Apr 27–28, 2018 · Sugar Creek, MO · 📍 11520 Putnam
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q won Grand Champion at the Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest -Re-Boot (JUDGES FULL) on April 27, 2018 in Sugar Creek, MO at 11520 Putnam, scoring 698.8572 in a field of 53 teams. SLAPS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.8344. Category winners: Chicken — SLAPS BBQ (178.2972); Pork Ribs — PORK PULLERS (178.8800); Pork — DIRT ROAD BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — SMOKE RINGERS (180.0000).
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.
Closer than 97% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0228 points — closer than 97% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 90 times in 100
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q came in rated below the field's top team, DIRT ROAD BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 10-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was ALL FORKED UP FOR Q's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 34th tracked contest.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5716 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 3–4: THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ and SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: ALL FORKED UP FOR Q and AMERICAN FIRE BBQ tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ and SMOKE RINGERS tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 176.0344 | 172.6288 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 174.8572 | 172.5716 |
| Pork | 180 | 177.7028 | 174.8456 |
| Brisket | 180 | 175.4172 | 174.2628 |
53 entries · top 698.8572 · median 665.6576
53 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.8572
53 entries · top 178.8800 · median 165.6800
53 entries · top 180 · median 165.0856 · 🔥 perfect 180
53 entries · top 180 · median 166.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
19 entries · top 180 · median 173.1772 · 🔥 perfect 180