Jul 28–29, 2017 · Summerville, SC · 📍 2150 Beach Hill RD
BALLS OUT BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluegrass Festival (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) on July 28, 2017 in Summerville, SC at 2150 Beach Hill RD, scoring 695.9428 in a field of 25 teams. TAILGATER HATER took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.2168. Category winners: Chicken — WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ (174.8572); Pork Ribs — TAILGATER HATER (176.0000); Pork — BALLS OUT BBQ (175.4516); Brisket — SMOKIN' GRINGO'S BBQ (177.7028).
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 91 times in 100
BALLS OUT BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 9-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was BALLS OUT BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data.
BALLS OUT BBQ finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 8–9: HOT WACHULA'S and ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: SAUCED! BBQ TEAM edged BALLS OUT BBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 2–3: BRANDON'S GRILL MARKS edged BALLS OUT BBQ by 0.0116.
BALLS OUT BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 8th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.8572 | 173.1084 | 168.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 176 | 172.0116 | 169.1200 |
| Pork | 175.4516 | 173.7028 | 170.2628 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 170.8228 |
25 entries · top 695.9428 · median 671.8856
25 entries · top 174.8572 · median 167.9888
25 entries · top 176 · median 168.5372
25 entries · top 175.4516 · median 169.1200
25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.5716