Mar 31 – Apr 1, 2017 · Savannah, TN · 📍 Wayne Jerrolds Riverfront Park, Riverside Dr
THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest on March 31, 2017 in Savannah, TN at Wayne Jerrolds Riverfront Park, Riverside Dr, scoring 698.2628 in a field of 48 teams. WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 697.0628. Category winners: Chicken — ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN (177.7028); Pork Ribs — ROYAL SMOKERS (176.5716); Pork — YAZOO'S DELTA Q (180.0000); Brisket — BIG BLUE QUE (178.8572). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by GETTIN' BASTED.
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 77% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.2000 points — closer than 77% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100
THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Organizer Portal, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.0228 points.
Chicken places 5–6: Organizer Portal and 501 BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ and HIGH ON THE HAWG tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: DEEP SOUTH BBQ and WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BIG BLUE QUE turned in 178.8572 in brisket — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2016 | Jackson, TN | West TN Farmers Market | 61 | 709.6800 | GETTIN' BASTED | THUNDER HOG BBQ |
| Mar 31, 2017 ← this one | Savannah, TN | Wayne Jerrolds Riverfront Park, Riverside Dr | 48 | 698.2628 | THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 174.2628 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 180 | 175.4172 | 174.2744 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 176.5944 | 174.8688 |
48 entries · top 698.2628 · median 678.7428
48 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.1314
48 entries · top 176.5716 · median 168.5658
48 entries · top 180 · median 171.1256 · 🔥 perfect 180
48 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.2514