2017-08-04 – 2017-08-05 · Asheboro, NC · 📍 Bicentennial Park,135 Sunset Ave
Grand Champion: UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ (687.9544) · 46 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SAUCED! BBQ TEAM
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, 2014 to 2019 — 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.
Closer than 76% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6344 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, REDNECK SCIENTIFIC, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Brisket places 4–5: CONTAGIOUS Q and MUTTLEY CREW BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE and BIG DOG BBQ VA tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 1–2: FAST EDDIE'S FINE SWINE edged UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ by 0.0116.
FAST EDDIE'S FINE SWINE won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE turned in 177.7372 in pork ribs — past the 177.1544 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CHECKERED PIG (won 2014), THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA (won 2015), REDNECK SCIENTIFIC (won 2016).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-01 | Asheboro, NC | Asheboro, NC 27204 | 32 | 686.8344 | CHECKERED PIG | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA |
| 2015-07-31 | Asheboro, NC | Asheboro, NC 27203 | 31 | 686.2060 | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | CHECKERED PIG |
| 2016-08-05 | Asheboro, NC | 135 Sunset Ave. Bicentennial Park | 47 | 694.8228 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | SMOKING BUTT HEADS |
| 2017-08-04 ← this one | Asheboro, NC | Bicentennial Park,135 Sunset Ave | 46 | 687.9544 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM |
| 2018-08-03 | Asheboro, NC | Bicentennial Park,135 Sunset Ave | 48 | 700.4912 | CONTAGIOUS Q | SMOKE-AHOLICS |
| 2019-08-02 | Asheboro, NC | 135 Sunset Ave, Bicentennial Park | 40 | 690.2288 | Smoke Central BBQ | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.8572 | 173.1200 | 170.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 173.1428 | 167.3944 |
| Pork | 174.2628 | 170.2856 | 168.0000 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 170.2744 |
46 entries · top 687.9544 · median 643.0000
46 entries · top 174.8572 · median 161.9658
46 entries · top 177.7372 · median 159.6802
45 entries · top 174.2628 · median 162.2284
46 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.2456