May 4–5, 2018 · Bixby, OK · 📍 Washington Irving Park
EVIL MONKEY BBQ won Grand Champion at the Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival on May 4, 2018 in Bixby, OK at Washington Irving Park, scoring 700.0112 in a field of 68 teams. PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 699.9660. Category winners: Chicken — WOOD HOOK BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — BUTCHER BBQ (178.2972); Pork — DEAD BIRD BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — SMOKIN DAN (178.8572). This is the 5th of 7 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX; the next was held in 2019.
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 2022 — 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 96% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0452 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 88 times in 100
EVIL MONKEY BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BUTCHER BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
EVIL MONKEY BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was EVIL MONKEY BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 17th tracked contest.
Chicken places 1–2: WOOD HOOK BBQ and BUTCHER BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: THE GRISWOLDS and IRON WHEEL COOKERS tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: IRON WHEEL COOKERS and SWEET MESQUITERS tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: UNCLE BC'S (won 2016).
Bigger than 95% of the 5,469 contests in the data
68 teams — bigger than 95% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2014 | Bixby, OK | Bixby, OK 74037 | 80 | 694.8572 | WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY | CLARK CREW BBQ |
| May 1, 2015 | Bixby, OK | Bixby, OK 74133 | 81 | 697.0856 | OKIEQ | BUFFALO'S BBQ |
| May 6, 2016 | Bixby, OK | Washington Irving Park | 83 | 694.8572 | UNCLE BC'S | BUFFALO'S BBQ |
| May 5, 2017 | Bixby, OK | Washington Irving Park | 68 | 703.9888 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | TNK BBQ |
| May 4, 2018 ← this one | Bixby, OK | Washington Irving Park | 68 | 700.0112 | EVIL MONKEY BBQ | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ |
| May 3, 2019 | Washington Irving Park | 56 | 700.5484 | T-N-T Que Crew | Fat Boys BBQ--Temple, TX | |
| May 6, 2022 | Bixby, OK | Bixby, OK 74008 | 38 | 706.8344 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | 4 LEGS UP BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 177.1428 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 174.8572 | 173.1544 |
| Pork | 180 | 177.1428 | 174.8800 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.2744 | 170.2628 |
68 entries · top 700.0112 · median 652.9942
66 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.9770
68 entries · top 178.2972 · median 163.0970
67 entries · top 180 · median 165.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180
67 entries · top 178.8572 · median 161.7028
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.
30 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.5828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 2 | LawnAmerica | |
| 3 | Soldiers Wish | |
| 4 | HOT CHIHUAHUA BARBECUE | |
| 5 | Bastin Tastin Crew | |
| 6 | NCOGNITO COOKERS | |
| 7 | La Mac's BBQ | |
| 8 | BILLS BBQ | |
| 9 | UNCLE BC'S | |
| 10 | The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company | |
| 11 | BUFFALO'S BBQ | |
| 12 | Lyck BBQ | |
| 13 | HOT SMOKIN ASH BBQ | |
| 14 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 15 | J-Dub's BBQ | |
| 16 | ONE SMOKIN GRILL | |
| 17 | Butt Rubbers Anonymous | |
| 18 | Key Temptations | |
| 19 | SWEET MESQUITERS | |
| 20 | HOBBS BBQ | |
| 21 | Ambassadors of Smoke | |
| 22 | Dirty Sanchez Cue & Brue Crue | |
| 23 | TBC | |
| 24 | BRUCE & KYLE THE DYNAMIC DUO OF BBQ | |
| 25 | Smokin Butts-OK | |
| 26 | RUB IT ALL OVER | |
| 27 | #bixbymafia | |
| 28 | BACONATERS | |
| 29 | BLOWIN' SMOKE NWA | |
| 30 | DARKSIDE BBQ |