Jun 1–2, 2018 · Shelby, OH · 📍 6787 Baker 47
BAD HABIT BBQ won Grand Champion at the PigMania Shelby Mansfield KOA RV Resort on June 1, 2018 in Shelby, OH at 6787 Baker 47, scoring 685.0400 in a field of 18 teams. SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 680.4800. Category winners: Chicken — BAD HABIT BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — CIRCLE L BBQ (175.4400); Pork — CONVICTED PIGS BBQ (171.9772); Brisket — HAMBONES BY THE FIRE (177.1428).
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 75 times in 100
BAD HABIT BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was BAD HABIT BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 19th tracked contest.
Chicken places 6–7: HISTORIC BBQ and THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ and WEQ4U tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: CONVICTED PIGS BBQ and BAD HABIT BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BAD HABIT BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 17th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 169.7028 | 167.3828 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4400 | 170.8228 | 166.8344 |
| Pork | 171.9772 | 167.3944 | 165.6800 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 170.2628 | 165.6916 |
18 entries · top 685.0400 · median 668.1314
18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.6858
18 entries · top 175.4400 · median 167.4172
18 entries · top 171.9772 · median 165.6914
18 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.7030
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.
9 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ | |
| 2 | THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ | |
| 3 | Burnie's Both Hands BBQ | |
| 4 | CHARLIE-QUE BBQ | |
| 5 | HISTORIC BBQ | |
| 6 | CONVICTED PIGS BBQ | |
| 7 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 8 | BO B Q BBQ | |
| 9 | WEQ4U |