Sep 29–30, 2017 · Clinton, MO · 📍 100 West Franklin
VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY won Grand Champion at the Smoking in the Golden Valley on September 29, 2017 in Clinton, MO at 100 West Franklin, scoring 693.0856 in a field of 29 teams. HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB took Reserve Grand Champion with 692.5260. Category winners: Chicken — GETTIN' BASTED (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SMOKEVILLE (177.1772); Pork — GETTIN' BASTED (177.7028); Brisket — Eli's Pit Crew (175.4172). This is the 2nd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY; the next was held in 2018.
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, 2016 to 2018 — 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 92% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5596 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100
VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY came in rated below the field's top team, DIRT ROAD BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
2 of 3 tracked editions
VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY has won this contest 2 times across its 3 tracked editions.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.4400 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 1–2: GETTIN' BASTED and FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: SMOKEVILLE and SEDALIA MASTERBASTERS tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: FAT BOTTOM BBQ edged HOGZILLA by 0.0112.
GETTIN' BASTED won Chicken, Pork — a double.
GETTIN' BASTED turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 176.0000 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY (won 2016).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2016 | Clinton, MO | Clinton Downtown Sq | 22 | 712.5944 | VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY | UP SAUCE CREEK |
| Sep 29, 2017 ← this one | Clinton, MO | 100 West Franklin | 29 | 693.0856 | VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY | HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB |
| Sep 28, 2018 | Clinton, MO | 100 West Franklin | 25 | 683.3372 | SONS OF A BRISKET | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 174.8456 | 171.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1772 | 172.5600 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 173.1316 | 170.2628 |
| Brisket | 175.4172 | 171.9772 | 167.9888 |
29 entries · top 693.0856 · median 662.2628
29 entries · top 180 · median 167.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
29 entries · top 177.1772 · median 167.4172
29 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.2972
29 entries · top 175.4172 · median 163.4056