I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
2018-07-06 – 2018-07-08
Grand Champion: GOOD SMOKE BBQ (661.0972) · 39 teams
Contest preview (from past editions of this contest)
🏆 Defending champion
PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES won the most recent scored edition (2017-07-07).
🎪 Typical draw
This contest has averaged 31 teams across 5 scored editions.
📏 Contest record
The highest overall score here is 669.7028, set by PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES in 2017.
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 11 tracked editions.
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-04 | 28 | 646.8570 | Q HAVEN BBQ | |
| 2014-07-04 | 27 | 657.1200 | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 2015-07-03 | 31 | 661.6800 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 2016-07-02 | 28 | 658.2856 | MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 2017-07-07 | 40 | 669.7028 | PISTOL PACKIN' PIGGIES | |
| 2018-07-06 ← this one | 39 | 661.0972 | GOOD SMOKE BBQ | |
| 2019-07-05 | Lake Placid, NY | 32 | 677.1540 | Hot Wachula's |
| 2021-09-03 | Lake Placid, NY | 15 | 699.4628 | Top Gun barbecue |
| 2022-09-02 | Lake Placid, NY | 22 | 679.4060 | Chunky BBQ |
| 2022-09-02 | Lake Placid, NY | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-01 | Lake Placid, NY | 18 | 690.8116 | Paddy McQ's |
Official results are up on kcbs.us ↗ but haven’t been pulled here yet — they land with the nightly scrape.