2017-07-09 · Jamestown, TN · 📍 3598 So York Hwy
Grand Champion: CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ (713.7028) · 30 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ
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, 2017 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.
713.7028 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 698.2284 Fergolicious BBQ set in 2017.
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Wider than 89% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 10.8912 points — a wider margin than 89% of championships in the data.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 99% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1688 power rating going in — stronger than 99% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 2–3: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and CONTAGIOUS Q tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW and SMOKE ON THIS tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SMOKING BUTT HEADS turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Fergolicious BBQ (won 2017).
30 of 36 teams from 2017-07-08 came back
30 of the 36 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-08 | Jamestown, TN | 3598 S York Hwy | 36 | 698.2284 | Fergolicious BBQ | SWIGGIN PIG |
| 2017-07-09 ← this one | Jamestown, TN | 3598 So York Hwy | 30 | 713.7028 | CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| 2019-07-12 | Jamestown, TN | 3598 So York Hwy | 29 | 706.2400 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE | UNDER THE RADAR |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 174.8572 | 172.5600 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 174.2744 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.1428 | 173.1200 |
30 entries · top 713.7028 · median 684.1942
30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9656
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5486 · 🔥 perfect 180
30 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.6856
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180