May 26–28, 2017 · Kissimmee, FL · 📍 5770 West Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy
UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ won Grand Champion at the Old Town Barbecue Throwdown on May 26, 2017 in Kissimmee, FL at 5770 West Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, scoring 687.8856 in a field of 22 teams. PIT PASS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 675.3484. Category winners: Chicken — UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ (175.4056); Pork Ribs — STOKINSMOKEBBQ (177.7028); Pork — SWAMP BOYS (174.2628); Brisket — SMOKIN' CHAOS BBQ (173.1200).
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100
UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, THE SMOKING HILLS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 93% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The champion won by 12.5372 points — a wider margin than 93% of championships in the data.
Pork Ribs places 2–3: K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ and PIT PASS BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: SMOKING BUTT HEADS and HARDWOOD BBQ, INC. - FL tied on 169.1316 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: THE SMOKING HILLS and UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 10th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4056 | 169.6916 | 166.8456 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 169.6916 | 167.3944 |
| Pork | 174.2628 | 170.8228 | 165.0856 |
| Brisket | 173.1200 | 170.8228 | 165.6684 |
22 entries · top 687.8856 · median 660.3826
22 entries · top 175.4056 · median 166.2342
22 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.8344
22 entries · top 174.2628 · median 164.8056
22 entries · top 173.1200 · median 163.3828
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.
6 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.7086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WACKADOOS | |
| 2 | BIG PAPPA'S COUNTRY KITCHEN | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' CHAOS BBQ | |
| 4 | BBQ MISFITS | |
| 5 | CROSS COUNTRY BBQ | |
| 6 | R&R BBQUE OF MIAMI, FL |