Sep 7–8, 2018 · Mt.Vernon, IN · 📍 Water St
LOCAL YOKELS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smoke On The Ohio (JUDGES FULL) on September 7, 2018 in Mt.Vernon, IN at Water St, scoring 701.0856 in a field of 28 teams. SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.9428. Category winners: Chicken — LOCAL YOKELS BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ (176.5944); Pork — LOCAL YOKELS BBQ (177.7028); Brisket — LOCAL YOKELS BBQ (174.2628). This is the 2nd of 9 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE; the next was held in 2019.
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 2026 — 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.
701.0856 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 693.0856 FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE set in 2017.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 92 times in 100
LOCAL YOKELS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 8-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was LOCAL YOKELS BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 8th tracked contest.
LOCAL YOKELS BBQ won Chicken, Pork, Brisket — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
3 of 9 tracked editions
Scuffletown Smokers has won this contest 3 times across its 9 tracked editions.
Chicken places 8–9: Hawg Feathers and JANKY LEG BBQ tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: OUI OUI OUI BBQ and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: OUI OUI OUI BBQ and SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
LOCAL YOKELS BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 3 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 9th.
UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ turned in 176.5944 in pork ribs — past the 172.5600 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE (won 2017).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2017 | Mt.Vernon, IN | Water St | 29 | 693.0856 | FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE | GRUMPY GOOSE BBQ |
| Sep 7, 2018 ← this one | Mt.Vernon, IN | Water St | 28 | 701.0856 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ |
| Sep 13, 2019 | Mt.Vernon, IN | 1 Locust | 28 | 701.1088 | Scuffletown Smokers | ONE2BBQ |
| Sep 10, 2021 | Mt. Vernon, IN | 110 East Water St. | 16 | 702.2400 | Local Yokels | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 12 | 716 | Local Yokels | DB BBQ |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 25 | 709.6684 | Scuffletown Smokers | DB BBQ |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 28 | 703.9428 | Mulkey's BBQ | JaBs BBQ |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Mt. Vernon, IN | Riverbend Park | 27 | 709.1428 | JaBs | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Mt. Vernon, IN | 1817 Glen Eagles Dr. | 26 | 708 | Scuffletown Smokers | Mulkey's BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 173.1200 | 170.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5944 | 171.9772 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 168.5256 |
| Brisket | 174.2628 | 170.8344 | 168.5256 |
28 entries · top 701.0856 · median 659.0112
28 entries · top 180 · median 165.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180
28 entries · top 176.5944 · median 164.2688
28 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.6914
28 entries · top 174.2628 · median 165.1256