2017-09-08 – 2017-09-09 · Vermillion, SD · 📍 Market & Main st
Grand Champion: SHIGGIN & GRINNIN (704.0000) · 31 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 GETTIN' BASTED
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, 2017 to 2019 — 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.
Pork places 7–8: LAST CALL HEROES BBQ and THE WOLF PACK tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: SCRUM DOWN SMOKERS edged SHIGGIN & GRINNIN by 0.0116. Pork places 9–10: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS edged HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB by 0.0116.
GETTIN' BASTED won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 10th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-08 ← this one | Vermillion, SD | Market & Main st | 31 | 704.0000 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | GETTIN' BASTED |
| 2018-09-07 | Vermillion, SD | Market & Main st | 25 | 685.0512 | RUB MY RACK | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ |
| 2019-09-06 | Vermillion, SD | Market & Main st | 29 | 702.2400 | Hog Hammer BBQ | SPITFIRE |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 174.3200 | 173.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.7256 | 171.4056 |
| Pork | 176.5944 | 174.2628 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 168.5716 |
31 entries · top 704.0000 · median 671.3252
31 entries · top 178.2972 · median 170.2628
30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.9886
31 entries · top 176.5944 · median 167.9888
31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.3944 · 🔥 perfect 180