Jun 2–3, 2018 · Uncasville, CT · 📍 Mohegan Sun Casino
PADDY MCQ'S won Grand Champion at the Sun BBQ Fest on June 2, 2018 in Uncasville, CT at Mohegan Sun Casino, scoring 689.1656 in a field of 59 teams. FIRE DOWN BELOW took Reserve Grand Champion with 682.2404. Category winners: Chicken — BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT (175.4400); Pork Ribs — PADDY MCQ'S (174.8916); Pork — PADDY MCQ'S (178.3200); Brisket — BIG RAZ BBQ (175.4172). This is the 5th of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by APORKALYPSE NOW.
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 2018 — 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 81 times in 100
PADDY MCQ'S came in rated below the field's top team, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 3–4: APORKALYPSE NOW and INSANE SWINE BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: RED PLANET BARBEQUE edged GREENWITCH QUE CO. by 0.0112. Brisket places 6–7: Rogue Hog BBQ edged THE BASIC BBQ TEAM by 0.0112.
PADDY MCQ'S won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
PADDY MCQ'S took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 14th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA (won 2015), APORKALYPSE NOW (won 2017).
Bigger than 91% of the 5,469 contests in the data
59 teams — bigger than 91% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2014 | Uncasville, CT | Uncasville, CT 06382 | 32 | 670.9028 | CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA |
| Jun 13, 2015 | Uncasville, CT | Uncasville, CT | 52 | 691.4056 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | STUBBORN BULL BBQ |
| Jun 11, 2016 | Uncasville, CT | Uncasville, CT | 69 | 698.2860 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | MEAT @ SLIMS |
| Jun 3, 2017 | Uncasville, CT | Mohegan Sun Casino | 73 | 698.2856 | APORKALYPSE NOW | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA |
| Jun 2, 2018 ← this one | Uncasville, CT | Mohegan Sun Casino | 59 | 689.1656 | PADDY MCQ'S | FIRE DOWN BELOW |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4400 | 172.5600 | 170.2972 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8916 | 171.4400 | 169.7032 |
| Pork | 178.3200 | 174.2628 | 170.8572 |
| Brisket | 175.4172 | 168.5828 | 167.3828 |
59 entries · top 689.1656 · median 654.7424
59 entries · top 175.4400 · median 163.9772
59 entries · top 174.8916 · median 162.8228
59 entries · top 178.3200 · median 162.8228
59 entries · top 175.4172 · median 157.1432
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.
13 entries · top 178.8800 · median 163.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE OUTLAW BBQ NY | |
| 2 | T-BONE BBQ MA | |
| 3 | BOO BOO QUED | |
| 4 | GREENWITCH QUE CO. | |
| 5 | RED PLANET BARBEQUE | |
| 6 | THE BASIC BBQ TEAM | |
| 7 | Make BBQ Great Again | |
| 8 | BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT | |
| 9 | VALLEY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 10 | QUE BIZ | |
| 11 | Q SHANTY | |
| 12 | SMOKTORIOUS P.I.G. LLC | |
| 13 | HUMPHREY'S BBQ |