Oct 19–20, 2018 · Mount Pleasant, TN · 📍 Historic Downtown
HIGH ON THE HAWG won Grand Champion at the Mid-South BBQ Festival on October 19, 2018 in Mount Pleasant, TN at Historic Downtown, scoring 692.0000 in a field of 22 teams. CONTAGIOUS Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.8228. Category winners: Chicken — DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS (180.0000); Pork Ribs — RIDGE OUTLAWS BBQ (174.2972); Pork — HAMMONDVILLE HAWG MAFIA (177.1544); Brisket — CONTAGIOUS Q (177.7028). This is the 3rd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by CONTAGIOUS Q.
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.
Closer than 78% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1772 points — closer than 78% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100
HIGH ON THE HAWG came in rated below the field's top team, Organizer Portal, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
HIGH ON THE HAWG won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
2 of 3 tracked editions
CONTAGIOUS Q has won this contest 2 times across its 3 tracked editions.
Stronger than 92% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1636 power rating going in — stronger than 92% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 5–6: JIGGY PIGGY and Organizer Portal tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: BIG BLUE QUE and Organizer Portal tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: JIGGY PIGGY and CONTAGIOUS Q tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
CONTAGIOUS Q turned in 177.7028 in brisket — past the 177.1428 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CONTAGIOUS Q (won 2016, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2016 | Mount Pleasant, TN | Historic Downtown | 27 | 707.9772 | CONTAGIOUS Q | Organizer Portal |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Mount Pleasant, TN | Main Street | 28 | 698.2400 | CONTAGIOUS Q | UNDER THE RADAR |
| Oct 19, 2018 ← this one | Mount Pleasant, TN | Historic Downtown | 22 | 692 | HIGH ON THE HAWG | CONTAGIOUS Q |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 174.2628 | 171.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2972 | 170.2972 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 177.1544 | 171.4056 | 167.3944 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 175.4516 | 171.9888 |
22 entries · top 692 · median 677.6458
22 entries · top 180 · median 170.8342 · 🔥 perfect 180
22 entries · top 174.2972 · median 166.5428
22 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.5600
22 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.4114