2017-10-20 – 2017-10-21 · Mount Pleasant, TN · 📍 Main Street
Grand Champion: CONTAGIOUS Q (698.2400) · 28 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 UNDER THE RADAR
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 65 times in 100
CONTAGIOUS Q came in rated below the field's top team, Organizer Portal, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
CONTAGIOUS Q won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
CONTAGIOUS Q 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
CONTAGIOUS Q has won this contest 2 times across its 3 tracked editions.
Stronger than 92% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1634 power rating going in — stronger than 92% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: Q-BONES BBQ and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: PARADISE QUE and JACK'S OLD SOUTH tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Q-BONES BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CONTAGIOUS Q (won 2016).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-14 | Mount Pleasant, TN | Historic Downtown | 27 | 707.9772 | CONTAGIOUS Q | Organizer Portal |
| 2017-10-20 ← this one | Mount Pleasant, TN | Main Street | 28 | 698.2400 | CONTAGIOUS Q | UNDER THE RADAR |
| 2018-10-19 | Mount Pleasant, TN | Historic Downtown | 22 | 692.0000 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | CONTAGIOUS Q |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 173.1428 | 170.2628 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 175.4172 | 170.8456 |
| Brisket | 175.4056 | 174.2628 | 172.5716 |
28 entries · top 698.2400 · median 681.8854
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CONTAGIOUS Q | |
| 2 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 3 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 4 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 5 | FAT, DRUNK & STUPID | |
| 6 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 7 | JACK'S OLD SOUTH | |
| 8 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 9 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | |
| 10 | JIGGY PIGGY | |
| 11 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 12 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 13 | Organizer Portal | |
| 14 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 15 | BIG ORANGE SMOKERS | |
| 16 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 17 | 615 BBQ | |
| 18 | NEW SOUTH BBQ | |
| 19 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 20 | BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM | |
| 21 | HAMMONDVILLE HAWG MAFIA | |
| 22 | Viking BBQ Leverkusen | |
| 23 | SERIOUS HOG | |
| 24 | SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM-AL | |
| 25 | HONEST BARBECUE COMPANY | |
| 26 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 27 | Chud Hutney's BBQ | |
| 28 | Q SMOKE |
28 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 2 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 3 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | |
| 4 | Organizer Portal | |
| 5 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 6 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 7 | JACK'S OLD SOUTH | |
| 8 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 9 | BIG ORANGE SMOKERS | |
| 10 | JIGGY PIGGY | |
| 11 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 12 | NEW SOUTH BBQ | |
| 13 | FAT, DRUNK & STUPID | |
| 14 | CONTAGIOUS Q | |
| 15 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 16 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 17 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 18 | 615 BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM-AL | |
| 20 | HAMMONDVILLE HAWG MAFIA | |
| 21 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 22 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 23 | Q SMOKE | |
| 24 | BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM | |
| 25 | Chud Hutney's BBQ | |
| 26 | Viking BBQ Leverkusen | |
| 27 | SERIOUS HOG | |
| 28 | HONEST BARBECUE COMPANY |
28 entries · top 177.1544 · median 169.1142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 2 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | |
| 3 | CONTAGIOUS Q | |
| 4 | FAT, DRUNK & STUPID | |
| 5 | Organizer Portal | |
| 6 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 7 | NEW SOUTH BBQ | |
| 8 | HONEST BARBECUE COMPANY | |
| 9 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 10 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 11 | JIGGY PIGGY | |
| 12 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 13 | JACK'S OLD SOUTH | |
| 14 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 15 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 16 | BIG ORANGE SMOKERS | |
| 17 | HAMMONDVILLE HAWG MAFIA | |
| 18 | BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM | |
| 19 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM-AL | |
| 21 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 22 | 615 BBQ | |
| 23 | Viking BBQ Leverkusen | |
| 24 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 25 | SERIOUS HOG | |
| 26 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 27 | Q SMOKE | |
| 28 | Chud Hutney's BBQ |
28 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 2 | HAMMONDVILLE HAWG MAFIA | |
| 3 | CONTAGIOUS Q | |
| 4 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 5 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 6 | SERIOUS HOG | |
| 7 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 8 | BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM | |
| 9 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 10 | JIGGY PIGGY | |
| 11 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 12 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 13 | JACK'S OLD SOUTH | |
| 14 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 15 | FAT, DRUNK & STUPID | |
| 16 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 17 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 18 | BIG ORANGE SMOKERS | |
| 19 | 615 BBQ | |
| 20 | Viking BBQ Leverkusen | |
| 21 | Organizer Portal | |
| 22 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 23 | SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM-AL | |
| 24 | Q SMOKE | |
| 25 | NEW SOUTH BBQ | |
| 26 | Chud Hutney's BBQ | |
| 27 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | |
| 28 | HONEST BARBECUE COMPANY |
28 entries · top 175.4056 · median 170.2742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FAT, DRUNK & STUPID | |
| 2 | PARADISE QUE | |
| 3 | 615 BBQ | |
| 4 | JACK'S OLD SOUTH | |
| 5 | HONEST BARBECUE COMPANY | |
| 6 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | |
| 7 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 8 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | |
| 9 | CONTAGIOUS Q | |
| 10 | Viking BBQ Leverkusen | |
| 11 | UNDER THE RADAR | |
| 12 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 13 | Organizer Portal | |
| 14 | CHOKIN 'N' THA SMOKE | |
| 15 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS | |
| 16 | BIG ORANGE SMOKERS | |
| 17 | BIG G BBQ | |
| 18 | JIGGY PIGGY | |
| 19 | NEW SOUTH BBQ | |
| 20 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 21 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 22 | BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM | |
| 23 | SERIOUS HOG | |
| 24 | SMOKE 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM-AL | |
| 25 | Chud Hutney's BBQ | |
| 26 | Q SMOKE | |
| 27 | SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M | |
| 28 | HAMMONDVILLE HAWG MAFIA |