May 19–20, 2017 · Pueblo, CO · 📍 125 River Walk
YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG won Grand Champion at the Boats, Bands, & BBQ on May 19, 2017 in Pueblo, CO at 125 River Walk, scoring 695.4400 in a field of 36 teams. PROUD SOULS BARBECUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 693.6804. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ (177.7144); Pork Ribs — YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG (177.1772); Pork — SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ (177.1428); Brisket — B-S BBQ OUTLAWS (177.7028). This is the 3rd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by SCORCH AND RESQUE.
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, 2014 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 72 times in 100
YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG came in rated below the field's top team, BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 11th tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 6–7: B-S BBQ OUTLAWS edged SCORCH AND RESQUE by 0.0112. Pork places 3–4: PROUD SOULS BARBECUE edged BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ by 0.0116. Brisket places 4–5: PROUD SOULS BARBECUE edged YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG by 0.0116.
YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 12th.
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ turned in 177.7144 in chicken — past the 175.4172 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE (won 2014), SCORCH AND RESQUE (won 2016).
This contest usually draws about 30 teams
36 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 30.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2014 | Pueblo, CO | Pueblo, CO 81003 | 29 | 687.9888 | GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | 4 LEGS UP BBQ |
| Jun 10, 2016 | Pueblo, CO | 125 River Walk | 30 | 698.2744 | SCORCH AND RESQUE | JO-BAWB'S BBQ |
| May 19, 2017 ← this one | Pueblo, CO | 125 River Walk | 36 | 695.4400 | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE |
| May 18, 2018 | Pueblo, CO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 174.8572 | 169.7256 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1772 | 171.4056 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 174.8688 | 169.7028 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 175.4056 | 169.6916 |
36 entries · top 695.4400 · median 658.6856
35 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.2628
36 entries · top 177.1772 · median 163.6686
36 entries · top 177.1428 · median 166.5372
35 entries · top 177.7028 · median 159.9428
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.
7 entries · top 167.9656 · median 158.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Howell'in Q | |
| 2 | CONTENTMENT BLUES AND Q | |
| 3 | LOST WEEKEND GRILL | |
| 4 | Chucho Q | |
| 5 | BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | |
| 6 | GrillFellas | |
| 7 | THE MIGHTY QUINNS BBQ |
18 entries · top 177.7600 · median 167.4172