Apr 7–8, 2017 · Salt Lake City, UT
TEAM AMERICA won Grand Champion at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour on April 7, 2017 in Salt Lake City, UT, scoring 690.8228 in a field of 29 teams. GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.5028. Category winners: Chicken — GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE (177.1544); Pork Ribs — TEAM AMERICA (177.1544); Pork — COW TIPPIN BBQ (176.5944); Brisket — COW TIPPIN BBQ (174.2856). This is the 107th of 125 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ; the next was held in 2017.
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100
TEAM AMERICA came in rated below the field's top team, LUCKY'S Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
4 of 125 tracked editions
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has won this contest 4 times across its 125 tracked editions.
Chicken places 3–4: FARVA-Q and UTAH BBQ COMPANY tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: TEAM AMERICA and HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: BACKDRAFT BBQ edged HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ by 0.0116.
COW TIPPIN BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double.
TEAM AMERICA took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 15th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (won 2013), R&R BBQ (won 2014, 2015), TEAM AMERICA (won 2015).
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1544 | 172.5484 | 168.5716 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 171.4400 | 167.9656 |
| Pork | 176.5944 | 173.1200 | 171.4172 |
| Brisket | 174.2856 | 171.4284 | 167.9772 |
29 entries · top 690.8228 · median 661.0852
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEAM AMERICA | |
| 2 | GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 3 | COW TIPPIN BBQ | |
| 4 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 5 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 6 | HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ | |
| 7 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 8 | ZZYZX BAR.B.Q | |
| 9 | SHB Customs | |
| 10 | CAMP HOUSE BBQ | |
| 11 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 12 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 13 | 303 BBQ | |
| 14 | Crooked Pigs | |
| 15 | R&R BBQ | |
| 16 | G AND L BBQ | |
| 17 | SMOKE-IN-LAW | |
| 18 | HOLLER'N HOGS BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKIN PUP | |
| 20 | WEST JORDAN MONEY PIT SMOKERS | |
| 21 | KICKIN Q BBQ | |
| 22 | SMOKE AIN'T NO JOKE | |
| 23 | FARVA-Q | |
| 24 | BEEHIVE BARBEQUE | |
| 25 | HQO | |
| 26 | SORRY CHARLOTTE BBQ | |
| 27 | SMOKIN' DADDY | |
| 28 | Smokin Dice BBQ | |
| 29 | Whistle Pig BBQ |
29 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 2 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 3 | FARVA-Q | |
| 4 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 5 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 6 | ZZYZX BAR.B.Q | |
| 7 | COW TIPPIN BBQ | |
| 8 | HQO | |
| 9 | 303 BBQ | |
| 10 | Crooked Pigs | |
| 11 | Whistle Pig BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKIN PUP | |
| 13 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 14 | SMOKE AIN'T NO JOKE | |
| 15 | TEAM AMERICA | |
| 16 | SMOKE-IN-LAW | |
| 17 | HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ | |
| 18 | SHB Customs | |
| 19 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 20 | BEEHIVE BARBEQUE | |
| 21 | G AND L BBQ | |
| 22 | R&R BBQ | |
| 23 | KICKIN Q BBQ | |
| 24 | SORRY CHARLOTTE BBQ | |
| 25 | WEST JORDAN MONEY PIT SMOKERS | |
| 26 | CAMP HOUSE BBQ | |
| 27 | HOLLER'N HOGS BBQ | |
| 28 | Smokin Dice BBQ | |
| 29 | SMOKIN' DADDY |
29 entries · top 177.1544 · median 164.5716
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEAM AMERICA | |
| 2 | CAMP HOUSE BBQ | |
| 3 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 4 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 5 | HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ | |
| 6 | G AND L BBQ | |
| 7 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 8 | R&R BBQ | |
| 9 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 10 | SHB Customs | |
| 11 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 12 | GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 13 | ZZYZX BAR.B.Q | |
| 14 | COW TIPPIN BBQ | |
| 15 | Crooked Pigs | |
| 16 | 303 BBQ | |
| 17 | HQO | |
| 18 | SMOKIN PUP | |
| 19 | Whistle Pig BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKE-IN-LAW | |
| 21 | KICKIN Q BBQ | |
| 22 | SMOKE AIN'T NO JOKE | |
| 23 | WEST JORDAN MONEY PIT SMOKERS | |
| 24 | SORRY CHARLOTTE BBQ | |
| 25 | BEEHIVE BARBEQUE | |
| 26 | FARVA-Q | |
| 27 | HOLLER'N HOGS BBQ | |
| 28 | SMOKIN' DADDY | |
| 29 | Smokin Dice BBQ |
28 entries · top 176.5944 · median 168.2742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | COW TIPPIN BBQ | |
| 2 | SHB Customs | |
| 3 | TEAM AMERICA | |
| 4 | HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKE AIN'T NO JOKE | |
| 6 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 7 | HOLLER'N HOGS BBQ | |
| 8 | WEST JORDAN MONEY PIT SMOKERS | |
| 9 | FARVA-Q | |
| 10 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 11 | CAMP HOUSE BBQ | |
| 12 | GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 13 | KICKIN Q BBQ | |
| 14 | ZZYZX BAR.B.Q | |
| 15 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 16 | G AND L BBQ | |
| 17 | R&R BBQ | |
| 18 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 19 | 303 BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKIN PUP | |
| 21 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 22 | SMOKE-IN-LAW | |
| 23 | Crooked Pigs | |
| 24 | BEEHIVE BARBEQUE | |
| 25 | SMOKIN' DADDY | |
| 26 | SORRY CHARLOTTE BBQ | |
| 27 | Smokin Dice BBQ | |
| 28 | HQO |
29 entries · top 174.2856 · median 165.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | COW TIPPIN BBQ | |
| 2 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 3 | GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 4 | TEAM AMERICA | |
| 5 | Whistle Pig BBQ | |
| 6 | HOLLER'N HOGS BBQ | |
| 7 | HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ | |
| 8 | ZZYZX BAR.B.Q | |
| 9 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 10 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 11 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 12 | SHB Customs | |
| 13 | Crooked Pigs | |
| 14 | CAMP HOUSE BBQ | |
| 15 | BEEHIVE BARBEQUE | |
| 16 | 303 BBQ | |
| 17 | SMOKE-IN-LAW | |
| 18 | HQO | |
| 19 | KICKIN Q BBQ | |
| 20 | WEST JORDAN MONEY PIT SMOKERS | |
| 21 | R&R BBQ | |
| 22 | Smokin Dice BBQ | |
| 23 | SMOKIN PUP | |
| 24 | SMOKIN' DADDY | |
| 25 | G AND L BBQ | |
| 26 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 27 | SMOKE AIN'T NO JOKE | |
| 28 | SORRY CHARLOTTE BBQ | |
| 29 | FARVA-Q |