Sep 2–3, 2017 · Crescent City, CA · 📍 Beachfront Park, Front St
SON OF SMOKE won Grand Champion at the Redwood Coast Grills Gone Wild on September 2, 2017 in Crescent City, CA at Beachfront Park, Front St, scoring 681.0856 in a field of 15 teams. BIG BITE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.8456. Category winners: Chicken — Bradshaw's Kitchen (173.7256); Pork Ribs — BIG BITE BBQ (176.0000); Pork — PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ (176.5600); Brisket — SON OF SMOKE (166.8456).
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.
Chicken places 4–5: FAT DAD'S BBQ and SMOKIN' AXE BBQ tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: PIGGY D'S BBQ edged PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 3–4: BIG BITE BBQ edged FAT DAD'S BBQ by 0.0344.
SON OF SMOKE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 7th.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2017 ← this one | Crescent City, CA | Beachfront Park, Front St | 15 | 681.0856 | SON OF SMOKE | BIG BITE BBQ |
| Sep 1, 2018 | Crescent City, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.7256 | 169.7028 | 158.2400 |
| Pork Ribs | 176 | 170.2744 | 150.8116 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 169.1084 | 157.7600 |
| Brisket | 166.8456 | 163.3944 | 156.0112 |
15 entries · top 681.0856 · median 645.0744
15 entries · top 173.7256 · median 161.6572
15 entries · top 176 · median 163.9656
15 entries · top 176.5600 · median 160.5600
15 entries · top 166.8456 · median 157.1316