2017-08-26 – 2017-08-27 · Emmetsburg, IA · 📍 6th st and Broadway
Grand Champion: TRUE SMOKE BBQ (687.4056) · 11 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 THE TWISTED TAIL
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
TRUE SMOKE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, THE SMOKING HILLS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 90% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 11.4516 points — a wider margin than 90% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 5–6: LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ and THE SMOKING HILLS tied on 161.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: BUCKSHOTBBQ and LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ tied on 163.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: BAD EGG BOYS edged BUCKSHOTBBQ by 0.0344.
TRUE SMOKE BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
TRUE SMOKE BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 5th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0228 | 161.6800 | 140.0000 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5828 | 159.3828 | 141.6916 |
| Pork | 175.4056 | 162.2628 | 144.5256 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 163.4172 | 143.4172 |
11 entries · top 687.4056 · median 642.1484
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 2 | THE TWISTED TAIL | |
| 3 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 4 | THUMP & STRUM BBQ | |
| 5 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 6 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 7 | BAD EGG BOYS | |
| 8 | NO BLARNEY BBQ | |
| 9 | C & E BBQ | |
| 10 | ROLLIN' COAL BBQ | |
| 11 | Team Robert Emmet |
11 entries · top 176.0228 · median 161.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 2 | THUMP & STRUM BBQ | |
| 3 | THE TWISTED TAIL | |
| 4 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 5 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 6 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 7 | BAD EGG BOYS | |
| 8 | NO BLARNEY BBQ | |
| 9 | C & E BBQ | |
| 10 | ROLLIN' COAL BBQ | |
| 11 | Team Robert Emmet |
10 entries · top 176.5828 · median 158.8114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE TWISTED TAIL | |
| 2 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 3 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 4 | BAD EGG BOYS | |
| 5 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 6 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 7 | THUMP & STRUM BBQ | |
| 8 | NO BLARNEY BBQ | |
| 9 | ROLLIN' COAL BBQ | |
| 10 | C & E BBQ |
10 entries · top 175.4056 · median 159.6856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THUMP & STRUM BBQ | |
| 2 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 3 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 4 | THE TWISTED TAIL | |
| 5 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 6 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 7 | NO BLARNEY BBQ | |
| 8 | BAD EGG BOYS | |
| 9 | ROLLIN' COAL BBQ | |
| 10 | C & E BBQ |
11 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 2 | THUMP & STRUM BBQ | |
| 3 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 4 | THE TWISTED TAIL | |
| 5 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 6 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 7 | C & E BBQ | |
| 8 | BAD EGG BOYS | |
| 9 | ROLLIN' COAL BBQ | |
| 10 | NO BLARNEY BBQ | |
| 11 | Team Robert Emmet |