Chillin & Grillin In The Glades 2017

Jul 14–15, 2017 · Wise, VA · 📍 206 E Main St

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ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE

677.6688 · Master Series — Overall

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OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE

677.0856 · Master Series — Overall

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CONTAGIOUS Q

674.1944 · Master Series — Overall

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE won Grand Champion at the Chillin & Grillin In The Glades on July 14, 2017 in Wise, VA at 206 E Main St, scoring 677.6688 in a field of 26 teams. OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE took Reserve Grand Champion with 677.0856. Category winners: Chicken — DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS (174.2628); Pork Ribs — DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS (176.0000); Pork — ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE (175.4172); Brisket — WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ (175.4056). This is the 3rd of 12 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM; the next was held in 2018.

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

477.59 median 658.18 677.67 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 174.26
Pork Ribs 176
Pork 175.42
Brisket 175.41

20 176

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2015 to 2026 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

677.6688

Winning margin

0.5832

GC over RC

Field average

643.43

477.59677.67

median 658.18 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

1.7028 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

665.0744

477.59677.67

10th place overall

Field spread

200.0800

winner to last place

Most consistent

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE

avg finish 7.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 3.4284 pts — WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 92%

beats 8% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

50%

13 of 26 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.91 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,652

avg power rating going in · stronger than 96% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ

rated 1900 pre-contest

Storylines (7 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

A razor-thin finish

0.5832 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 89% of the 4,722 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5832 points — closer than 89% of every championship in the data.

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 11 tracked editions

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE has won this contest 2 times across its 11 tracked editions.

2017
2019

A stacked field

1652 average power rating going in

Stronger than 96% of every rated contest

The field averaged a 1652 power rating going in — stronger than 96% of every contest tracked.

top seed WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ (1900)
26 rated teams

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS and HICKORY PRIME tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: HICKORY PRIME and WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: FRED VEGAS SMOKERS and HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 1–2 · tie
Chicken 2–3 · tie
Chicken 5–6 · tie
Pork 6–7 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

How the title was won

2 of 4 meats called to the stage

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 14th.

Chicken 4th
Pork Ribs 14th
Pork 1st
Brisket 11th

A contest record in brisket

175.4056 best brisket ever cooked here

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ turned in 175.4056 in brisket — past the 172.5828 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.

old best 172.5828
across 2 past editions

Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)

Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)

Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)

Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
Jul 10, 2015	Wise, VA	Wise, VA 24293	18	684.4800	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
Jul 8, 2016	Wise, VA	Main Street	26	682.8112	BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ
Jul 14, 2017 ← this one	Wise, VA	206 E Main St	26	677.6688	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
Jul 20, 2018	Wise, VA	206 E Main St	29	692.4796	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC
Jul 19, 2019	Wise, VA	Wise, VA 24293	27	695.9772	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ
Jul 16, 2021	Wise, VA	309 E Main St	25	696.5488	REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ
Jul 15, 2022	Wise, VA	P.O. Box 3494	31	704.5488	UNCLE PIG'S BARBECUE PIT	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
Jul 14, 2023	Wise, VA	110 E. Main Street	36	698.2056	MUDVILLE BBQ	Optimus Swine
Jul 19, 2024	Wise, VA	110 E. Main Street	31	712.5600	Swig-N-Pig	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
Jul 18, 2025	Wise, VA	303 E. Main Street	34	699.3716	Dog Bite Barbecue	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
Jul 17, 2026	Wise, VA	303 E. Main Street	35	698.2284	Twisted Pair BBQ	Maya Jane BBQ
Jul 16, 2027	Wise, VA	—	—	—	—	—

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	174.2628	172.5600	169.1200
Pork Ribs	176	169.7028	165.1200
Pork	175.4172	166.2400	162.8456
Brisket	175.4056	170.2856	168.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 677.6688 · median 658.1770

#	Team	Score
1	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	677.6688
2	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	677.0856
3	CONTAGIOUS Q	674.1944
4	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	670.7656
5	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	670.6968
6	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	670.1828
7	SMOKE ON THIS	667.8972
8	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	666.1828
9	DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	666.1712
10	UNDER THE RADAR	665.0744
11	4:20 Q	665.0056
12	3N1 Q	660.4344
13	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	659.9084
14	SMOKIN NC	656.4456
15	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	655.2912
16	HICKORY PRIME	650.1024
17	Q FACTOR	649.0744
18	STILL WORKIN' ON IT BBQ	647.2912
19	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	637.6116
20	BIG ON THE PIG	636.9484
21	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	623.8740
22	OLE SMOKEY BARBECUE CREW	620.8912
23	GRILLS GONE WILD	603.3372
24	Smoker & The Bandits	593.9996
25	HERE COME THE JUDGE BBQ TEAM	585.4516
26	151 Bar B Q	477.5888

