2018-06-22 – 2018-06-23 · Maryville, TN · 📍 Founders Sq, E Broadway Ave
Grand Champion: RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES (701.0740) · 36 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 EXTRA MILE 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.
What it has taken to win here, 2014 to 2021 — 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 88 times in 100
RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES came in rated below the field's top team, Organizer Portal, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 45th tracked contest.
Wider than 95% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 14.2856 points — a wider margin than 95% of championships in the data.
2 of 6 tracked editions
SMOKE ON THIS has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Pork Ribs places 3–4: WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ and TASTE OF GRACE tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: SHINEY HINEYS and THE PIT CREW GA tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: SMOKE ON THIS and PALMETTO PITMASTERS tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 5th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: UNDER THE RADAR (won 2014), SMOKE ON THIS (won 2015), THE PIT CREW GA (won 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-27 | Maryville, TN | Maryville, TN 37801 | 39 | 702.2856 | UNDER THE RADAR | SMOKE ON THIS |
| 2015-06-26 | Maryville, TN | Maryville, TN 37917 | 38 | 706.2400 | SMOKE ON THIS | UNDER THE RADAR |
| 2017-06-23 | Maryville, TN | Founders Sq, E Broadway Ave | 35 | 703.9656 | THE PIT CREW GA | UNDER THE RADAR |
| 2018-06-22 ← this one | Maryville, TN | Founders Sq, E Broadway Ave | 36 | 701.0740 | RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES | EXTRA MILE BBQ |
| 2019-06-21 | Maryville, TN | Founders Square E Broadway Ave. | 27 | 695.3828 | Smoke on This | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. |
| 2021-06-25 | Maryville, TN | Fanders Sq E Broadway Ave. | 32 | 698.2628 | Smoke Central BBQ | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 170.8800 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2628 | 173.1084 | 169.1200 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 173.7028 | 172.0000 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 173.1316 | 170.8228 |
36 entries · top 701.0740 · median 668.7026
36 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.1028
36 entries · top 174.2628 · median 164.2400
36 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2514
36 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2398 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
20 entries · top 171.4972 · median 153.7542
17 entries · top 177.1428 · median 158.2400
34 entries · top 174.3428 · median 158.3314