May 5–6, 2017 · Bixby, OK · 📍 Washington Irving Park
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX won Grand Champion at the Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival (JUDGES FULL) on May 5, 2017 in Bixby, OK at Washington Irving Park, scoring 703.9888 in a field of 68 teams. TNK BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 703.4172. Category winners: Chicken — FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX (180.0000); Pork Ribs — TNK BBQ (177.7372); Pork — FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX (180.0000); Brisket — TNK BBQ (178.8572). This is the 2nd of 4 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by UNCLE BC'S; the next was held in 2018.
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, 2016 to 2022 — 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.
Closer than 90% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5716 points — closer than 90% of every championship in the data.
703.9888 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 694.8572 UNCLE BC'S set in 2016.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX came in rated below the field's top team, BUFFALO'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 2–3: Bonemaker Outdoors and BUTCHER BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: LOS PRIMOS BBQ and BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: TNK BBQ and PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 17th.
TNK BBQ turned in 178.8572 in brisket — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: UNCLE BC'S (won 2016).
Bigger than 95% of the 5,468 contests in the data
68 teams — bigger than 95% of the 5,468 contests in the data.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2016 | Bixby, OK | Washington Irving Park | 83 | 694.8572 | UNCLE BC'S | BUFFALO'S BBQ |
| May 5, 2017 ← this one | Bixby, OK | Washington Irving Park | 68 | 703.9888 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | TNK BBQ |
| May 4, 2018 | Bixby, OK | Washington Irving Park | 68 | 700.0112 | EVIL MONKEY BBQ | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ |
| May 6, 2022 | Bixby, OK | Bixby, OK 74008 | 38 | 706.8344 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | 4 LEGS UP BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 176.0228 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 173.7028 | 170.8344 |
| Pork | 180 | 175.4288 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 176 | 171.4172 |
68 entries · top 703.9888 · median 632.7370
65 entries · top 180 · median 164.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180
67 entries · top 177.7372 · median 159.4060
63 entries · top 180 · median 163.3944 · 🔥 perfect 180
60 entries · top 178.8572 · median 159.9600
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.
22 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 GUYS SMOKIN | |
| 2 | RUB IT ALL OVER | |
| 3 | Bonemaker Outdoors | |
| 4 | BRUCE & KYLE THE DYNAMIC DUO OF BBQ | |
| 5 | Waste Management | |
| 6 | UNCLE BC'S | |
| 7 | LawnAmerica | |
| 8 | Resource One | |
| 9 | BOYS IN BLUE BARBECUE | |
| 10 | Bastin Tastin Crew | |
| 11 | Butt Rubbers Anonymous | |
| 12 | Slice of Life BBQ | |
| 13 | Lyck BBQ | |
| 14 | Dirty Sanchez Cue & Brue Crue | |
| 15 | J-Dub's BBQ | |
| 16 | Soldiers Wish | |
| 17 | IRON WHEEL COOKERS | |
| 18 | Flying Tee | |
| 19 | Warren's BBQ | |
| 20 | BACONATERS | |
| 21 | Somethin Smokin | |
| 22 | EPIC BBQ OKLAHOMA |