2018-09-01 – 2018-09-02 · Omaha, NE · 📍 Century Link Lot D 455 N 10 st
Grand Champion: GETTIN' SAUCED (688.5256) · 34 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 KEV'S CHEW CHEW 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, 2016 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 77 times in 100
GETTIN' SAUCED came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Stronger than 93% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1637 power rating going in — stronger than 93% of every contest tracked.
Pork Ribs places 6–7: HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION and THE SMOKING HILLS tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: THE SMOKING HILLS and B-S BBQ OUTLAWS tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: GETTIN' SAUCED and KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ tied on 169.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
GETTIN' SAUCED took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 9th.
Fat&Dumb BBQ turned in 177.1544 in pork ribs — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: DIRT ROAD BBQ (won 2016).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-03 | Omaha, NE | 455 N10 st Lot D | 45 | 699.3944 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | JAESTAR BBQ |
| 2017-09-02 | Omaha, NE | Century Link Lot D 455 N 10 st | 29 | 692.5600 | SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ | THUMP & STRUM BBQ |
| 2018-09-01 ← this one | Omaha, NE | Century Link Lot D 455 N 10 st | 34 | 688.5256 | GETTIN' SAUCED | KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 173.1428 | 170.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 169.1428 | 169.1084 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 172.5600 | 167.4056 |
| Brisket | 175.4400 | 172.5600 | 169.6800 |
34 entries · top 688.5256 · median 660.4570
34 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.0172
34 entries · top 177.1544 · median 164.2686
34 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.5542
34 entries · top 175.4400 · median 165.6800
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.
12 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180
4 entries · top 171.9888 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aria Hogan | |
| 2 | Letecia Howard | |
| 3 | Landon Elliot | |
| 4 | Jonathan Beaver |
10 entries · top 177.1544 · median 164.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ParraQue | |
| 2 | SUBTLE SMOKE | |
| 3 | BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ | |
| 4 | TATTOO BOB'S BAR-B-Q | |
| 5 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 6 | SPICE YOUR LIFE RUB YOUR MEAT | |
| 7 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 8 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 9 | SMOKING DAT BUTT BBQ | |
| 10 | GOODLIFE BARBEQUE |
14 entries · top 177.1428 · median 163.7086
10 entries · top 176.5716 · median 170.2628
2 entries · top 170.8800 · median 167.7144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barrett Tooman | |
| 2 | Drew Thomas |