Aug 4–5, 2017 · Cincinnati, OH · 📍 810 Neeb RD
Big Dogg BBQ won Grand Champion at the Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition on August 4, 2017 in Cincinnati, OH at 810 Neeb RD, scoring 704.5256 in a field of 32 teams. EXTRA MILE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 702.2400. Category winners: Chicken — OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE (179.4400); Pork Ribs — EXTRA MILE BBQ (176.5600); Pork — GREY STREET BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — EXTRA MILE BBQ (180.0000). This is the 1st of 3 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2018.
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, 2017 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 87 times in 100
Big Dogg BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 13-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Big Dogg BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Big Dogg BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 7th tracked contest.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 6–7: CHARLIE-QUE BBQ and Big Dogg BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK and BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: ALE YEAH BBQ and CHARLIE-QUE BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
EXTRA MILE BBQ won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2017 ← this one | Cincinnati, OH | 810 Neeb RD | 32 | 704.5256 | Big Dogg BBQ | EXTRA MILE BBQ |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Cincinnati, OH | 810 Neeb RD | 35 | 697.6572 | GREY STREET BBQ | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Cincinnati, OH | 810 Neeb RD | 31 | 693.1204 | One2BBQ | GREY STREET BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 174.2628 | 170.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 174.2744 | 170.8344 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 171.4056 |
| Brisket | 180 | 175.4172 | 167.4056 |
32 entries · top 704.5256 · median 660.7088
32 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.5658
32 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.2686
32 entries · top 180 · median 165.6686 · 🔥 perfect 180
32 entries · top 180 · median 163.0970 · 🔥 perfect 180