2017-07-28 – 2017-07-29 · Leburn, KY · 📍 Knott County Sportsplex
Grand Champion: EXTRA MILE BBQ (690.2284) · 13 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 2018 — 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.
690.2284 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 687.9884 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ set in 2016.
Wider than 87% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.7600 points — a wider margin than 87% of championships in the data.
Pork places 3–4: K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ and BULLHEADED BBQ tied on 169.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ edged BULLHEADED BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 1–2: K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ edged PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM by 0.0116.
EXTRA MILE BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
EXTRA MILE BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 7th.
THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW turned in 177.7028 in brisket — past the 170.8800 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ (won 2016).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-01 | Leburn, KY | Knott County Sportsplex | 15 | 687.9884 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | SOUTH PORK |
| 2017-07-28 ← this one | Leburn, KY | Knott County Sportsplex | 13 | 690.2284 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW |
| 2018-07-27 | Leburn, KY | Knott County Sportsplex | 13 | 685.0168 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | SMOKE ON THIS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 172.5600 | 168.0000 | 164.0344 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1428 | 169.1660 | 161.6800 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 164.5372 | 158.2172 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 168.5484 | 153.0860 |
13 entries · top 690.2284 · median 654.8116
13 entries · top 172.5600 · median 165.6800
13 entries · top 173.1428 · median 165.1660
13 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.4400
13 entries · top 177.7028 · median 161.6572