenny's Take-Away | |
| 2 | 2 LIVE CUE | |
| 3 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 4 | Organizer Portal | |
| 5 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 6 | NEW SOUTH BBQ | |
| 7 | CONTAGIOUS Q | |
| 8 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 9 | BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM | |
| 10 | BREWS & QUE | |
| 11 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 12 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 13 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 14 | MUSIC CITY BBQ | |
| 15 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 16 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 17 | Q SMOKE | |
| 18 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 19 | LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW | |
| 20 | Mt. Pleasant Grille | |
| 21 | RT QUE KUSINE | |
| 22 | DOUBLE A'S BBQ | |
| 23 | GOOBY'S BBQ | |
| 24 | SMOKING KNOTHEADS | |
| 25 | BIG ORANGE SMOKERS | |
| 26 | Bobby B-Que's Smokin' Crew | |
| 27 | TONY'S PIT HOUSE |
27 entries · top 178.2972 · median 170.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CONTAGIOUS Q | |
| 2 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 3 | Organizer Portal | |
| 4 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 5 | Q SMOKE | |
| 6 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 7 | BREWS & QUE | |
| 8 | RT QUE KUSINE | |
| 9 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 10 | GOOBY'S BBQ | |
| 11 | MUSIC CITY BBQ | |
| 12 | NEW SOUTH BBQ | |
| 13 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 15 | BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM | |
| 16 | Uncle Kenny's Take-Away | |
| 17 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 18 | SMOKING KNOTHEADS | |
| 19 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 20 | DOUBLE A'S BBQ | |
| 21 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 22 | BIG ORANGE SMOKERS | |
| 23 | LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW | |
| 24 | Bobby B-Que's Smokin' Crew | |
| 25 | 2 LIVE CUE | |
| 26 | Mt. Pleasant Grille | |
| 27 | TONY'S PIT HOUSE |
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CONTAGIOUS Q | |
| 2 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 3 | BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | MUSIC CITY BBQ | |
| 5 | Organizer Portal | |
| 6 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 7 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 8 | SMOKING KNOTHEADS | |
| 9 | LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW | |
| 10 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 11 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 12 | Bobby B-Que's Smokin' Crew | |
| 13 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 14 | 2 LIVE CUE | |
| 15 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 16 | NEW SOUTH BBQ | |
| 17 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 18 | BIG ORANGE SMOKERS | |
| 19 | DOUBLE A'S BBQ | |
| 20 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 21 | Q SMOKE | |
| 22 | Mt. Pleasant Grille | |
| 23 | RT QUE KUSINE | |
| 24 | Uncle Kenny's Take-Away | |
| 25 | BREWS & QUE | |
| 26 | GOOBY'S BBQ | |
| 27 | TONY'S PIT HOUSE |
27 entries · top 177.1428 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncle Kenny's Take-Away | |
| 2 | DOUBLE A'S BBQ | |
| 3 | MUSIC CITY BBQ | |
| 4 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 5 | NEW SOUTH BBQ | |
| 6 | Organizer Portal | |
| 7 | CONTAGIOUS Q | |
| 8 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 9 | LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW | |
| 10 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 11 | GOOBY'S BBQ | |
| 12 | BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM | |
| 13 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 14 | BREWS & QUE | |
| 15 | Q SMOKE | |
| 16 | RT QUE KUSINE | |
| 17 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 18 | BOOTYQUE | |
| 19 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 20 | 2 LIVE CUE | |
| 21 | SMOKING KNOTHEADS | |
| 22 | Bobby B-Que's Smokin' Crew | |
| 23 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 24 | Mt. Pleasant Grille | |
| 25 | BIG ORANGE SMOKERS | |
| 26 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 27 | TONY'S PIT HOUSE |