Jul 13–14, 2018 · Vista, CA · 📍 Downtown Vista
HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ won Grand Champion at the 9th Annual Vista BBQ Classic (JUDGES FULL) on July 13, 2018 in Vista, CA at Downtown Vista, scoring 699.9428 in a field of 37 teams. SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.8344. Category winners: Chicken — HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — B' MACKIN BBQ (178.8572); Pork — B' MACKIN BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ (180.0000).
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 84% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1084 points — closer than 84% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100
HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BIG POPPA SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 2–3: SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ and LADY OF Q tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: 2 Live Q and ZZYZX BAR.B.Q tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: SMOKE HOUND BBQ and SMOKIN IT UP BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
B' MACKIN BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.
HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 21st.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 174.2744 | 170.8112 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.2972 | 170.8572 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 180 | 177.7144 | 173.7028 |
37 entries · top 699.9428 · median 666.7312
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 2 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 3 | LADY OF Q | |
| 4 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 5 | BAR-B-Q'S-2GO | |
| 6 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 7 | TEAM WOODSHED | |
| 8 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 9 | 2 Live Q | |
| 10 | TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q | |
| 11 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 12 | VEGAS GRILLBILLIES | |
| 13 | SMOKIN IT UP BBQ | |
| 14 | DAY OF THE PIG BBQ | |
| 15 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 16 | QUED UP | |
| 17 | BILL'S BLUE LINE BBQ | |
| 18 | PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ | |
| 19 | ZZYZX BAR.B.Q | |
| 20 | Sharpe's Woodshed | |
| 21 | Smokin' Degenerates | |
| 22 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 23 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 24 | GNAW | |
| 25 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 26 | Solo Dolo BBQ | |
| 27 | YARD PIRATES BBQ | |
| 28 | BOB-A-QUE | |
| 29 | BAD DOG BBQ - DE | |
| 30 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 31 | YOU HAVE NO IDEA | |
| 32 | JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE | |
| 33 | BUTLER'S BBQ | |
| 34 | MOSSY ROCK BBQ | |
| 35 | CHICKS WITH PITS | |
| 36 | HOGGIN' GONE WILD BBQ | |
| 37 | DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ |
37 entries · top 180 · median 166.2284 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 2 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 3 | LADY OF Q | |
| 4 | DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ | |
| 5 | PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ | |
| 6 | ZZYZX BAR.B.Q | |
| 7 | TEAM WOODSHED | |
| 8 | TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q | |
| 9 | 2 Live Q | |
| 10 | DAY OF THE PIG BBQ | |
| 11 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 12 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 13 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 14 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 15 | Sharpe's Woodshed | |
| 16 | YARD PIRATES BBQ | |
| 17 | BOB-A-QUE | |
| 18 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 19 | Smokin' Degenerates | |
| 20 | BAR-B-Q'S-2GO | |
| 21 | VEGAS GRILLBILLIES | |
| 22 | SMOKIN IT UP BBQ | |
| 23 | BAD DOG BBQ - DE | |
| 24 | HOGGIN' GONE WILD BBQ | |
| 25 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 26 | Solo Dolo BBQ | |
| 27 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 28 | GNAW | |
| 29 | QUED UP | |
| 30 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 31 | BILL'S BLUE LINE BBQ | |
| 32 | YOU HAVE NO IDEA | |
| 33 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 34 | MOSSY ROCK BBQ | |
| 35 | BUTLER'S BBQ | |
| 36 | JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE | |
| 37 | CHICKS WITH PITS |
37 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5716
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 2 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 3 | BAR-B-Q'S-2GO | |
| 4 | LADY OF Q | |
| 5 | QUED UP | |
| 6 | 2 Live Q | |
| 7 | ZZYZX BAR.B.Q | |
| 8 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 9 | DAY OF THE PIG BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKIN IT UP BBQ | |
| 12 | Solo Dolo BBQ | |
| 13 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 14 | DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ | |
| 15 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 16 | BILL'S BLUE LINE BBQ | |
| 17 | Sharpe's Woodshed | |
| 18 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 19 | TEAM WOODSHED | |
| 20 | TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q | |
| 21 | Smokin' Degenerates | |
| 22 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 23 | VEGAS GRILLBILLIES | |
| 24 | GNAW | |
| 25 | JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE | |
| 26 | BOB-A-QUE | |
| 27 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 28 | BAD DOG BBQ - DE | |
| 29 | MOSSY ROCK BBQ | |
| 30 | PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ | |
| 31 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 32 | CHICKS WITH PITS | |
| 33 | YARD PIRATES BBQ | |
| 34 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 35 | BUTLER'S BBQ | |
| 36 | YOU HAVE NO IDEA | |
| 37 | HOGGIN' GONE WILD BBQ |
37 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 2 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 3 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 4 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN IT UP BBQ | |
| 6 | 2 Live Q | |
| 7 | VEGAS GRILLBILLIES | |
| 8 | BAR-B-Q'S-2GO | |
| 9 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 10 | QUED UP | |
| 11 | LADY OF Q | |
| 12 | TEAM WOODSHED | |
| 13 | GNAW | |
| 14 | DAY OF THE PIG BBQ | |
| 15 | TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q | |
| 16 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 17 | YOU HAVE NO IDEA | |
| 18 | Sharpe's Woodshed | |
| 19 | BILL'S BLUE LINE BBQ | |
| 20 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 21 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 22 | DAD'S CHILLIN' AND GRILLIN' BBQ | |
| 23 | Solo Dolo BBQ | |
| 24 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 25 | PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ | |
| 26 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 27 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 28 | YARD PIRATES BBQ | |
| 29 | Smokin' Degenerates | |
| 30 | BOB-A-QUE | |
| 31 | BUTLER'S BBQ | |
| 32 | ZZYZX BAR.B.Q | |
| 33 | MOSSY ROCK BBQ | |
| 34 | JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE | |
| 35 | HOGGIN' GONE WILD BBQ | |
| 36 | BAD DOG BBQ - DE | |
| 37 | CHICKS WITH PITS |
36 entries · top 180 · median 166.5486 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 2 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 3 | BAR-B-Q'S-2GO | |
| 4 | TEAM WOODSHED | |
| 5 | VEGAS GRILLBILLIES | |
| 6 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 7 | BILL'S BLUE LINE BBQ | |
| 8 | TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q | |
| 9 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 10 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 11 | LADY OF Q | |
| 12 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 13 | PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ | |
| 14 | 2 Live Q | |
| 15 | SMOKIN IT UP BBQ | |
| 16 | BAD DOG BBQ - DE | |
| 17 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 18 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 19 | Smokin' Degenerates | |
| 20 | QUED UP | |
| 21 | DAY OF THE PIG BBQ | |
| 22 | YARD PIRATES BBQ | |
| 23 | Sharpe's Woodshed | |
| 24 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 25 | ZZYZX BAR.B.Q | |
| 26 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 27 | BUTLER'S BBQ | |
| 28 | GNAW | |
| 29 | BOB-A-QUE | |
| 30 | JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE | |
| 31 | YOU HAVE NO IDEA | |
| 32 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 33 | Solo Dolo BBQ | |
| 34 | CHICKS WITH PITS | |
| 35 | MOSSY ROCK BBQ | |
| 36 | HOGGIN' GONE WILD BBQ |
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 180 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180