2017-09-15 – 2017-09-16 · Salisbury, NC · 📍 653 Bendix Dr
Grand Champion: SAUCED! BBQ TEAM (689.6688) · 63 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 NORTH MEETS SOUTH 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, 2013 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.
Closer than 89% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5828 points — closer than 89% of every championship in the data.
Chicken places 5–6: REDNECK SCIENTIFIC and SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: EB'S BAR-B-QUE and SMOKING BUTT HEADS tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: SMOKING BUTT HEADS and STILL WORKIN' ON IT BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 39th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: REDNECK SCIENTIFIC (won 2016).
Bigger than 94% of the 5,410 contests in the data
63 teams made this a bigger field than 94% of every contest tracked.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-20 | Salisbury, NC | Salisbury, NC | 72 | 705.7144 | KILLER B'S BBQ | 4:20 Q |
| 2015-09-18 | Salisbury, NC | Salisbury, NC 28146 | 59 | 697.6572 | SMOKE THIS | CHECKERED PIG |
| 2016-09-16 | Salisbury, NC | Salisbury, NC | 68 | 699.3716 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM |
| 2017-09-15 ← this one | Salisbury, NC | 653 Bendix Dr | 63 | 689.6688 | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | NORTH MEETS SOUTH BBQ |
| 2018-09-14 | Salisbury, NC | 653 Bendix Dr | 29 | 691.3944 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | MIDNIGHT BURN |
| 2019-09-20 | Salisbury, NC | 653 Bendix Dr | 56 | 691.9428 | Wolf's Revenge BBQ | K & D SMOKERS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 175.4056 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1772 | 174.2972 | 173.1544 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 174.8572 | 173.1084 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 170.8228 |
63 entries · top 689.6688 · median 663.2912
63 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3944
63 entries · top 177.1772 · median 166.8344
63 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.7028
63 entries · top 178.8572 · median 161.6800