2018-09-21 – 2018-09-22 · Hillsboro, OH · 📍 Rocky Fork Lake State Park,6452 Lucas Lane
Grand Champion: BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ (684.5144) · 30 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ALE YEAH 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.
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 80 times in 100
BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, HISTORIC BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 5th tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 6–7: BURNING PIG BBQ and DUB TOWN SMOKERS tied on 169.1316 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: DUB TOWN SMOKERS and ALE YEAH BBQ tied on 169.1316 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ and ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ tied on 170.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-21 ← this one | Hillsboro, OH | Rocky Fork Lake State Park,6452 Lucas Lane | 30 | 684.5144 | BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ | ALE YEAH BBQ |
| 2019-09-20 | Rocky Fork Lake State Park | 38 | 694.7768 | Uncle Toads | VICTORY SMOKERS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 171.9656 | 170.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4516 | 169.6800 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 176.5944 | 170.8456 | 167.3828 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 173.7144 | 167.9884 |
30 entries · top 684.5144 · median 663.8054
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ | |
| 2 | ALE YEAH BBQ | |
| 3 | HISTORIC BBQ | |
| 4 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 5 | DUB TOWN SMOKERS | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ | |
| 7 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 8 | NEONS BBQ | |
| 9 | Let's Smoke | |
| 10 | ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 12 | BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ | |
| 13 | BURNING PIG BBQ | |
| 14 | CONVICTED PIGS BBQ | |
| 15 | WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ | |
| 16 | SMOKING BAD | |
| 17 | SMOKIN BARREL BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKE RIDER | |
| 19 | CLOUD 9 BBQ | |
| 20 | GEM CITY BBQ | |
| 21 | SOUTH SIDE BBQ | |
| 22 | Ole Smokey | |
| 23 | BIBS & RIBS | |
| 24 | HARDWOOD BBQ | |
| 25 | Operation B&B | |
| 26 | Four Guys and a Grill | |
| 27 | The Highland House Meat Masters | |
| 28 | Big B's Barr-B-Q | |
| 29 | Lyons BBQ | |
| 30 | Ye Olde Pit Stop |
30 entries · top 177.1428 · median 161.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 2 | HISTORIC BBQ | |
| 3 | BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ | |
| 4 | DUB TOWN SMOKERS | |
| 5 | ALE YEAH BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKE RIDER | |
| 7 | ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ | |
| 9 | WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ | |
| 10 | CONVICTED PIGS BBQ | |
| 11 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 12 | SOUTH SIDE BBQ | |
| 13 | GEM CITY BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKING BAD | |
| 15 | BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ | |
| 16 | NEONS BBQ | |
| 17 | CLOUD 9 BBQ | |
| 18 | Let's Smoke | |
| 19 | BURNING PIG BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 21 | SMOKIN BARREL BBQ | |
| 22 | BIBS & RIBS | |
| 23 | The Highland House Meat Masters | |
| 24 | HARDWOOD BBQ | |
| 25 | Big B's Barr-B-Q | |
| 26 | Ole Smokey | |
| 27 | Lyons BBQ | |
| 28 | Operation B&B | |
| 29 | Ye Olde Pit Stop | |
| 30 | Four Guys and a Grill |
30 entries · top 175.4516 · median 165.6858
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEONS BBQ | |
| 2 | BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ | |
| 3 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 4 | SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ | |
| 5 | Let's Smoke | |
| 6 | BURNING PIG BBQ | |
| 7 | DUB TOWN SMOKERS | |
| 8 | ALE YEAH BBQ | |
| 9 | BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ | |
| 10 | WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKING BAD | |
| 12 | SMOKIN BARREL BBQ | |
| 13 | SOUTH SIDE BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 15 | CLOUD 9 BBQ | |
| 16 | GEM CITY BBQ | |
| 17 | Four Guys and a Grill | |
| 18 | HISTORIC BBQ | |
| 19 | CONVICTED PIGS BBQ | |
| 20 | Big B's Barr-B-Q | |
| 21 | Ole Smokey | |
| 22 | ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ | |
| 23 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 24 | BIBS & RIBS | |
| 25 | Operation B&B | |
| 26 | SMOKE RIDER | |
| 27 | Lyons BBQ | |
| 28 | Ye Olde Pit Stop | |
| 29 | The Highland House Meat Masters | |
| 30 | HARDWOOD BBQ |
30 entries · top 176.5944 · median 163.6686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HISTORIC BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 3 | Let's Smoke | |
| 4 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 5 | BURNING PIG BBQ | |
| 6 | DUB TOWN SMOKERS | |
| 7 | BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ | |
| 8 | ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ | |
| 9 | ALE YEAH BBQ | |
| 10 | WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ | |
| 11 | BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ | |
| 12 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 13 | SMOKIN BARREL BBQ | |
| 14 | HARDWOOD BBQ | |
| 15 | CONVICTED PIGS BBQ | |
| 16 | NEONS BBQ | |
| 17 | Operation B&B | |
| 18 | CLOUD 9 BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKING BAD | |
| 20 | SMOKE RIDER | |
| 21 | SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ | |
| 22 | Four Guys and a Grill | |
| 23 | BIBS & RIBS | |
| 24 | GEM CITY BBQ | |
| 25 | SOUTH SIDE BBQ | |
| 26 | The Highland House Meat Masters | |
| 27 | Lyons BBQ | |
| 28 | Ole Smokey | |
| 29 | Ye Olde Pit Stop | |
| 30 | Big B's Barr-B-Q |
30 entries · top 176.5600 · median 163.6972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 2 | BRISKETS-BONES & BREWS BBQ | |
| 3 | NEONS BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ | |
| 5 | ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKIN HOOSIERS | |
| 7 | Let's Smoke | |
| 8 | ALE YEAH BBQ | |
| 9 | CONVICTED PIGS BBQ | |
| 10 | HARDWOOD BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKING BAD | |
| 12 | SMOKE RIDER | |
| 13 | BURNING PIG BBQ | |
| 14 | HISTORIC BBQ | |
| 15 | DUB TOWN SMOKERS | |
| 16 | SMOKIN BARREL BBQ | |
| 17 | BROTHERS OF OHIO BBQ | |
| 18 | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 19 | The Highland House Meat Masters | |
| 20 | CLOUD 9 BBQ | |
| 21 | Ole Smokey | |
| 22 | WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ | |
| 23 | GEM CITY BBQ | |
| 24 | SOUTH SIDE BBQ | |
| 25 | Big B's Barr-B-Q | |
| 26 | Four Guys and a Grill | |
| 27 | Lyons BBQ | |
| 28 | Ye Olde Pit Stop | |
| 29 | BIBS & RIBS | |
| 30 | Operation B&B |
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 175.4172 · median 151.7030
12 entries · top 163.4628 · median 151.3886
2 entries · top 174.8800 · median 173.7200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Wilkin | |
| 2 | Swine 'N Bovine - We're so Fine |