2017-03-25 – 2017-03-26 · Shawnee, OK · 📍 1570 S Gordon Cooper Dr
Grand Champion: PORKY BUTTS BBQ (709.1660) · 77 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 DR. NORDY'S BBQ
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 2017 — 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.
709.1660 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 704.0232 FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX set in 2017.
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 91% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1632 power rating going in — stronger than 91% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: THUMP & STRUM BBQ and UNCLE BC'S tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: UNCLE BC'S and Bonemaker Outdoors tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: TNK BBQ and KOSMOSQ.COM tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
PORKY BUTTS BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
PORKY BUTTS BBQ took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 20th.
THUMP & STRUM BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CLARK CREW BBQ (won 2014), FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX (won 2017).
Bigger than 97% of the 5,410 contests in the data
77 teams made this a bigger field than 97% of every contest tracked.
75 of 87 teams from 2017-03-24 came back
75 of the 87 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-29 | Shawnee, OK | Shawnee, OK | 38 | 688.5718 | HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE | BUTCHER BBQ |
| 2014-03-28 | Shawnee, OK | Shawnee, OK | 43 | 682.2512 | CLARK CREW BBQ | HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE |
| 2017-03-24 | Shawnee, OK | 1570 S Gordon Cooper Dr | 87 | 704.0232 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | SMOKEAHOLICS |
| 2017-03-25 ← this one | Shawnee, OK | 1570 S Gordon Cooper Dr | 77 | 709.1660 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | DR. NORDY'S BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 176.5828 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 176.5944 | 176.0000 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.1428 | 174.2856 |
77 entries · top 709.1660 · median 671.3368
77 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8112 · 🔥 perfect 180
77 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5372
77 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180
76 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180