Aug 25–26, 2017 · Hill City, SD · 📍 Elm St
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ on August 25, 2017 in Hill City, SD at Elm St, scoring 691.3712 in a field of 26 teams. BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.8228. Category winners: Chicken — YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG (179.4400); Pork Ribs — LAST CALL HEROES BBQ (177.7028); Pork — SMOKE ON THE PRAIRIE BBQ - WY (179.4400); Brisket — PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (178.8572). This is the 4th of 7 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by PARROTHEAD SMOKERS; 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, 2014 to 2024 — 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 92% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5484 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS won here last time out too — 4 straight editions of this contest.
4 of 7 tracked editions
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has won this contest 4 times across its 7 tracked editions.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.9996 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 4–5: SMOKIN' HOT CATERING and Pokes Smokin' Vittles tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Pokes Smokin' Vittles and PAPA'S PIT CREW tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ and PAPA'S PIT CREW tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 14th.
SMOKE ON THE PRAIRIE BBQ - WY turned in 179.4400 in pork — past the 178.2972 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (won 2014, 2015, 2016).
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2014 | Hill City, SD | Hill City, SD 57745 | 25 | 692.5488 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS |
| Aug 21, 2015 | Hill City, SD | Hill City, SD 57745 | 26 | 689.6456 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | SPITFIRE |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Hill City, SD | Hill City, SD 57745 | 31 | 697.6916 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD |
| Aug 25, 2017 ← this one | Hill City, SD | Elm St | 26 | 691.3712 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ |
| Aug 24, 2018 | Hill City, SD | Sea Terrace Park | 27 | 704.5256 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | BACKDRAFT BBQ |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Hill City, SD | Sea Terrace Park | 31 | 699.9544 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Hill City, SD | Main Street | 29 | 689.0512 | Q Cartel | LaTa-Que |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 173.1200 | 169.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 170.2744 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 174.8456 | 168.5600 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 170.8572 | 169.1200 |
26 entries · top 691.3712 · median 668.4342
26 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.0970
26 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.1200
26 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8284
26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.1256