Oct 21, 2017 · West Kingston, RI · 📍 Wawaloam Campground, 510 Gardiner RD
DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM won Grand Champion at the Ocean Sate BBQ Championship on October 21, 2017 in West Kingston, RI at Wawaloam Campground, 510 Gardiner RD, scoring 681.0744 in a field of 24 teams. Rogue Hog BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.2628. Category winners: Chicken — TEAM EATAPEDIA (176.0000); Pork Ribs — Rogue Hog BBQ (178.8800); Pork — BEVERAGE BROTHERS (178.2972); Brisket — THE BASIC BBQ TEAM (176.5600).
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100
Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team came in rated below the field's top team, LO' -N- SLO' BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Brisket places 5–6: FIRE DOWN BELOW and Rogue Hog BBQ tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: JOHN'S TWISTED Q edged DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM by 0.0116. Brisket places 8–9: STUBBORN BULL BBQ edged Cousin's Catering and BBQ by 0.0116.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176 | 168.5600 | 164 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 169.7028 | 163.4172 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 172.5600 | 165.6800 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 169.7028 | 165.7028 |
24 entries · top 681.0744 · median 647.1088
24 entries · top 176 · median 163.3942
24 entries · top 178.8800 · median 160.8228
24 entries · top 178.2972 · median 163.6742
24 entries · top 176.5600 · median 160.2514
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
7 entries · top 173.7028 · median 164.0112
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DUNKLE'S BBQ | |
| 2 | WOOD & STEEL BBQ | |
| 3 | DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | TEAM MEAT BBQ | |
| 5 | BEVERAGE BROTHERS | |
| 6 | BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT | |
| 7 | Cousin's Catering and BBQ |