Aug 5–6, 2017 · Omaha, NE · 📍 7300 Q st.
PORKY BUTTS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Omaha Steaks Nebraska BBQ Championship Day -2 on August 5, 2017 in Omaha, NE at 7300 Q st., scoring 695.9544 in a field of 50 teams. HELPING U BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.3484. Category winners: Chicken — BUFFALO'S BBQ (176.0000); Pork Ribs — HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB (180.0000); Pork — RUB MY RACK (178.8800); Brisket — DIRT ROAD BBQ (177.7028).
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.
Closer than 87% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6060 points — closer than 87% of every championship in the data.
PORKY BUTTS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Stronger than 98% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1671 power rating going in — stronger than 98% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 3–4: HOG HAMMER BBQ and BOOTYQUE tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: BOOTYQUE and SHIGGIN & GRINNIN tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: SHIGGIN & GRINNIN and PELLET ENVY tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176 | 175.4172 | 174.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 178.8800 | 174.2972 | 173.7028 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 175.4056 | 174.2628 |
50 entries · top 695.9544 · median 673.6286
50 entries · top 176 · median 170.8400
50 entries · top 180 · median 167.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180
50 entries · top 178.8800 · median 167.6858
50 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.8286