2017-09-15 – 2017-09-16 · Batesville, AR · 📍 Riverside Park
Grand Champion: 501 BBQ (689.0740) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SURVIVOR-QUE
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 99% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0112 points — closer than 99% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100
501 BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, FIRE DANCER BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
501 BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was 501 BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 18th tracked contest.
Brisket places 1–2: DAD'S GRILLIN CREW and BLOWIN' SMOKE NWA tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: POP SMOKE BBQ and ALL Q'UED UP! tied on 166.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: ALL Q'UED UP! edged POP SMOKE BBQ by 0.0116.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-15 ← this one | Batesville, AR | Riverside Park | 17 | 689.0740 | 501 BBQ | SURVIVOR-QUE |
| 2018-09-07 | Batesville, AR | Riverside Park | 17 | 683.9884 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | RAZORRACKS |
| 2022-09-09 | Batesville, AR | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 170.2628 | 165.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 169.6684 | 159.3716 |
| Pork | 174.8456 | 171.4056 | 165.7028 |
| Brisket | 175.4056 | 174.2628 | 165.0972 |
17 entries · top 689.0740 · median 662.7768
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 501 BBQ | |
| 2 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 3 | ALL Q'UED UP! | |
| 4 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 5 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 6 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 7 | BLOWIN' SMOKE NWA | |
| 8 | SLADES BBQ | |
| 9 | POP SMOKE BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN THROUGH THE NIGHT | |
| 11 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 12 | HOLY SMOKE | |
| 13 | PARTY Q | |
| 14 | DRUMMIN' UP SOME Q! | |
| 15 | SOUTH - PORK BBQ | |
| 16 | CAMP SLAUGHTERHOUSE | |
| 17 | FOOD GEEK, INC. |
17 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALL Q'UED UP! | |
| 2 | 501 BBQ | |
| 3 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 4 | BLOWIN' SMOKE NWA | |
| 5 | SLADES BBQ | |
| 6 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 7 | SMOKIN THROUGH THE NIGHT | |
| 8 | HOLY SMOKE | |
| 9 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 10 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 11 | POP SMOKE BBQ | |
| 12 | DRUMMIN' UP SOME Q! | |
| 13 | SOUTH - PORK BBQ | |
| 14 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 15 | PARTY Q | |
| 16 | FOOD GEEK, INC. | |
| 17 | CAMP SLAUGHTERHOUSE |
17 entries · top 175.4172 · median 165.1084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 2 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 3 | ALL Q'UED UP! | |
| 4 | POP SMOKE BBQ | |
| 5 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 6 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 7 | SMOKIN THROUGH THE NIGHT | |
| 8 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 9 | 501 BBQ | |
| 10 | PARTY Q | |
| 11 | BLOWIN' SMOKE NWA | |
| 12 | HOLY SMOKE | |
| 13 | SLADES BBQ | |
| 14 | CAMP SLAUGHTERHOUSE | |
| 15 | DRUMMIN' UP SOME Q! | |
| 16 | SOUTH - PORK BBQ | |
| 17 | FOOD GEEK, INC. |
17 entries · top 174.8456 · median 165.7716
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 2 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 3 | 501 BBQ | |
| 4 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 5 | ALL Q'UED UP! | |
| 6 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 7 | SOUTH - PORK BBQ | |
| 8 | HOLY SMOKE | |
| 9 | SLADES BBQ | |
| 10 | BLOWIN' SMOKE NWA | |
| 11 | PARTY Q | |
| 12 | POP SMOKE BBQ | |
| 13 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 14 | DRUMMIN' UP SOME Q! | |
| 15 | SMOKIN THROUGH THE NIGHT | |
| 16 | FOOD GEEK, INC. | |
| 17 | CAMP SLAUGHTERHOUSE |
17 entries · top 175.4056 · median 165.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 2 | BLOWIN' SMOKE NWA | |
| 3 | 501 BBQ | |
| 4 | SLADES BBQ | |
| 5 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 6 | SMOKIN THROUGH THE NIGHT | |
| 7 | POP SMOKE BBQ | |
| 8 | ALL Q'UED UP! | |
| 9 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 10 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 11 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 12 | FOOD GEEK, INC. | |
| 13 | CAMP SLAUGHTERHOUSE | |
| 14 | PARTY Q | |
| 15 | HOLY SMOKE | |
| 16 | DRUMMIN' UP SOME Q! | |
| 17 | SOUTH - PORK BBQ |
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.
6 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.9828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALL Q'UED UP! | |
| 2 | SMOKIN THROUGH THE NIGHT | |
| 3 | CAMP SLAUGHTERHOUSE | |
| 4 | PARTY Q | |
| 5 | FOOD GEEK, INC. | |
| 6 | DRUMMIN' UP SOME Q! |
3 entries · top 171.4056 · median 169.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DRUMMIN' UP SOME Q! | |
| 2 | FOOD GEEK, INC. | |
| 3 | CAMP SLAUGHTERHOUSE |
4 entries · top 176.5600 · median 173.1314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 2 | ALL Q'UED UP! | |
| 3 | PARTY Q | |
| 4 | FOOD GEEK, INC. |
4 entries · top 170.8228 · median 160.5772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOLY SMOKE | |
| 2 | PARTY Q | |
| 3 | ALL Q'UED UP! | |
| 4 | FOOD GEEK, INC. |