Jun 15–16, 2018 · Barbourville, KY · 📍 538 South Main St Thompson RV Park
EXTRA MILE BBQ won Grand Champion at the Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival on June 15, 2018 in Barbourville, KY at 538 South Main St Thompson RV Park, scoring 696.5484 in a field of 34 teams. BRINGIN' THE HEAT took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.2172. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKING BUTT HEADS (177.7028); Pork Ribs — GREY STREET BBQ (180.0000); Pork — BLUE CHIP BBQ (177.7028); Brisket — WEQ4U (178.2972). This is the 3rd of 4 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ; 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, 2016 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.
696.5484 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 695.3484 UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ set in 2017.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
Extra Mile BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GREY STREET BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
EXTRA MILE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 2–3: EXTRA MILE BBQ and UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: BRINGIN' THE HEAT and BLUE CHIP BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN and CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. tied on 174.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
GREY STREET BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CONTAGIOUS Q (won 2016), UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ (won 2017).
This contest usually draws about 32 teams
34 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 32.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2016 | Barbourville, KY | Barbourville, KY | 32 | 693.0856 | CONTAGIOUS Q | Pappy Q |
| Jun 16, 2017 | Barbourville, KY | 538 South Main St Thompson RV Park | 31 | 695.3484 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW |
| Jun 15, 2018 ← this one | Barbourville, KY | 538 South Main St Thompson RV Park | 34 | 696.5484 | EXTRA MILE BBQ | BRINGIN' THE HEAT |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Barbourville, KY | 538 South Main St Thompson RV Park | 30 | 699.3828 | GREY STREET BBQ | WHO CARES BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 173.1200 | 170.8344 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 174.8572 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 171.9884 |
34 entries · top 696.5484 · median 671.9486
34 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.6800
34 entries · top 180 · median 167.7200 · 🔥 perfect 180
34 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.9886
34 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.5428