Jul 28–29, 2017 · Old Forge, NY · 📍 201 North St.
SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS won Grand Champion at The Great Adirondack BBQ on July 28, 2017 in Old Forge, NY at 201 North St., scoring 668.4800 in a field of 30 teams. DR. PEARL'S MEDICINAL SMOKE BBQ TEAM took Reserve Grand Champion with 666.2516. Category winners: Chicken — FINN'S FINEST BBQ (173.7144); Pork Ribs — PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE (174.3200); Pork — GOOD SMOKE BBQ (174.2628); Brisket — PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES (176.5828).
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.
SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 5th. Consistency beat fireworks.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.0000 points.
Chicken places 6–7: B & B BBQ COMPANY and BLACK HART BBQ tied on 167.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES edged THE PIG'S PAJAMAS by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 4–5: PRIORVILLE BBQ edged SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS by 0.0344.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.7144 | 168.5600 | 163.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.3200 | 168.5372 | 162.8916 |
| Pork | 174.2628 | 166.8572 | 162.2972 |
| Brisket | 176.5828 | 166.8800 | 162.8228 |
30 entries · top 668.4800 · median 637.9254
30 entries · top 173.7144 · median 159.9828
30 entries · top 174.3200 · median 156.5658
29 entries · top 174.2628 · median 158.8228
30 entries · top 176.5828 · median 157.7200