2017-09-08 – 2017-09-09 · Mt.Vernon, IN · 📍 Water St
Grand Champion: FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE (693.0856) · 29 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 GRUMPY GOOSE 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, 2017 to 2025 — 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 83 times in 100
FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE came in rated below the field's top team, CONTAGIOUS Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 43rd tracked contest.
2 of 8 tracked editions
Scuffletown Smokers has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
GRUMPY GOOSE BBQ finished 2nd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Pork Ribs places 1–2: RURAL ROUTE BBQ and SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: HICKORY PIT STOP and A-1 TAX SERVICE INC tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: A-1 TAX SERVICE INC and HICKORY PIT STOP tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 15th.
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 | Mt.Vernon, IN | Water St | 29 | 693.0856 | FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE | GRUMPY GOOSE BBQ |
| 2018-09-07 | Mt.Vernon, IN | Water St | 28 | 701.0856 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ |
| 2019-09-13 | Mt.Vernon, IN | 1 Locust | 28 | 701.1088 | Scuffletown Smokers | ONE2BBQ |
| 2021-09-10 | Mt. Vernon, IN | 110 East Water St. | 16 | 702.2400 | Local Yokels | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS |
| 2022-09-09 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 12 | 716.0000 | Local Yokels | DB BBQ |
| 2023-09-08 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 25 | 709.6684 | Scuffletown Smokers | DB BBQ |
| 2024-09-13 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 28 | 703.9428 | Mulkey's BBQ | JaBs BBQ |
| 2025-09-12 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 27 | 709.1428 | JaBs | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS |
| 2026-09-11 | Mt. Vernon, IN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 172.5828 | 170.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.5600 | 171.4056 | 168.5600 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 173.7144 | 169.1316 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 173.1544 | 168.5372 |
29 entries · top 693.0856 · median 656.4000
29 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.4056
29 entries · top 172.5600 · median 166.8228
29 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8344
29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.0856 · 🔥 perfect 180