Oct 12–13, 2018 · Waxhaw, NC · 📍 Downtown Waxhaw
UNDER THE RADAR won Grand Champion at the Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off on October 12, 2018 in Waxhaw, NC at Downtown Waxhaw, scoring 692.5488 in a field of 26 teams. CONTAGIOUS Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.6572. Category winners: Chicken — CONTAGIOUS Q (176.5600); Pork Ribs — SMOKE MONSTER BBQ (179.4400); Pork — SMOKE N BREW (175.4400); Brisket — SMOKE N BREW (173.1544). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; 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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
UNDER THE RADAR won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 1–2: CONTAGIOUS Q and UNDER THE RADAR tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: SMOKE N BREW and UNDER THE RADAR tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: CONTAGIOUS Q and Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SMOKE N BREW won Pork, Brisket — a double.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2018 ← this one | Waxhaw, NC | Downtown Waxhaw | 26 | 692.5488 | UNDER THE RADAR | CONTAGIOUS Q |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Waxhaw, NC | Downtown Waxhaw | 27 | 694.7768 | Smoke Monster BBQ | SMOKE N BREW |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Waxhaw, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 171.9656 | 168.5256 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 169.7028 | 166.2628 |
| Pork | 175.4400 | 170.8112 | 167.4172 |
| Brisket | 173.1544 | 170.8228 | 162.2856 |
26 entries · top 692.5488 · median 653.3198
25 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.2400
25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.1084
26 entries · top 175.4400 · median 164.8456
25 entries · top 173.1544 · median 159.9428