2017-09-15 – 2017-09-16 · Madison, WI · 📍 Madison, WI
Grand Champion: LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY (685.1432) · 30 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 iBQ'n
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, 2013 to 2017 — 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 97% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0344 points — closer than 97% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 84 times in 100
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY came in rated below the field's top team, PORKY BUTTS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 28th tracked contest.
2 of 27 tracked editions
RHYTHM 'N QUE has won this contest 2 times across its 27 tracked editions.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 2.9492 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Stronger than 99% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1684 power rating going in — stronger than 99% of every contest tracked.
Pork places 4–5: CRASH TEST SMOKERS and LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: MAC ATTACK BBQ edged BAD HABIT BBQ by 0.0112. Pork Ribs places 4–5: iBQ'n edged MUTTS & BUTTS BARK-BQ by 0.0116.
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 26th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: THE SMOKE HUNTERS (won 2013).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-19 | Las Vegas, NV | Las Vegas, NV | 30 | 667.4280 | TOMBSTONE BBQ | GQUE |
| 2013-07-05 | Madison, WI | Madison, WI | 30 | 670.8570 | THE SMOKE HUNTERS | SMOKERS PURGATORY |
| 2013-08-02 | Rockford, IL | Rockford, IL | 30 | 683.9544 | TheBBQSuperStore.com | GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA |
| 2013-09-06 | Chesapeake, VA | Chesapeake, VA | 30 | 673.6796 | Rhode Hog BBQ | SMOKE THIS |
| 2013-09-13 | Hendersonville, TN | Hendersonville, TN | 30 | 697.0972 | MOONSWINERS | Swamp Boys |
| 2013-10-11 | Midwest City, OK | Midwest City, OK | 30 | 697.6684 | CAVEMAN CUISINE | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
| 2014-04-25 | Las Vegas, NV | Las Vegas, NV | 30 | 685.7140 | RHYTHM 'N QUE | SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ |
| 2014-07-11 | Madison, WI | Madison, WI | 29 | 685.0972 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | SECOND CITY SMOKE |
| 2014-08-01 | Madison, WI | Madison, WI | 30 | 689.1316 | BIG BROTHERS BBQ | iBQ'n |
| 2014-08-29 | Richmond, VA | Richmond, VA | 30 | 673.0740 | CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ | THE BBQ GURU |
| 2014-09-05 | Southaven, MS | Southaven, MS | 30 | 701.7144 | PIG WHISPERERS | LANG BBQ SMOKERS |
| 2014-09-19 | Midwest City, OK | Midwest City, OK | 29 | 694.2288 | CLARK CREW BBQ | CAVEMAN CUISINE |
| 2015-04-24 | Las Vegas, NV | Las Vegas, NV | 30 | 702.8576 | RHYTHM 'N QUE | BIG POPPA SMOKERS |
| 2015-08-07 | Madison, WI | Madison, WI | 30 | 694.8344 | THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ | BIG T'Z Q CRU |
| 2015-09-04 | Richmond, VA | Richmond, VA | 30 | 688.5488 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | INSANE SWINE BBQ |
| 2015-09-18 | Southaven, MS | Southaven, MS | 30 | 701.1200 | CAJUN BLAZE | EAT MOR BUTT BBQ |
| 2015-09-25 | Midwest City, OK | Midwest City, OK | 30 | 694.2632 | CLARK CREW BBQ | SMOKEAHOLICS |
| 2016-04-22 | Las Vegas, NV | Las Vegas, NV | 30 | 695.4172 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | SMOKIN MO'S BBQ |
| 2016-07-01 | Marietta, GA | Marietta, GA | 30 | 697.6572 | CONTAGIOUS Q | Organizer Portal |
| 2016-08-26 | N. Charleston, SC | N. Charleston, SC | 30 | 695.3484 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM |
| 2016-09-16 | Madison, WI | Madison, WI | 30 | 705.7144 | LUCKY'S Q | TOTALLY SAUCED |
| 2016-09-23 | Midwest City, OK | Midwest City, OK | 30 | 698.8572 | JAESTAR BBQ | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ |
| 2017-04-21 | Las Vegas, NV | Las Vegas, NV | 30 | 706.8572 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ |
| 2017-06-30 | Bartlett, TN | Bartlett, TN | 30 | 704.5488 | SMOKIN BUTT CREW | RAZORRACKS |
| 2017-08-25 | Richmond, VA | Richmond, VA | 29 | 698.8228 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| 2017-09-15 ← this one | Madison, WI | Madison, WI | 30 | 685.1432 | LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | iBQ'n |
| 2017-09-22 | Edmond, OK | Edmond, OK | 30 | 709.7260 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | JAESTAR BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1544 | 174.2628 | 171.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.5600 | 170.2972 | 168.5488 |
| Pork | 176.0000 | 172.5600 | 168.5600 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 173.1656 | 169.6684 |
30 entries · top 685.1432 · median 667.3140
30 entries · top 177.1544 · median 170.2686
30 entries · top 172.5600 · median 166.8514
30 entries · top 176.0000 · median 167.6972
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.5486 · 🔥 perfect 180