Jun 23–24, 2017 · Kenora, ON · CANADA · 📍 Whitecap Pavilion, Bernier Drive
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the Triple B Festival Day 1 on June 23, 2017 in Kenora, ON at Whitecap Pavilion, Bernier Drive, scoring 679.3256 in a field of 22 teams. SMELLAQUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 677.6800. Category winners: Chicken — IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (175.4056); Pork Ribs — SMOKE IN THE EYE (170.2972); Pork — IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (175.4172); Brisket — SMELLAQUE (173.7028).
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 76% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6456 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.
Pork Ribs places 7–8: Let's Smoke and Get Sauced and SMELLAQUE tied on 164.5716 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: BIGG SMOAK BBQ edged TRIPLE J'S BBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 2–3: BIGG SMOAK BBQ edged T-MAC SMOKIN by 0.0116.
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 11th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4056 | 169.7144 | 164.5944 |
| Pork Ribs | 170.2972 | 165.6800 | 160.5944 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 170.8228 | 164.5828 |
| Brisket | 173.7028 | 162.8228 | 158.2744 |
22 entries · top 679.3256 · median 646.2576
22 entries · top 175.4056 · median 164.2572
22 entries · top 170.2972 · median 159.4116
22 entries · top 175.4172 · median 163.6970
22 entries · top 173.7028 · median 158.2572