2017-11-17 – 2017-11-18 · Plant City, FL · 📍 1500 S park rd
Grand Champion: SHIG NINJA BBQ (694.8000) · 42 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HOT WACHULA'S
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 76 times in 100
SHIG NINJA BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, THE SMOKING HILLS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Pork Ribs places 2–3: Florida Boys and CHUBBY'S BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: HOT WACHULA'S and Lit BBQ (formerly ShoGud) tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: ACCUTECH BBQ and Team Double D's BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SHIG NINJA BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
SHIG NINJA BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 23rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-17 ← this one | Plant City, FL | 1500 S park rd | 42 | 694.8000 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | HOT WACHULA'S |
| 2018-11-16 | Plant City, FL | 1500 S park rd | 44 | 697.6916 | BOOMERANG BBQ | MIDNIGHT BURN |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 173.7028 | 169.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0000 | 174.8572 | 170.8344 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 174.8572 | 169.6800 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | 167.3828 |
42 entries · top 694.8000 · median 651.5428
41 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.5600
42 entries · top 176.0000 · median 164.8286
42 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.1142 · 🔥 perfect 180
42 entries · top 180.0000 · median 158.8286 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
19 entries · top 174.2744 · median 143.4060
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOGGY STYLE BBQ | |
| 2 | Sons of Hamarchy | |
| 3 | Bubba's Smokin Q | |
| 4 | PIG TIMERS | |
| 5 | DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ | |
| 7 | TREMENDOUS QUE | |
| 8 | BBQ Addicts | |
| 9 | Pirate Ship BBQ | |
| 10 | Bamboo Warriors | |
| 11 | The Pit Crew | |
| 12 | Hats off to Dining | |
| 13 | Wombat Down | |
| 14 | Porkganic BBQ | |
| 15 | Evans Ranch BBQ | |
| 16 | BBQueen BBQ | |
| 17 | Pick'em Up and Bust'em BBQ | |
| 18 | Derek's Bodacious Bar-B-Q | |
| 19 | AARONS BURNT END BBQ LLC |
21 entries · top 170.2972 · median 160.5372
21 entries · top 666.8000 · median 597.1320
20 entries · top 174.2972 · median 152.8342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sons of Hamarchy | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ | |
| 3 | Bamboo Warriors | |
| 4 | BBQ Addicts | |
| 5 | Evans Ranch BBQ | |
| 6 | Bubba's Smokin Q | |
| 7 | DRUNKIN BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 8 | Wombat Down | |
| 9 | PIG TIMERS | |
| 10 | Porkganic BBQ | |
| 11 | TREMENDOUS QUE | |
| 12 | Hats off to Dining | |
| 13 | HOGGY STYLE BBQ | |
| 14 | The Pit Crew | |
| 15 | BBQueen BBQ | |
| 16 | Pirate Ship BBQ | |
| 17 | AARONS BURNT END BBQ LLC | |
| 18 | Pick'em Up and Bust'em BBQ | |
| 19 | Derek's Bodacious Bar-B-Q | |
| 20 | PJs BBQ and Catering |
21 entries · top 164.5372 · median 153.0744