2017-08-18 – 2017-08-19 · Madison, IN · 📍 Madison, IN
Grand Champion: GREY STREET BBQ (701.6456) · 55 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 EXTRA MILE BBQ
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 2022 — 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.
701.6456 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 691.3484 BARK BROTHERS BBQ set in 2015.
2 of 7 tracked editions
GREY STREET BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.
Chicken places 2–3: BLUE CHIP BBQ and HIGH ON THE HAWG tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC and CHARCOAL & MORE tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and BLUE DOG BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
WEQ4U won Chicken, Pork — a double.
GREY STREET BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 14th.
WEQ4U turned in 179.4400 in chicken — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BARK BROTHERS BBQ (won 2015).
Bigger than 90% of the 5,410 contests in the data
55 teams made this a bigger field than 90% of every contest tracked.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-15 | Madison, IN | Madison, IN 47250 | 60 | 689.6684 | BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ | ONE2BBQ |
| 2015-08-21 | Madison, IN | Madison, IN 47250 | 64 | 691.3484 | BARK BROTHERS BBQ | EAT MOR BUTT BBQ |
| 2017-08-18 ← this one | Madison, IN | Madison, IN | 55 | 701.6456 | GREY STREET BBQ | EXTRA MILE BBQ |
| 2018-08-17 | Madison, IN | Broadway and Vaughn St | 54 | 701.6456 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | GREY STREET BBQ |
| 2019-08-16 | Madsion, IN | Broadway and Vaughn St | 47 | 702.8228 | Grey Street BBQ | BLUE CHIP BBQ |
| 2021-08-20 | Madison, IN | 601 W First St. | 43 | 698.2400 | Bleacher Bums BBQ | SMOKE-N-PEPPERS |
| 2022-08-19 | Madison, IN | 100 Broadway Street | 45 | 703.3944 | Blue Chip BBQ | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 177.7028 | 173.1316 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 171.9656 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.0000 | 174.2628 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 175.4056 | 173.1200 |
55 entries · top 701.6456 · median 666.7084
55 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.0228
54 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.3886
55 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.9540 · 🔥 perfect 180
55 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.0856
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.
17 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180