A razor-thin finish
Closer than 88% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5944 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.
- DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS
- SMOKIN SKULLIES
2017-10-06 – 2017-10-07 · Virginia Beach, VA · 📍 Traual Park
Grand Champion: DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS (686.8572) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN SKULLIES
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 88% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5944 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100
DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS came in rated below the field's top team, Smoke-A-Holics, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 71st tracked contest.
Pork places 6–7: HAMTOWN SMOKERS and MUTTLEY CREW BBQ tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: SMOKE-AHOLICS and Sauce This BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: GREAT WHITE BBQ and OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SMOKIN SKULLIES won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double.
DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5828 | 171.4172 | 165.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5944 | 165.6800 | 163.4172 |
| Pork | 178.8800 | 171.9772 | 165.6800 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 172.5600 | 167.3828 |
23 entries · top 686.8572 · median 650.8112
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 2 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 3 | BURN BARREL BBQ | |
| 4 | Sauce This BBQ | |
| 5 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 6 | HAMTOWN SMOKERS | |
| 7 | E.O.D. WRECKINQ | |
| 8 | NEW REVOLUTION Q | |
| 9 | OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 10 | SMOKE-AHOLICS | |
| 11 | CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE | |
| 12 | GRATEFUL 'QUE | |
| 13 | GRATE SMOKE | |
| 14 | SERIAL GRILLER | |
| 15 | FIRESIDE ALCHEMY | |
| 16 | FIRE PIGS BBQ | |
| 17 | GREAT WHITE BBQ | |
| 18 | COLONIAL EMBERS | |
| 19 | KIRBBQ | |
| 20 | MAKIN BACON BBQ | |
| 21 | ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA | |
| 22 | Fireside Academy | |
| 23 | WICKED GOOD BBQ & CATERING |
23 entries · top 176.5828 · median 165.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sauce This BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKE-AHOLICS | |
| 3 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 4 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 5 | SERIAL GRILLER | |
| 6 | HAMTOWN SMOKERS | |
| 7 | BURN BARREL BBQ | |
| 8 | FIRESIDE ALCHEMY | |
| 9 | COLONIAL EMBERS | |
| 10 | Fireside Academy | |
| 11 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 12 | E.O.D. WRECKINQ | |
| 13 | MAKIN BACON BBQ | |
| 14 | GRATE SMOKE | |
| 15 | CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE | |
| 16 | OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 17 | KIRBBQ | |
| 18 | GRATEFUL 'QUE | |
| 19 | FIRE PIGS BBQ | |
| 20 | ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA | |
| 21 | GREAT WHITE BBQ | |
| 22 | NEW REVOLUTION Q | |
| 23 | WICKED GOOD BBQ & CATERING |
23 entries · top 176.5944 · median 163.3944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 2 | BURN BARREL BBQ | |
| 3 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 4 | E.O.D. WRECKINQ | |
| 5 | NEW REVOLUTION Q | |
| 6 | Sauce This BBQ | |
| 7 | GRATEFUL 'QUE | |
| 8 | MAKIN BACON BBQ | |
| 9 | FIRESIDE ALCHEMY | |
| 10 | COLONIAL EMBERS | |
| 11 | FIRE PIGS BBQ | |
| 12 | CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE | |
| 13 | OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 14 | HAMTOWN SMOKERS | |
| 15 | GRATE SMOKE | |
| 16 | SERIAL GRILLER | |
| 17 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 18 | KIRBBQ | |
| 19 | Fireside Academy | |
| 20 | GREAT WHITE BBQ | |
| 21 | WICKED GOOD BBQ & CATERING | |
| 22 | ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA | |
| 23 | SMOKE-AHOLICS |
23 entries · top 178.8800 · median 164.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 2 | E.O.D. WRECKINQ | |
| 3 | GRATEFUL 'QUE | |
| 4 | BURN BARREL BBQ | |
| 5 | NEW REVOLUTION Q | |
| 6 | HAMTOWN SMOKERS | |
| 7 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 8 | GRATE SMOKE | |
| 9 | GREAT WHITE BBQ | |
| 10 | OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 11 | CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE | |
| 12 | FIRE PIGS BBQ | |
| 13 | Sauce This BBQ | |
| 14 | WICKED GOOD BBQ & CATERING | |
| 15 | SMOKE-AHOLICS | |
| 16 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 17 | MAKIN BACON BBQ | |
| 18 | KIRBBQ | |
| 19 | ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA | |
| 20 | SERIAL GRILLER | |
| 21 | Fireside Academy | |
| 22 | COLONIAL EMBERS | |
| 23 | FIRESIDE ALCHEMY |
23 entries · top 176.5600 · median 163.9428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN SKULLIES | |
| 2 | SMOKE-AHOLICS | |
| 3 | Sauce This BBQ | |
| 4 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | |
| 5 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 6 | GREAT WHITE BBQ | |
| 7 | OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 8 | NEW REVOLUTION Q | |
| 9 | BURN BARREL BBQ | |
| 10 | HAMTOWN SMOKERS | |
| 11 | FIRESIDE ALCHEMY | |
| 12 | CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE | |
| 13 | ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA | |
| 14 | COLONIAL EMBERS | |
| 15 | KIRBBQ | |
| 16 | FIRE PIGS BBQ | |
| 17 | SERIAL GRILLER | |
| 18 | E.O.D. WRECKINQ | |
| 19 | GRATEFUL 'QUE | |
| 20 | GRATE SMOKE | |
| 21 | Fireside Academy | |
| 22 | WICKED GOOD BBQ & CATERING | |
| 23 | MAKIN BACON BBQ |