2017-09-16 – 2017-09-17 · Ridgeland, MS · 📍 Old Trace Park
Grand Champion: VICTORY LANE BBQ (693.0512) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HIGH ON THE HAWG
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 83% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1312 points — closer than 83% of every championship in the data.
693.0512 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 693.0396 VICTORY LANE BBQ set in 2017.
VICTORY LANE BBQ won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
2 of 2 tracked editions
VICTORY LANE BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 2 tracked editions.
Chicken places 7–8: Smokin O's and HIGH ON THE HAWG tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ and HIGH ON THE HAWG tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: WILBUR'S BEEN SMOKIN' SOMETHIN and MAGNOLIA tied on 167.3944 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
VICTORY LANE BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 9th.
VICTORY LANE BBQ turned in 178.8572 in pork ribs — past the 172.5600 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: VICTORY LANE BBQ (won 2017).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
17 of 22 teams from 2017-09-15 came back
17 of the 22 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-15 | Ridgeland, MS | Old Trace Park | 22 | 693.0396 | VICTORY LANE BBQ | CAJUN BLAZE |
| 2017-09-16 ← this one | Ridgeland, MS | Old Trace Park | 17 | 693.0512 | VICTORY LANE BBQ | HIGH ON THE HAWG |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.1200 | 169.1316 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 171.4172 | 167.3944 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 173.1084 | 167.3828 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 172.0344 | 166.8688 |
17 entries · top 693.0512 · median 676.4916
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VICTORY LANE BBQ | |
| 2 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 3 | CAJUN BLAZE | |
| 4 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 5 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 6 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 7 | CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING | |
| 8 | JORDYQ | |
| 9 | COCHON 225 | |
| 10 | VALLEE AC COLD SMOKE | |
| 11 | Kuntry Boyz BBQ | |
| 12 | THE GRILL DOCTORS | |
| 13 | Smokin O's | |
| 14 | MAGNOLIA | |
| 15 | WILBUR'S BEEN SMOKIN' SOMETHIN | |
| 16 | PELLET PORKERS | |
| 17 | SOUTHSIDE BBQ |
17 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 2 | CAJUN BLAZE | |
| 3 | COCHON 225 | |
| 4 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 5 | VICTORY LANE BBQ | |
| 6 | VALLEE AC COLD SMOKE | |
| 7 | Smokin O's | |
| 8 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 9 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 10 | CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING | |
| 11 | PELLET PORKERS | |
| 12 | JORDYQ | |
| 13 | WILBUR'S BEEN SMOKIN' SOMETHIN | |
| 14 | Kuntry Boyz BBQ | |
| 15 | THE GRILL DOCTORS | |
| 16 | MAGNOLIA | |
| 17 | SOUTHSIDE BBQ |
17 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.3944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VICTORY LANE BBQ | |
| 2 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 3 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 4 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 5 | CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING | |
| 6 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 7 | THE GRILL DOCTORS | |
| 8 | VALLEE AC COLD SMOKE | |
| 9 | WILBUR'S BEEN SMOKIN' SOMETHIN | |
| 10 | MAGNOLIA | |
| 11 | Kuntry Boyz BBQ | |
| 12 | COCHON 225 | |
| 13 | CAJUN BLAZE | |
| 14 | SOUTHSIDE BBQ | |
| 15 | JORDYQ | |
| 16 | Smokin O's | |
| 17 | PELLET PORKERS |
17 entries · top 175.4172 · median 167.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokin O's | |
| 2 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 3 | CAJUN BLAZE | |
| 4 | CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING | |
| 5 | JORDYQ | |
| 6 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 7 | VICTORY LANE BBQ | |
| 8 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 9 | VALLEE AC COLD SMOKE | |
| 10 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 11 | THE GRILL DOCTORS | |
| 12 | Kuntry Boyz BBQ | |
| 13 | WILBUR'S BEEN SMOKIN' SOMETHIN | |
| 14 | MAGNOLIA | |
| 15 | COCHON 225 | |
| 16 | SOUTHSIDE BBQ | |
| 17 | PELLET PORKERS |
17 entries · top 177.1428 · median 168.5256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 2 | COCHON 225 | |
| 3 | CAJUN BLAZE | |
| 4 | Kuntry Boyz BBQ | |
| 5 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | |
| 6 | JORDYQ | |
| 7 | MAGNOLIA | |
| 8 | THE GRILL DOCTORS | |
| 9 | VICTORY LANE BBQ | |
| 10 | PELLET PORKERS | |
| 11 | VALLEE AC COLD SMOKE | |
| 12 | CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING | |
| 13 | Smokin O's | |
| 14 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 15 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 16 | WILBUR'S BEEN SMOKIN' SOMETHIN | |
| 17 | SOUTHSIDE BBQ |