May 5–6, 2018 · Aberlour Scotland, United Kingdom · UNITED KINGDOM · 📍 Elchies Road
UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q won Grand Champion at The Brave Fires of Scotland on May 5, 2018 in Aberlour Scotland, AB38 9NY at Elchies Road, scoring 679.3944 in a field of 11 teams. MISS PIGGY'S U.K. took Reserve Grand Champion with 675.3600. Category winners: Chicken — MISS PIGGY'S U.K. (178.8572); Pork Ribs — ROKENDE REGAHS (169.1660); Pork — BUTTRUB.COM (170.8456); Brisket — BONSAIS WILD BBQ (175.4400).
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 77 times in 100
UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q came in rated below the field's top team, BUNCH OF SWINES, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 3–4: ANGUS & OINK and BOHEMIAN BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: HIGHLAND Q and BONSAIS WILD BBQ tied on 160.5372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: MISS PIGGY'S U.K. and Smokin Hot Piglets tied on 163.3828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 170.8228 | 157.1544 |
| Pork Ribs | 169.1660 | 166.2744 | 158.8572 |
| Pork | 170.8456 | 165.0972 | 158.8684 |
| Brisket | 175.4400 | 165.1544 | 158.2628 |
11 entries · top 679.3944 · median 662.2172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | |
| 2 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 3 | BUTTRUB.COM | |
| 4 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 5 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 6 | Smokin Hot Piglets | |
| 7 | BONSAIS WILD BBQ | |
| 8 | ANGUS & OINK | |
| 9 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 10 | HIGHLAND Q | |
| 11 | Smoke Riders |
11 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 2 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 3 | ANGUS & OINK | |
| 4 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 5 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | |
| 6 | BUTTRUB.COM | |
| 7 | Smokin Hot Piglets | |
| 8 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 9 | BONSAIS WILD BBQ | |
| 10 | Smoke Riders | |
| 11 | HIGHLAND Q |
11 entries · top 169.1660 · median 164.5484
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 2 | BUTTRUB.COM | |
| 3 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | |
| 4 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 5 | Smokin Hot Piglets | |
| 6 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 7 | HIGHLAND Q | |
| 8 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 9 | BONSAIS WILD BBQ | |
| 10 | ANGUS & OINK | |
| 11 | Smoke Riders |
11 entries · top 170.8456 · median 164
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUTTRUB.COM | |
| 2 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | |
| 3 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 4 | Smokin Hot Piglets | |
| 5 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 6 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 7 | ANGUS & OINK | |
| 8 | HIGHLAND Q | |
| 9 | BONSAIS WILD BBQ | |
| 10 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 11 | Smoke Riders |
11 entries · top 175.4400 · median 163.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BONSAIS WILD BBQ | |
| 2 | UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | |
| 3 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 4 | BUNCH OF SWINES | |
| 5 | BUTTRUB.COM | |
| 6 | MISS PIGGY'S U.K. | |
| 7 | Smokin Hot Piglets | |
| 8 | Smoke Riders | |
| 9 | ANGUS & OINK | |
| 10 | HIGHLAND Q | |
| 11 | ROKENDE REGAHS |
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.
5 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.8916
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HIGHLAND Q | |
| 2 | ROKENDE REGAHS | |
| 3 | BOHEMIAN BBQ | |
| 4 | ANGUS & OINK | |
| 5 | Smoke Riders |