2017-09-29 – 2017-09-30 · Brighton, CO · 📍 13201 E 144th Ave
Grand Champion: WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ (691.4172) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 GRILLIN' BEAVERS
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, 2017 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 86% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6516 points — closer than 86% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 25th tracked contest.
2 of 3 tracked editions
BOOMERANG BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 3 tracked editions.
Chicken places 5–6: GRILLIN' BEAVERS and WILD HOGS BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: BACKDRAFT BBQ and ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: WILD HOGS BBQ and BACKDRAFT BBQ tied on 168.5372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
GRILLIN' BEAVERS won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-29 ← this one | Brighton, CO | 13201 E 144th Ave | 25 | 691.4172 | WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ | GRILLIN' BEAVERS |
| 2018-04-28 | Brighton, CO | 13201 E 144th Ave | 40 | 690.1828 | BOOMERANG BBQ | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ |
| 2019-04-26 | Brighton, CO | 13201 E 144th Ave | 40 | 701.0856 | Boomerang BBQ | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 170.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 170.8688 | 167.4400 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 169.6916 | 167.9772 |
| Brisket | 173.1200 | 169.1084 | 165.0856 |
25 entries · top 691.4172 · median 661.6800
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180
25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.0972
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2400 · 🔥 perfect 180
25 entries · top 173.1200 · median 159.4172