Mar 24–25, 2017 · Crestview, FL
UNCLE BUD'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the 13th Annual Triple B Festival Blackwater, BBQ & Bands on March 24, 2017 in Crestview, FL, scoring 693.0512 in a field of 8 teams. SHIG NINJA BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 692.4800. Category winners: Chicken — UNCLE BUD'S BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — HAULIN' BUTT BBQ (173.1316); Pork — SHIG NINJA BBQ (176.5600); Brisket — SHEATS SMOKED MEATS (173.7028).
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 91% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5712 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100
UNCLE BUD'S BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SWINE AND SHINE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was UNCLE BUD'S BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 35th tracked contest.
Chicken places 3–4: SHIG NINJA BBQ and HAULIN' BUTT BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: UNCLE BUD'S BBQ and SWINE AND SHINE BBQ tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: RANCH HOUSE KITCHEN edged SHEATS SMOKED MEATS by 0.0116.
UNCLE BUD'S BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 5th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 168 | — |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1316 | 170.2744 | — |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 171.4056 | — |
| Brisket | 173.7028 | 170.8228 | — |
8 entries · top 693.0512 · median 680.1884
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 2 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 3 | HAULIN' BUTT BBQ | |
| 4 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 5 | POVERTY HILL SMOKERS | |
| 6 | SHEATS SMOKED MEATS | |
| 7 | RANCH HOUSE KITCHEN | |
| 8 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE |
8 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.9886
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 2 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 3 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 4 | HAULIN' BUTT BBQ | |
| 5 | POVERTY HILL SMOKERS | |
| 6 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 7 | RANCH HOUSE KITCHEN | |
| 8 | SHEATS SMOKED MEATS |
8 entries · top 173.1316 · median 170.5428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HAULIN' BUTT BBQ | |
| 2 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 3 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 4 | POVERTY HILL SMOKERS | |
| 5 | SHEATS SMOKED MEATS | |
| 6 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 7 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 8 | RANCH HOUSE KITCHEN |
8 entries · top 176.5600 · median 171.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 2 | HAULIN' BUTT BBQ | |
| 3 | POVERTY HILL SMOKERS | |
| 4 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 5 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ | |
| 6 | RANCH HOUSE KITCHEN | |
| 7 | SHEATS SMOKED MEATS | |
| 8 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE |
8 entries · top 173.7028 · median 171.1142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHEATS SMOKED MEATS | |
| 2 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 3 | HAULIN' BUTT BBQ | |
| 4 | RANCH HOUSE KITCHEN | |
| 5 | UNCLE BUD'S BBQ | |
| 6 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 7 | POVERTY HILL SMOKERS | |
| 8 | SWINE AND SHINE BBQ |
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.
4 entries · top 169.7028 · median 158.7884
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two Brothers Bar-B-Que | |
| 2 | GULF COAST SMOKE SHOW | |
| 3 | DADGUM GOOD BBQ | |
| 4 | HOUSE OF BONES |
5 entries · top 171.9772 · median 146.3200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GULF COAST SMOKE SHOW | |
| 2 | Two Brothers Bar-B-Que | |
| 3 | Death Row Barbeque | |
| 4 | DADGUM GOOD BBQ | |
| 5 | HOUSE OF BONES |