2016-10-21 – 2016-10-22 · Lynchburg, TN · 📍 Wiseman Park
Grand Champion: COOL SMOKE (701.1084) · 96 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PIGSKIN 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 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.
Closer than 75% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6800 points — closer than 75% of every championship in the data.
701.1084 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 698.2516 COOL SMOKE set in 2015.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 89 times in 100
Cool Smoke came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
COOL SMOKE won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 5 tracked editions
COOL SMOKE has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.
Stronger than 95% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1648 power rating going in — stronger than 95% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: COOL SMOKE and SPITFIRE tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: SHIGGIN & GRINNIN and Rio Valley Meat tied on 176.5944 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ and CLARK CREW BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
COOL SMOKE took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 31st.
PIGSKIN BBQ turned in 179.4400 in pork ribs — past the 177.7372 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (won 2014), COOL SMOKE (won 2015).
Bigger than 99% of the 5,410 contests in the data
96 teams made this a bigger field than 99% of every contest tracked.
This contest usually draws about 93 teams
96 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 93.
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-24 | Lynchburg, TN | Lynchburg, TN 37352 | 92 | 694.7884 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ |
| 2015-10-23 | Lynchburg, TN | Lynchburg, TN 37352 | 93 | 698.2516 | COOL SMOKE | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS |
| 2016-10-21 ← this one | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 96 | 701.1084 | COOL SMOKE | PIGSKIN BBQ |
| 2017-10-27 | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 95 | 708.0684 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | TheAmericanDreamBBQTeam |
| 2018-10-26 | Lynchburg, TN | Wiseman Park | 102 | 700.5372 | BUTCHER BBQ | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.1544 | 176.0000 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 176.5944 | 176.0000 |
| Pork | 177.1772 | 176.0000 | 174.8456 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
96 entries · top 701.1084 · median 671.6282
95 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
96 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.6856
96 entries · top 177.1772 · median 167.7028
96 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.2684 · 🔥 perfect 180
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
41 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4288 · 🔥 perfect 180
54 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
81 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180