Aug 11–12, 2017 · Conroe, TX · 📍 Montgomery County Fairgrounds, 9201 Airport rd
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX won Grand Champion at the Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff on August 11, 2017 in Conroe, TX at Montgomery County Fairgrounds, 9201 Airport rd, scoring 679.9312 in a field of 26 teams. FIRST CLASS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 677.0628. Category winners: Chicken — POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ (177.7144); Pork Ribs — POP & SON'S COOKERS (172.0000); Pork — TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE (178.8572); Brisket — FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX (175.4056).
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.
Pork Ribs places 6–7: TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE and FIRST CLASS BBQ tied on 167.9888 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Don't have a Clue BBQ and FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: IDK PIT CREW and SMOKE PIMPS tied on 162.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 13th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 170.2628 | 161.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 172 | 169.1084 | 165.6912 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 171.4400 | 162.8228 |
| Brisket | 175.4056 | 167.4060 | 162.8456 |
26 entries · top 679.9312 · median 632.8056
25 entries · top 177.7144 · median 160.0344
26 entries · top 172 · median 163.9886
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 156.0112
25 entries · top 175.4056 · median 160.5828
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
14 entries · top 178.3200 · median 162.2568
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don't have a Clue BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKE PIMPS | |
| 3 | RAELYNN'S DREAM | |
| 4 | TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 5 | AMERICA'S TEAM | |
| 6 | CLIFTON CHEY COOKERS | |
| 7 | TWISTED BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 8 | Winking Chinchilla Cookers | |
| 9 | IDK PIT CREW | |
| 10 | VFW 1 | |
| 11 | VFW 2 | |
| 12 | Old Buzzard Cookers | |
| 13 | CROS-TEX Cookers | |
| 14 | Hell Bent 100% Texas Cookers |
12 entries · top 180 · median 167.6972 · 🔥 perfect 180
7 entries · top 173.7028 · median 150.2856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Buzzard Cookers | |
| 2 | KILL'N TIME KOOKERS | |
| 3 | CROS-TEX Cookers | |
| 4 | IDK PIT CREW | |
| 5 | TWISTED BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 6 | Don't have a Clue BBQ | |
| 7 | VFW 1 |
6 entries · top 176.0228 · median 160.8802
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunter Poenitzsch 7 Lower | |
| 2 | Kaydence & Hailyn Speichinger | |
| 3 | Kimber Naleway 9 Lower | |
| 4 | Grant Wahle 9 Lower | |
| 5 | Korrine Naleway 9 Lower | |
| 6 | Victoria Ortega |
9 entries · top 173.1200 · median 165.7600
6 entries · top 167.4628 · median 153.4228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IDK PIT CREW | |
| 2 | TWISTED BBQ BROTHERS | |
| 3 | CROS-TEX Cookers | |
| 4 | Don't have a Clue BBQ | |
| 5 | VFW 1 | |
| 6 | Old Buzzard Cookers |