Apr 14–15, 2017 · Millington, TN · 📍 7102 Benjestown RD
EXTRA MILE BBQ won Grand Champion at the 2017 Smokin' in the Forest on April 14, 2017 in Millington, TN at 7102 Benjestown RD, scoring 689.0972 in a field of 14 teams. THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.4684. Category winners: Chicken — KILLER HOGS (173.7028); Pork Ribs — Boone Dock Smokers (177.1544); Pork — SWINE CRUE (179.4400); Brisket — Porker Pokers (180.0000).
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 86% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6288 points — closer than 86% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 71 times in 100
Extra Mile BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, KILLER HOGS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
EXTRA MILE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was EXTRA MILE BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 82nd tracked contest.
Porker Pokers finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 5–6: HOT ROD HOGS and 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES tied on 167.3828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: BACON & WHISKEY and SWINE CRUE tied on 163.9540 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: Porker Pokers and BACON & WHISKEY tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.7028 | 167.3828 | 155.9884 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 167.9772 | 159.3716 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 173.1200 | 153.6684 |
| Brisket | 180 | 174.8572 | 161.1200 |
14 entries · top 689.0972 · median 657.5768
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | |
| 2 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 3 | Porker Pokers | |
| 4 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 5 | BACON & WHISKEY | |
| 6 | Country Boy | |
| 7 | SWINE CRUE | |
| 8 | Boone Dock Smokers | |
| 9 | 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES | |
| 10 | HOT ROD HOGS | |
| 11 | Smokin' Barrells | |
| 12 | The Meat Disciples | |
| 13 | 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES | |
| 14 | Evel Smokers |
13 entries · top 173.7028 · median 164.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 2 | Porker Pokers | |
| 3 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | |
| 4 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 5 | HOT ROD HOGS | |
| 6 | 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES | |
| 7 | Country Boy | |
| 8 | BACON & WHISKEY | |
| 9 | SWINE CRUE | |
| 10 | Smokin' Barrells | |
| 11 | Boone Dock Smokers | |
| 12 | The Meat Disciples | |
| 13 | Evel Smokers |
14 entries · top 177.1544 · median 160.5658
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boone Dock Smokers | |
| 2 | Evel Smokers | |
| 3 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 4 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | |
| 5 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 6 | BACON & WHISKEY | |
| 7 | Country Boy | |
| 8 | Porker Pokers | |
| 9 | HOT ROD HOGS | |
| 10 | Smokin' Barrells | |
| 11 | 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES | |
| 12 | SWINE CRUE | |
| 13 | The Meat Disciples | |
| 14 | 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES |
12 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.8400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWINE CRUE | |
| 2 | Country Boy | |
| 3 | Porker Pokers | |
| 4 | BACON & WHISKEY | |
| 5 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 6 | 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES | |
| 7 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | |
| 8 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 9 | Smokin' Barrells | |
| 10 | Boone Dock Smokers | |
| 11 | 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES | |
| 12 | HOT ROD HOGS |
12 entries · top 180 · median 167.0970 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porker Pokers | |
| 2 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | |
| 3 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | |
| 4 | KILLER HOGS | |
| 5 | BACON & WHISKEY | |
| 6 | SWINE CRUE | |
| 7 | Country Boy | |
| 8 | The Meat Disciples | |
| 9 | HOT ROD HOGS | |
| 10 | Boone Dock Smokers | |
| 11 | Smokin' Barrells | |
| 12 | 3 PUTTIN PIGGIES |