Aug 4–5, 2017 · South Windsor, CT
INSANE SWINE BBQ won Grand Champion at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour on August 4, 2017 in South Windsor, CT, scoring 677.0972 in a field of 30 teams. PORK BUTT PARADISE took Reserve Grand Champion with 674.2284. Category winners: Chicken — THAT'S OUR QUE (174.2744); Pork Ribs — THAT'S OUR QUE (174.8800); Pork — PORK BUTT PARADISE (177.7372); Brisket — APORKALYPSE NOW (179.4400). This is the 121st of 125 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA; the next was held in 2017.
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, 2013 to 2017 — 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.
INSANE SWINE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
4 of 125 tracked editions
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has won this contest 4 times across its 125 tracked editions.
Pork Ribs places 8–9: QUE BIZ and SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: RUB THIS BBQ edged BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT by 0.0112. Chicken places 1–2: THAT'S OUR QUE edged INSANE SWINE BBQ by 0.0116.
THAT'S OUR QUE won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: INSANE SWINE BBQ (won 2015), THAT'S OUR QUE (won 2016).
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2744 | 171.4400 | 168.5372 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8800 | 169.7144 | 165.7372 |
| Pork | 177.7372 | 170.2512 | 166.8572 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 167.4400 | 162.8688 |
30 entries · top 677.0972 · median 649.6112
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 2 | PORK BUTT PARADISE | |
| 3 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 4 | MOON RIVER BARBEQUE | |
| 5 | CHICKEN CHOKERS | |
| 6 | APORKALYPSE NOW | |
| 7 | SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | |
| 8 | THAT'S OUR QUE | |
| 9 | ACK-QUE | |
| 10 | Rogue Hog BBQ | |
| 11 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 12 | BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ | |
| 13 | HANDSOME DEVIL | |
| 14 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 15 | JOHN'S TWISTED Q | |
| 16 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 17 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 18 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 19 | KREWE DU QUE | |
| 20 | QUE BIZ | |
| 21 | Q HAVEN BBQ | |
| 22 | WILE E. BBQ | |
| 23 | BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT | |
| 24 | BIG RAZ BBQ | |
| 25 | SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES | |
| 26 | RUB THIS BBQ | |
| 27 | BURNT OFFERINGS BBQ (NORTH) | |
| 28 | TEAM MEAT BBQ | |
| 29 | DOWN TO SMOKE BBQ TEAM (DTS BBQ) "THE HARLEM X-PRE | |
| 30 | PRECISION Q |
29 entries · top 174.2744 · median 165.0856
30 entries · top 174.8800 · median 163.4058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THAT'S OUR QUE | |
| 2 | HANDSOME DEVIL | |
| 3 | MOON RIVER BARBEQUE | |
| 4 | BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ | |
| 5 | CHICKEN CHOKERS | |
| 6 | RUB THIS BBQ | |
| 7 | JOHN'S TWISTED Q | |
| 8 | QUE BIZ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 10 | ACK-QUE | |
| 11 | WILE E. BBQ | |
| 12 | APORKALYPSE NOW | |
| 13 | BURNT OFFERINGS BBQ (NORTH) | |
| 14 | BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT | |
| 15 | SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | |
| 16 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 17 | BIG RAZ BBQ | |
| 18 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 19 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 20 | Rogue Hog BBQ | |
| 21 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 22 | KREWE DU QUE | |
| 23 | PORK BUTT PARADISE | |
| 24 | TEAM MEAT BBQ | |
| 25 | Q HAVEN BBQ | |
| 26 | DOWN TO SMOKE BBQ TEAM (DTS BBQ) "THE HARLEM X-PRE | |
| 27 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 28 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 29 | PRECISION Q | |
| 30 | SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES |
30 entries · top 177.7372 · median 165.1142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PORK BUTT PARADISE | |
| 2 | ELJEFE SMOKE | |
| 3 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 4 | SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS | |
| 5 | A MAZIE Q | |
| 6 | BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ | |
| 7 | CIDER BOYS BBQ | |
| 8 | APORKALYPSE NOW | |
| 9 | Rogue Hog BBQ | |
| 10 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | |
| 11 | Q HAVEN BBQ | |
| 12 | MOON RIVER BARBEQUE | |
| 13 | SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES | |
| 14 | INSANE SWINE BBQ | |
| 15 | ACK-QUE | |
| 16 | CHICKEN CHOKERS | |
| 17 | KREWE DU QUE | |
| 18 | PADDY MCQ'S | |
| 19 | HANDSOME DEVIL | |
| 20 | JOHN'S TWISTED Q | |
| 21 | WILE E. BBQ | |
| 22 | RUB THIS BBQ | |
| 23 | TEAM MEAT BBQ | |
| 24 | BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT | |
| 25 | DOWN TO SMOKE BBQ TEAM (DTS BBQ) "THE HARLEM X-PRE | |
| 26 | QUE BIZ | |
| 27 | BIG RAZ BBQ | |
| 28 | THAT'S OUR QUE | |
| 29 | BURNT OFFERINGS BBQ (NORTH) | |
| 30 | PRECISION Q |
29 entries · top 179.4400 · median 161.1544