2017-06-16 – 2017-06-17 · Barbourville, KY · 📍 538 South Main St Thompson RV Park
Grand Champion: UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ (695.3484) · 31 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW
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 2019 — 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 83% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1200 points — closer than 83% of every championship in the data.
695.3484 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 693.0856 CONTAGIOUS Q set in 2016.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 71 times in 100
UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 5–6: HOT COLE'S BBQ and BEACHDOGS 502 BBQ tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW and UNDER THE RADAR tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ and SMOKE ON THIS tied on 177.7028 — 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.
THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CONTAGIOUS Q (won 2016).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-17 | Barbourville, KY | Barbourville, KY | 32 | 693.0856 | CONTAGIOUS Q | Pappy Q |
| 2017-06-16 ← this one | Barbourville, KY | 538 South Main St Thompson RV Park | 31 | 695.3484 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW |
| 2018-06-15 | Barbourville, KY | 538 South Main St Thompson RV Park | 34 | 696.5484 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | BRINGIN' THE HEAT |
| 2019-06-14 | Barbourville, KY | 538 South Main St Thompson RV Park | 30 | 699.3828 | GREY STREET BBQ | WHO CARES BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 173.1084 | 170.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4516 | 173.1200 | 170.2628 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 171.4056 | 168.5372 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 172.0000 | 170.2628 |
31 entries · top 695.3484 · median 665.5656
31 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.5256
31 entries · top 175.4516 · median 167.3944
31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
31 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.9656