2018-07-12 – 2018-07-14 · Greenwood, SC · 📍 Main Street
Grand Champion: OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE (694.8232) · 89 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY
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, 2013 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.
Closer than 79% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1660 points — closer than 79% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100
OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE came in rated below the field's top team, SAUCED! BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 4–5: YES, DEAR BBQ and HICKORY PRIME tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: MIDNIGHT BURN and ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA and SAUCED! BBQ TEAM tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 36th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: KILLER B'S BBQ (won 2014), BUB-BA-Q (won 2015), MUTTLEY CREW BBQ (won 2017).
Bigger than 98% of the 5,410 contests in the data
89 teams made this a bigger field than 98% of every contest tracked.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-11 | Greenwood, SC | Greenwood, SC | 78 | 678.7656 | LOTTA BULL BBQ | BIG RED'S BARBECUE |
| 2014-07-10 | Greenwood, SC | Greenwood, SC 29646 | 86 | 690.2288 | KILLER B'S BBQ | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM |
| 2015-07-09 | Greenwood, SC | Greenwood, SC 29646 | 90 | 697.0856 | BUB-BA-Q | ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ |
| 2016-07-07 | Greenwood, SC | Greenwood, SC | 82 | 686.7656 | UNCLE KENNY'S BBQ | HOT WACHULA'S |
| 2017-07-06 | Greenwood, SC | 120 Main Street | 89 | 700.5372 | MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC |
| 2018-07-12 ← this one | Greenwood, SC | Main Street | 89 | 694.8232 | OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY |
| 2019-07-12 | Greenwood, SC | Main Street | 83 | 690.8112 | SMOKIN' GRINGOS | PALMETTO PITMASTERS |
| 2021-07-09 | Greenwood, SC | Main Street | 81 | 706.8576 | SMOKE CENTRAL | SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 175.4056 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5828 | 174.8688 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | 173.7372 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 172.0344 |
89 entries · top 694.8232 · median 654.6744
87 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.0856
88 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.1200
88 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.0914 · 🔥 perfect 180
88 entries · top 180.0000 · median 162.8286 · 🔥 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.
35 entries · top 174.9372 · median 158.8800
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 159.3828 · 🔥 perfect 180
18 entries · top 172.5484 · median 153.6572
5 entries · top 169.7600 · median 162.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAC-ARONI | |
| 2 | GIRLS CAN QUE TOO | |
| 3 | LIL PORKERS | |
| 4 | K'S KOOKIN | |
| 5 | OFF THA HOOK |
6 entries · top 179.4400 · median 158.3028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEAM KASPRISKIE | |
| 2 | PIG TAILS BBQ | |
| 3 | THE G'S GRILLIN | |
| 4 | BBQ GIRL BOSS | |
| 5 | ALL FIRED UP | |
| 6 | SKINT BACK, JR |