2017-09-02 – 2017-09-03 · Omaha, NE · 📍 Century Link Lot D 455 N 10 st
Grand Champion: SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ (692.5600) · 29 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 THUMP & STRUM 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 2018 — 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 86% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6288 points — closer than 86% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100
SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, PARROTHEAD SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 36th tracked contest.
Chicken places 8–9: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS and WHEN PIGS DIE tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS and SMOKEY BEAR'S BBQ NEBRASKA tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS and SIN CIRCLE BBQ tied on 167.3828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 9th.
Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q turned in 179.4400 in chicken — past the 177.7372 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-30 | Omaha, NE | Omaha, NE 68106 | 29 | 685.1312 | JAESTAR BBQ | FOUR MEN AND A PIG |
| 2015-09-05 | Omaha, NE | Omaha, NE 68106 | 31 | 684.0340 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | PORK PATROL BBQ |
| 2016-09-03 | Omaha, NE | 455 N10 st Lot D | 45 | 699.3944 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | JAESTAR BBQ |
| 2017-09-02 ← this one | Omaha, NE | Century Link Lot D 455 N 10 st | 29 | 692.5600 | SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ | THUMP & STRUM BBQ |
| 2018-09-01 | Omaha, NE | Century Link Lot D 455 N 10 st | 34 | 688.5256 | GETTIN' SAUCED | KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 175.4172 | 170.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 170.2628 | 166.8344 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 173.7028 | 169.1428 |
| Brisket | 175.4056 | 170.2628 | 166.2744 |
29 entries · top 692.5600 · median 657.5772
29 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.9888
29 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.6916
29 entries · top 177.7144 · median 162.9028
29 entries · top 175.4056 · median 163.9544
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.
8 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.6972 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 2 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 3 | Tattoo Bob's Bar-B-Q | |
| 4 | YOU GONNA LIKE IT | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ | |
| 6 | SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT | |
| 7 | 2FishQ | |
| 8 | PARRAQ |