2018-08-31 – 2018-09-02 · Bedford, TX · 📍 1951 L Don Dodson
Grand Champion: BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX (702.8684) · 74 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BOOMERANG BBQ
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, 2017 to 2019 — 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.
702.8684 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 689.0628 Fergolicious BBQ set in 2017.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX came in rated below the field's top team, PORKY BUTTS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 4–5: BUFFALO'S BBQ and The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: PEARL SNAPS BBQ and RodStarr BBQ tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE and SUPER SWINE tied on 172.5828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 23rd.
BOOMERANG BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 176.0116 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Bigger than 97% of the 5,410 contests in the data
74 teams made this a bigger field than 97% of every contest tracked.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-02 | Bedford, TX | 1951 L Don Dodson | 46 | 689.0628 | Fergolicious BBQ | TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE |
| 2018-08-31 ← this one | Bedford, TX | 1951 L Don Dodson | 74 | 702.8684 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | BOOMERANG BBQ |
| 2019-08-30 | Bedford, TX | 1951 L Don Dodson | 58 | 703.4400 | LaPasadita | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX |
| 2021-09-04 | Bedford, TX | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.1428 | 174.8456 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 176.0228 | 173.7488 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 174.8572 | 172.0228 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 174.8456 | 172.5716 |
74 entries · top 702.8684 · median 658.7482
74 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
74 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.5544
74 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.5486 · 🔥 perfect 180
74 entries · top 178.2972 · median 163.1714
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.
27 entries · top 177.1428 · median 164.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 2 | EAST LENEXA BBQ | |
| 3 | BARBQUE XTREME | |
| 4 | BLUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 5 | BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE | |
| 6 | Backward Jacks | |
| 7 | DEAD BIRD BBQ | |
| 8 | BUTT FIRST BBQ | |
| 9 | PEARL SNAPS BBQ | |
| 10 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 11 | BIG BS BBQ -TX | |
| 12 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 13 | Aces and Eights | |
| 14 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 15 | OFFICIAL "Q | |
| 16 | OUTLAW RAYS BARBEQUE | |
| 17 | FAULDER BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 18 | ELLIS COUNTY BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKIN PENDEJOS | |
| 20 | Sterling's BBQ | |
| 21 | C & A Pit and Grill | |
| 22 | 1911 Outlaw Cookers | |
| 23 | vat 1893 BBQ | |
| 24 | TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 25 | East Lenexa BBQ-2 | |
| 26 | SMOKIN GOOD BBQ | |
| 27 | OTAKU SMOKE N BREW |
18 entries · top 341.1316 · median 311.1828
17 entries · top 169.6684 · median 153.7944
17 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.6684
24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
22 entries · top 169.7028 · median 161.9714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROCKIN W SMOKERS | |
| 2 | Smoke 30 BBQ | |
| 3 | Sterling's BBQ | |
| 4 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 5 | vat 1893 BBQ | |
| 6 | DEAD BIRD BBQ | |
| 7 | BARBQUE XTREME | |
| 8 | ELLIS COUNTY BBQ | |
| 9 | Pearl Snaps BBQ-2 | |
| 10 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 11 | PEARL SNAPS BBQ | |
| 12 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 13 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 14 | 3 B" Cooking Team | |
| 15 | TEXAS WARPIG BBQ | |
| 16 | FAULDER BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 17 | TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKIN GOOD BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKIN PENDEJOS | |
| 20 | OUTLAW RAYS BARBEQUE | |
| 21 | 1911 Outlaw Cookers | |
| 22 | C & A Pit and Grill |