2018-11-09 – 2018-11-10 · Concord, NC · 📍 4751 NC Hwy 49
Grand Champion: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN (691.3372) · 56 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE
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 2019 — 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 69 times in 100
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN came in rated below the field's top team, Organizer Portal, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Stronger than 99% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1692 power rating going in — stronger than 99% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 6–7: CONTAGIOUS Q and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and 3N1 Q tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ and MUTTLEY CREW BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA turned in 178.8572 in pork — past the 174.8572 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: REDNECK SCIENTIFIC (won 2017).
Bigger than 90% of the 5,410 contests in the data
56 teams made this a bigger field than 90% of every contest tracked.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-10 | Concord, NC | 4751 NC Hwy 49 | 47 | 703.9428 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | SMOKE MONSTER BBQ |
| 2018-11-09 ← this one | Concord, NC | 4751 NC Hwy 49 | 56 | 691.3372 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE |
| 2018-11-09 | Concord, NC | 4751 NC Hwy 49 | 44 | 686.7884 | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW | CONTAGIOUS Q |
| 2019-11-08 | Concord, NC | 4751 NC Hwy 49 | 47 | 703.9428 | South Pork | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ |
| 2019-11-09 | Concord, NC | 4751 NC Hwy 49 | 33 | 698.2632 | Smack That Butt BBQ | WHO CARES BBQ |
| 2021-11-05 | Concord, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021-11-06 | Concord, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 173.7028 | 172.0000 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 171.9772 | 170.8344 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 173.7028 |
| Brisket | 175.4172 | 173.1200 | 170.2628 |
56 entries · top 691.3372 · median 664.1312
56 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.2628
55 entries · top 174.8572 · median 165.1200
56 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8286
56 entries · top 175.4172 · median 165.1086
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.
11 entries · top 177.7144 · median 157.1772