Oct 20–21, 2017 · Munfordville, KY · 📍 Main Street
B&R SMOKE won Grand Champion at the Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-off on October 20, 2017 in Munfordville, KY at Main Street, scoring 689.6916 in a field of 36 teams. WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.0972. Category winners: Chicken — WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS (179.4400); Pork Ribs — BLUE CHIP BBQ (173.7144); Pork — RICE BROTHERS BBQ (177.1544); Brisket — EXTRA MILE BBQ (173.1200). This is the 4th of 7 editions of this contest on record; the 2015 edition was won by SPITFIRE; 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, 2013 to 2021 — 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 88% of the 4,713 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 95 times in 100
B&R SMOKE came in rated below the field's top team, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 5-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
B&R SMOKE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was B&R SMOKE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 19th tracked contest.
2 of 7 tracked editions
SPITFIRE has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.
Chicken places 7–8: Z SMOKE and SMOKING BUTT HEADS tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ and WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS and UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS turned in 179.4400 in chicken — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
This contest was away for 2 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2015-10-16.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2013 | Munfordville, KY | Munfordville, KY | 40 | 695.9656 | SPITFIRE | BLUE CHIP BBQ |
| Oct 17, 2014 | Munfordville, KY | Munfordville, KY 42765 | 32 | 682.8000 | SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE | BLUE CHIP BBQ |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Munfordville, KY | Munfordville, KY 42765 | 34 | 687.3944 | SPITFIRE | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N |
| Oct 20, 2017 ← this one | Munfordville, KY | Main Street | 36 | 689.6916 | B&R SMOKE | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Munfordville, KY | Main St | 29 | 704.5372 | GREY STREET BBQ | A FINE SWINE |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Munfordville, KY | Main St | 31 | 701.6456 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | BARK 'N BONES BBQ |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Munfordville, KY | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Munfordville, KY | Downtown Munfordville | 27 | 712.5716 | Continental Barbeque Co | LC BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.7144 | 171.9772 | 170.8344 |
| Pork | 177.1544 | 171.9656 | 170.2744 |
| Brisket | 173.1200 | 170.8228 | 167.9772 |
36 entries · top 689.6916 · median 669.0344
36 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1028
36 entries · top 173.7144 · median 165.1086
36 entries · top 177.1544 · median 168.2514
36 entries · top 173.1200 · median 163.9600