2017-09-22 – 2017-09-23 · Newton, NC · 📍 American Legion Ave
Grand Champion: THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA (697.1084) · 41 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKING BUTT HEADS
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, 2014 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 7–8: SMOKIN SKULLIES and MUTTLEY CREW BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: REDNECK SCIENTIFIC and SMOKE MONSTER BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: K & D SMOKERS and SMOKING BUTT HEADS tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SMOKE MONSTER BBQ turned in 179.4400 in pork — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: REDNECK SCIENTIFIC (won 2016).
This contest usually draws about 27 teams
41 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 27.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-26 | Hickory, NC | Hickory, NC 28042 | 24 | 706.2628 | KILLER B'S BBQ | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE |
| 2015-09-25 | Newton, NC | Newton, NC 28658 | 27 | 700.5600 | SMOKE ON THIS | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC |
| 2016-09-23 | Newton, NC | 1127 US 70 | 31 | 705.6916 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | SMOKIN SKULLIES |
| 2017-09-22 ← this one | Newton, NC | American Legion Ave | 41 | 697.1084 | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | SMOKING BUTT HEADS |
| 2018-09-21 | Newton, NC | American Legion Ave | 45 | 689.5996 | SMOKE MONSTER BBQ | CONTAGIOUS Q |
| 2019-09-27 | Newton, NC | American Legion Ave | 37 | 701.1428 | Under the Radar | SMOKE MONSTER BBQ |
| 2021-09-24 | Newton, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.0116 | 172.0000 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 172.5828 | 171.4284 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 175.4056 | 172.0000 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 173.7028 | 170.8800 |
41 entries · top 697.1084 · median 664.5372
41 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
41 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.1428
41 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.3828
41 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.8228
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.
12 entries · top 180.0000 · median 159.0914 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brann Boys Que | |
| 2 | SUNNYSIDE SMOKE | |
| 3 | DOCTOR CUE NC | |
| 4 | Barefoot Barbeque | |
| 5 | Jim's Old School BBQ | |
| 6 | BLUE RIDGE BACK YARD BUTT RUBBERS | |
| 7 | PPR BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKE EATERS | |
| 9 | PINK IN THE MIDDLE BBQ | |
| 10 | Smoke'n K Que | |
| 11 | Bowmans Butt & BBQ | |
| 12 | BBQ-Licious |
12 entries · top 170.2628 · median 156.5314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUNNYSIDE SMOKE | |
| 2 | PPR BBQ | |
| 3 | PINK IN THE MIDDLE BBQ | |
| 4 | BLUE RIDGE BACK YARD BUTT RUBBERS | |
| 5 | Bowmans Butt & BBQ | |
| 6 | Jim's Old School BBQ | |
| 7 | Barefoot Barbeque | |
| 8 | DOCTOR CUE NC | |
| 9 | BBQ-Licious | |
| 10 | Brann Boys Que | |
| 11 | Smoke'n K Que | |
| 12 | SMOKE EATERS |
11 entries · top 176.0000 · median 158.2172