Jun 1–2, 2018 · Huron, SD · 📍 890 3rd st. SW
TIMBONE BARBECUE won Grand Champion at The Original SD BBQ Championships on June 1, 2018 in Huron, SD at 890 3rd st. SW, scoring 695.3940 in a field of 33 teams. GRILLIN' BEAVERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 685.6800. Category winners: Chicken — RICHIE Z's (176.5944); Pork Ribs — MUSTANG SALLY BBQ (174.8572); Pork — SMOKE IN THE EYE (177.7372); Brisket — ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD (171.4172).
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 82 times in 100
TIMBONE BARBECUE came in rated below the field's top team, PARROTHEAD SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
TIMBONE BARBECUE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was TIMBONE BARBECUE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 31st tracked contest.
Wider than 86% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.7140 points — a wider margin than 86% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 6–7: WHISKEY RIVER BBQ and RUM N' SMOKE BBQ tied on 169.7256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: SPITFIRE and TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW tied on 169.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: SMOKE IN THE EYE and GRILLIN' BEAVERS tied on 177.7372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5944 | 170.8916 | 168.5944 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 171.4056 | 166.2628 |
| Pork | 177.7372 | 171.9656 | 168.5256 |
| Brisket | 171.4172 | 169.6800 | 167.9656 |
33 entries · top 695.3940 · median 659.8972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TIMBONE BARBECUE | |
| 2 | GRILLIN' BEAVERS | |
| 3 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 4 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | |
| 5 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 6 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKE IN THE EYE | |
| 8 | SPITFIRE | |
| 9 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 10 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD | |
| 11 | BARK 'N BONES BBQ | |
| 12 | MUSTANG SALLY BBQ | |
| 13 | BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER | |
| 14 | SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | |
| 15 | BACKROADS BBQ | |
| 16 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 17 | TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW | |
| 18 | Who Dat BBQ | |
| 19 | BULLY BBQ | |
| 20 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 21 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 22 | County Fair Food Store | |
| 23 | BONNAROO BBQ | |
| 24 | QUIET RIOT BBQ | |
| 25 | FERNANDO'S RIB COMPANY | |
| 26 | BIG MAMMA'S BAR-B-Q | |
| 27 | Dakota Smoke BBQ | |
| 28 | The Wolfpack BBQ | |
| 29 | WHISKEY RIVER BBQ | |
| 30 | Team Sasquatch | |
| 31 | IDLE QUE | |
| 32 | Bare Butts BBQ | |
| 33 | BELOW ZERO BBQ |
33 entries · top 176.5944 · median 164.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 2 | TIMBONE BARBECUE | |
| 3 | MUSTANG SALLY BBQ | |
| 4 | BIG MAMMA'S BAR-B-Q | |
| 5 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 6 | WHISKEY RIVER BBQ | |
| 7 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | |
| 8 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 9 | SPITFIRE | |
| 10 | Who Dat BBQ | |
| 11 | GRILLIN' BEAVERS | |
| 12 | BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER | |
| 13 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 14 | BACKROADS BBQ | |
| 15 | BARK 'N BONES BBQ | |
| 16 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 17 | Dakota Smoke BBQ | |
| 18 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 19 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD | |
| 20 | County Fair Food Store | |
| 21 | BONNAROO BBQ | |
| 22 | TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW | |
| 23 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 24 | QUIET RIOT BBQ | |
| 25 | BELOW ZERO BBQ | |
| 26 | BULLY BBQ | |
| 27 | SMOKE IN THE EYE | |
| 28 | IDLE QUE | |
| 29 | SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | |
| 30 | The Wolfpack BBQ | |
| 31 | Bare Butts BBQ | |
| 32 | FERNANDO'S RIB COMPANY | |
| 33 | Team Sasquatch |
33 entries · top 174.8572 · median 163.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MUSTANG SALLY BBQ | |
| 2 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 3 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 4 | GRILLIN' BEAVERS | |
| 5 | TIMBONE BARBECUE | |
| 6 | SPITFIRE | |
| 7 | TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW | |
| 8 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | |
| 10 | BARK 'N BONES BBQ | |
| 11 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKE IN THE EYE | |
| 13 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | |
| 14 | BULLY BBQ | |
| 15 | BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER | |
| 16 | Who Dat BBQ | |
| 17 | The Wolfpack BBQ | |
| 18 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 19 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD | |
| 20 | Dakota Smoke BBQ | |
| 21 | County Fair Food Store | |
| 22 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 23 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 24 | BONNAROO BBQ | |
| 25 | FERNANDO'S RIB COMPANY | |
| 26 | BACKROADS BBQ | |
| 27 | QUIET RIOT BBQ | |
| 28 | Bare Butts BBQ | |
| 29 | Team Sasquatch | |
| 30 | BIG MAMMA'S BAR-B-Q | |
| 31 | IDLE QUE | |
| 32 | WHISKEY RIVER BBQ | |
| 33 | BELOW ZERO BBQ |
33 entries · top 177.7372 · median 163.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKE IN THE EYE | |
| 2 | GRILLIN' BEAVERS | |
| 3 | TIMBONE BARBECUE | |
| 4 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 5 | BARK 'N BONES BBQ | |
| 6 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | |
| 7 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 8 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD | |
| 9 | County Fair Food Store | |
| 10 | BACKROADS BBQ | |
| 11 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 12 | BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER | |
| 13 | TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW | |
| 14 | SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | |
| 15 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 16 | The Wolfpack BBQ | |
| 17 | Who Dat BBQ | |
| 18 | SPITFIRE | |
| 19 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 20 | IDLE QUE | |
| 21 | BELOW ZERO BBQ | |
| 22 | Dakota Smoke BBQ | |
| 23 | BIG MAMMA'S BAR-B-Q | |
| 24 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 25 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 26 | MUSTANG SALLY BBQ | |
| 27 | FERNANDO'S RIB COMPANY | |
| 28 | QUIET RIOT BBQ | |
| 29 | BULLY BBQ | |
| 30 | WHISKEY RIVER BBQ | |
| 31 | Team Sasquatch | |
| 32 | Bare Butts BBQ | |
| 33 | BONNAROO BBQ |
33 entries · top 171.4172 · median 162.8456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD | |
| 2 | TIMBONE BARBECUE | |
| 3 | BACKROADS BBQ | |
| 4 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 5 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 6 | SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | |
| 7 | BULLY BBQ | |
| 8 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 9 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | |
| 10 | RICHIE Z's | |
| 11 | GRILLIN' BEAVERS | |
| 12 | SMOKE IN THE EYE | |
| 13 | FERNANDO'S RIB COMPANY | |
| 14 | SPITFIRE | |
| 15 | BORGY THE BBQ BUTCHER | |
| 16 | Team Sasquatch | |
| 17 | BARK 'N BONES BBQ | |
| 18 | BONNAROO BBQ | |
| 19 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 20 | TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW | |
| 21 | QUIET RIOT BBQ | |
| 22 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 23 | Who Dat BBQ | |
| 24 | MUSTANG SALLY BBQ | |
| 25 | Bare Butts BBQ | |
| 26 | County Fair Food Store | |
| 27 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 28 | BIG MAMMA'S BAR-B-Q | |
| 29 | WHISKEY RIVER BBQ | |
| 30 | IDLE QUE | |
| 31 | BELOW ZERO BBQ | |
| 32 | Dakota Smoke BBQ | |
| 33 | The Wolfpack BBQ |