May 5–6, 2017 · Liberty, IN · 📍 3801 West Old Dunlapsville RD
VICTORY SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the Smoke on the Water Day 1 on May 5, 2017 in Liberty, IN at 3801 West Old Dunlapsville RD, scoring 697.0856 in a field of 27 teams. SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 693.0744. Category winners: Chicken — ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN (178.8572); Pork Ribs — WEQ4U (178.8800); Pork — VICTORY SMOKERS (180.0000); Brisket — SMOKE-N-PEPPERS (174.8456).
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.
VICTORY SMOKERS holds the KCBS record for the 180 grand slam — 4 different meats scored perfect in, first in 2016 · 7 contests to complete the set, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100
VICTORY SMOKERS came in rated below the field's top team, GREY STREET BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 8–9: SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE and FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE and CHARCOAL & MORE tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: IT'S 5 O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE and BUTTS-N-RACKS BBQ, LLC tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
VICTORY SMOKERS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 7th.
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 | 178.8572 | 175.4400 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 174.2628 | 171.4056 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 174.8456 | 171.9656 | 168.5372 |
27 entries · top 697.0856 · median 672.5028
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9656
27 entries · top 178.8800 · median 168.0004
27 entries · top 180 · median 169.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180
27 entries · top 174.8456 · median 167.3828
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.
4 entries · top 177.7028 · median 176.0058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ | |
| 2 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 3 | BUTTS-N-RACKS BBQ, LLC | |
| 4 | PELLETHEADS.COM |
7 entries · top 180 · median 170.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WILBUR'S LAST RIDE | |
| 2 | SQUEALERS AWARD WINNING BARBEQUE | |
| 3 | BUTTS-N-RACKS BBQ, LLC | |
| 4 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | |
| 5 | FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 6 | BONEHEAD BBQ | |
| 7 | D'VINE SWINE |