Chicken

26 entries · top 174.2628 · median 166

#	Team	Score
1	DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	174.2628
2	HICKORY PRIME	174.2628
3	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	174.2628
4	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	172.5828
5	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	172.5600
6	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	172.5600
7	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	172
8	CONTAGIOUS Q	170.8228
9	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	169.1428
10	STILL WORKIN' ON IT BBQ	169.1200
11	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	168.5372
12	SMOKE ON THIS	167.9656
13	Q FACTOR	166.2628
14	OLE SMOKEY BARBECUE CREW	165.7372
15	3N1 Q	165.0972
16	4:20 Q	165.0856
17	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	164.5600
18	UNDER THE RADAR	164.5372
19	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	164
20	SMOKIN NC	161.0972
21	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	158.8572
22	GRILLS GONE WILD	153.7028
23	BIG ON THE PIG	153.6456
24	Smoker & The Bandits	153.0512
25	HERE COME THE JUDGE BBQ TEAM	151.9888
26	151 Bar B Q	143.3600

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 176 · median 162.5544

#	Team	Score
1	DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	176
2	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	174.2972
3	CONTAGIOUS Q	173.7144
4	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	172.5828
5	UNDER THE RADAR	169.7028
6	HICKORY PRIME	168.5600
7	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	167.4172
8	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	166.8228
9	3N1 Q	165.6916
10	Q FACTOR	165.1200
11	SMOKIN NC	164.5944
12	SMOKE ON THIS	164.5716
13	4:20 Q	162.8572
14	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	162.2516
15	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	160.5372
16	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	160.5372
17	STILL WORKIN' ON IT BBQ	160.5256
18	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	158.7884
19	BIG ON THE PIG	158.2744
20	151 Bar B Q	155.3716
21	Smoker & The Bandits	153.0856
22	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	151.3600
23	OLE SMOKEY BARBECUE CREW	150.7656
24	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	149.0972
25	HERE COME THE JUDGE BBQ TEAM	146.2056
26	GRILLS GONE WILD	142.2744

Pork

26 entries · top 175.4172 · median 161.6800

#	Team	Score
1	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	175.4172
2	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	173.1200
3	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	169.6684
4	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	169.1084
5	4:20 Q	166.2400
6	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	165.0856
7	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	165.0856
8	SMOKE ON THIS	164.5372
9	3N1 Q	164.5256
10	GRILLS GONE WILD	162.8456
11	BIG ON THE PIG	162.8000
12	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	162.2400
13	UNDER THE RADAR	161.7144
14	SMOKIN NC	161.6456
15	CONTAGIOUS Q	161.0972
16	151 Bar B Q	158.8572
17	DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	158.2628
18	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	157.0856
19	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	156.5140
20	HICKORY PRIME	155.3484
21	STILL WORKIN' ON IT BBQ	154.2284
22	Q FACTOR	153.6916
23	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	153.1316
24	OLE SMOKEY BARBECUE CREW	153.0628
25	Smoker & The Bandits	151.9428
26	HERE COME THE JUDGE BBQ TEAM	140.4800

Brisket

26 entries · top 175.4056 · median 163.7086

#	Team	Score
1	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	175.4056
2	UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ	171.9772
3	4:20 Q	170.8228
4	SMOKE ON THIS	170.8228
5	SOUTHERN Q COMPETITION COOK TEAM	170.2856
6	UNDER THE RADAR	169.1200
7	OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	169.1200
8	CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	169.1200
9	SMOKIN NC	169.1084
10	CONTAGIOUS Q	168.5600
11	ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	167.4172
12	3N1 Q	165.1200
13	Q FACTOR	164
14	STILL WORKIN' ON IT BBQ	163.4172
15	BIG ON THE PIG	162.2284
16	HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS	160.5600
17	HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	159.4056
18	DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	157.6456
19	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	155.9428
20	HICKORY PRIME	151.9312
21	OLE SMOKEY BARBECUE CREW	151.3256
22	FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	150.8228
23	HERE COME THE JUDGE BBQ TEAM	146.7772
24	GRILLS GONE WILD	144.5144
25	Smoker & The Bandits	135.9200
26	151 Bar B Q	20

Chillin & Grillin In The Glades 2017

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (7 found in this contest's numbers)

A razor-thin finish

A dynasty in the making

A stacked field

Photo finishes

A double category winner

How the title was won

A contest record in brisket

Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)

Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)

Score distribution

Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)

Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)

This contest over the years full contest page →

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket