May 25–26, 2018 · Gillett, AR · 📍 West End of Main Street
SURVIVOR-QUE won Grand Champion at the 10th Annual Gillett Heritage Days Festival BBQ cook off on May 25, 2018 in Gillett, AR at West End of Main Street, scoring 680.5372 in a field of 18 teams. HOT AND FAST BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 680.4912. Category winners: Chicken — FIRE DANCER BBQ (171.9884); Pork Ribs — FIRE DANCER BBQ (172.0000); Pork — DAD'S GRILLIN CREW (176.0000); Brisket — Kermit's Ex (179.4400).
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.
Closer than 96% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0460 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100
Survivor-Que came in rated below the field's top team, FIRE DANCER BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SURVIVOR-QUE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was SURVIVOR-QUE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 27th tracked contest.
Chicken places 2–3: SOUTHSIDE BBQ and BURN ONE BBQ tied on 171.4284 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: ROYAL SMOKERS and DAD'S GRILLIN CREW tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: 3 RIVERS BBQ and BBQR'S DELIGHT tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
FIRE DANCER BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 171.9884 | 171.4056 | 166.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 172 | 169.1772 | 163.9428 |
| Pork | 176 | 171.4056 | 167.3828 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 171.9884 | 158.2856 |
18 entries · top 680.5372 · median 664.4742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 2 | HOT AND FAST BBQ | |
| 3 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 4 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 5 | SOUTHSIDE BBQ | |
| 6 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 7 | ROYAL SMOKERS | |
| 8 | BURN ONE BBQ | |
| 9 | GINDER'S FLIPPIN GOOD BBQ | |
| 10 | POP SMOKE BBQ | |
| 11 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 12 | DARKSIDE BBQ | |
| 13 | BIG SEXY BARBECUE | |
| 14 | Buckshot BBQ | |
| 15 | THE SMOKIN O'S | |
| 16 | 3 RIVERS BBQ | |
| 17 | Dirt Road BBQ-Fox | |
| 18 | Owl City Spice CO |
18 entries · top 171.9884 · median 166.8628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 2 | SOUTHSIDE BBQ | |
| 3 | BURN ONE BBQ | |
| 4 | ROYAL SMOKERS | |
| 5 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 6 | Dirt Road BBQ-Fox | |
| 7 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 8 | HOT AND FAST BBQ | |
| 9 | THE SMOKIN O'S | |
| 10 | BIG SEXY BARBECUE | |
| 11 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 12 | POP SMOKE BBQ | |
| 13 | DARKSIDE BBQ | |
| 14 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 15 | Buckshot BBQ | |
| 16 | GINDER'S FLIPPIN GOOD BBQ | |
| 17 | 3 RIVERS BBQ | |
| 18 | Owl City Spice CO |
18 entries · top 172 · median 163.9714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 2 | GINDER'S FLIPPIN GOOD BBQ | |
| 3 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 4 | HOT AND FAST BBQ | |
| 5 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 6 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 7 | SOUTHSIDE BBQ | |
| 8 | Owl City Spice CO | |
| 9 | BURN ONE BBQ | |
| 10 | BIG SEXY BARBECUE | |
| 11 | DARKSIDE BBQ | |
| 12 | ROYAL SMOKERS | |
| 13 | POP SMOKE BBQ | |
| 14 | Dirt Road BBQ-Fox | |
| 15 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 16 | 3 RIVERS BBQ | |
| 17 | THE SMOKIN O'S | |
| 18 | Buckshot BBQ |
18 entries · top 176 · median 167.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 2 | Buckshot BBQ | |
| 3 | SOUTHSIDE BBQ | |
| 4 | 3 RIVERS BBQ | |
| 5 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 6 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 7 | POP SMOKE BBQ | |
| 8 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 9 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 10 | HOT AND FAST BBQ | |
| 11 | BURN ONE BBQ | |
| 12 | GINDER'S FLIPPIN GOOD BBQ | |
| 13 | DARKSIDE BBQ | |
| 14 | ROYAL SMOKERS | |
| 15 | THE SMOKIN O'S | |
| 16 | Dirt Road BBQ-Fox | |
| 17 | BIG SEXY BARBECUE | |
| 18 | Owl City Spice CO |
18 entries · top 179.4400 · median 158.5484
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 2 | HOT AND FAST BBQ | |
| 3 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 4 | ROYAL SMOKERS | |
| 5 | GINDER'S FLIPPIN GOOD BBQ | |
| 6 | POP SMOKE BBQ | |
| 7 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 8 | BURN ONE BBQ | |
| 9 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 10 | Buckshot BBQ | |
| 11 | BIG SEXY BARBECUE | |
| 12 | DARKSIDE BBQ | |
| 13 | SOUTHSIDE BBQ | |
| 14 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 15 | THE SMOKIN O'S | |
| 16 | 3 RIVERS BBQ | |
| 17 | Dirt Road BBQ-Fox | |
| 18 | Owl City Spice CO |
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.
4 entries · top 170.2628 · median 163.0970
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE Q-TEAM | |
| 2 | Naw-Da-Bone | |
| 3 | Show Me Butts | |
| 4 | 3 Guys BBQ |
4 entries · top 172.5600 · median 155.1658
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE Q-TEAM | |
| 2 | Naw-Da-Bone | |
| 3 | 3 Guys BBQ | |
| 4 | Show Me Butts |
4 entries · top 342.8228 · median 317.0916
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE Q-TEAM | |
| 2 | Naw-Da-Bone | |
| 3 | Show Me Butts | |
| 4 | 3 Guys BBQ |