May 19–20, 2017 · Fond du Lac, WI · 📍 N4177 Cearns Ln
WICKED SMOKE BBQ won Grand Champion at the ASTOP’s BBQ 4 ASTOP on May 19, 2017 in Fond du Lac, WI at N4177 Cearns Ln, scoring 665.6344 in a field of 30 teams. TRUE SMOKE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 664.4912. Category winners: Chicken — FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ (173.7028); Pork Ribs — TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI (170.8572); Pork — LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW (173.7372); Brisket — T-MAC SMOKIN (177.7372).
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 81% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1432 points — closer than 81% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100
WICKED SMOKE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
WICKED SMOKE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was WICKED SMOKE BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 14th tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 3–4: WICKED SMOKE BBQ and T-MAC SMOKIN tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: FOX RIVER BBQ and BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. tied on 168.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: PLASTERED PORK BBQ edged A BOY NAMED QUE by 0.0116.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.7028 | 169.7028 | 165.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 170.8572 | 167.9772 | 163.3828 |
| Pork | 173.7372 | 164.5828 | 160.5256 |
| Brisket | 177.7372 | 169.1200 | 165.6800 |
30 entries · top 665.6344 · median 642.7142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WICKED SMOKE BBQ | |
| 2 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 3 | 5 FINGER BBQ | |
| 4 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 5 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | |
| 6 | LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW | |
| 7 | D.F.G.'S BBQ | |
| 8 | FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ | |
| 9 | CRASH TEST SMOKERS | |
| 10 | PLASTERED PORK BBQ | |
| 11 | A BOY NAMED QUE | |
| 12 | DEAD MONEY BBQ | |
| 13 | BUCKAROO BBQ | |
| 14 | Littles BBQ Co | |
| 15 | BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | |
| 16 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 17 | SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV | |
| 18 | FOX RIVER BBQ | |
| 19 | CRACKHOUSE BBQ | |
| 20 | TWO BREWS BBQ | |
| 21 | CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ | |
| 22 | BURNIN BENJAMINS | |
| 23 | ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK | |
| 24 | HAZY BLUE BBQ | |
| 25 | BURNITA BAR-B-QUE | |
| 26 | TOPPGATOR BBQ | |
| 27 | RUMBBQ | |
| 28 | BIG HORNED BBQ | |
| 29 | LIMP BRISKET | |
| 30 | Two Can Smoke |
30 entries · top 173.7028 · median 163.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ | |
| 2 | LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW | |
| 3 | BUCKAROO BBQ | |
| 4 | D.F.G.'S BBQ | |
| 5 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 6 | BURNITA BAR-B-QUE | |
| 7 | SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV | |
| 8 | WICKED SMOKE BBQ | |
| 9 | TWO BREWS BBQ | |
| 10 | CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ | |
| 11 | CRACKHOUSE BBQ | |
| 12 | 5 FINGER BBQ | |
| 13 | HAZY BLUE BBQ | |
| 14 | ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK | |
| 15 | BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | |
| 16 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | |
| 17 | DEAD MONEY BBQ | |
| 18 | RUMBBQ | |
| 19 | FOX RIVER BBQ | |
| 20 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 21 | Littles BBQ Co | |
| 22 | Two Can Smoke | |
| 23 | BURNIN BENJAMINS | |
| 24 | CRASH TEST SMOKERS | |
| 25 | PLASTERED PORK BBQ | |
| 26 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 27 | TOPPGATOR BBQ | |
| 28 | LIMP BRISKET | |
| 29 | A BOY NAMED QUE | |
| 30 | BIG HORNED BBQ |
30 entries · top 170.8572 · median 159.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | |
| 2 | CRASH TEST SMOKERS | |
| 3 | WICKED SMOKE BBQ | |
| 4 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 5 | Littles BBQ Co | |
| 6 | D.F.G.'S BBQ | |
| 7 | 5 FINGER BBQ | |
| 8 | PLASTERED PORK BBQ | |
| 9 | LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW | |
| 10 | CRACKHOUSE BBQ | |
| 11 | BUCKAROO BBQ | |
| 12 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 13 | BURNIN BENJAMINS | |
| 14 | A BOY NAMED QUE | |
| 15 | BURNITA BAR-B-QUE | |
| 16 | HAZY BLUE BBQ | |
| 17 | CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ | |
| 18 | FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ | |
| 19 | SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV | |
| 20 | BIG HORNED BBQ | |
| 21 | FOX RIVER BBQ | |
| 22 | ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK | |
| 23 | BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | |
| 24 | LIMP BRISKET | |
| 25 | DEAD MONEY BBQ | |
| 26 | TWO BREWS BBQ | |
| 27 | Two Can Smoke | |
| 28 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 29 | TOPPGATOR BBQ | |
| 30 | RUMBBQ |
30 entries · top 173.7372 · median 158.2172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW | |
| 2 | D.F.G.'S BBQ | |
| 3 | WICKED SMOKE BBQ | |
| 4 | DEAD MONEY BBQ | |
| 5 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 6 | CRASH TEST SMOKERS | |
| 7 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 8 | 5 FINGER BBQ | |
| 9 | PLASTERED PORK BBQ | |
| 10 | A BOY NAMED QUE | |
| 11 | ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK | |
| 12 | TWO BREWS BBQ | |
| 13 | FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ | |
| 14 | BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | |
| 15 | SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV | |
| 16 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 17 | FOX RIVER BBQ | |
| 18 | CRACKHOUSE BBQ | |
| 19 | BURNIN BENJAMINS | |
| 20 | BUCKAROO BBQ | |
| 21 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | |
| 22 | TOPPGATOR BBQ | |
| 23 | Littles BBQ Co | |
| 24 | CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ | |
| 25 | LIMP BRISKET | |
| 26 | RUMBBQ | |
| 27 | HAZY BLUE BBQ | |
| 28 | BURNITA BAR-B-QUE | |
| 29 | BIG HORNED BBQ | |
| 30 | Two Can Smoke |
30 entries · top 177.7372 · median 157.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 2 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 3 | A BOY NAMED QUE | |
| 4 | TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | |
| 5 | 5 FINGER BBQ | |
| 6 | FOX RIVER BBQ | |
| 7 | BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. | |
| 8 | PLASTERED PORK BBQ | |
| 9 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 10 | DEAD MONEY BBQ | |
| 11 | Littles BBQ Co | |
| 12 | CRASH TEST SMOKERS | |
| 13 | WICKED SMOKE BBQ | |
| 14 | FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ | |
| 15 | SECOND HAND SMOKE SLV | |
| 16 | BUCKAROO BBQ | |
| 17 | CRACKHOUSE BBQ | |
| 18 | TWO BREWS BBQ | |
| 19 | TOPPGATOR BBQ | |
| 20 | D.F.G.'S BBQ | |
| 21 | CHOCOLATE CITY BBQ | |
| 22 | LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW | |
| 23 | BURNIN BENJAMINS | |
| 24 | RUMBBQ | |
| 25 | ALL AROUND PIGTAILS PORK | |
| 26 | HAZY BLUE BBQ | |
| 27 | BIG HORNED BBQ | |
| 28 | Two Can Smoke | |
| 29 | BURNITA BAR-B-QUE | |
| 30 | LIMP BRISKET |