Jul 13–14, 2018 · Jamestown, TN · 📍 3598 S York Hwy
Organizer Portal won Grand Champion at the Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In Day 1 on July 13, 2018 in Jamestown, TN at 3598 S York Hwy, scoring 703.9772 in a field of 40 teams. CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.8000. Category winners: Chicken — QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N (180.0000); Pork Ribs — THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW (178.8572); Pork — THE PIT CREW GA (178.8572); Brisket — ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE (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.
Organizer Portal won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 98% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1672 power rating going in — stronger than 98% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N and Organizer Portal tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: Organizer Portal and WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 178.8572 | 176.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 171.9888 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 173.7028 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 180 | 174.8456 | 173.1200 |
40 entries · top 703.9772 · median 676.7540
40 entries · top 180 · median 170.8286 · 🔥 perfect 180
40 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.5600
40 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5314
40 entries · top 180 · median 169.6742 · 🔥 perfect 180