2018-08-03 – 2018-08-04 · Asheboro, NC · 📍 Bicentennial Park,135 Sunset Ave
Grand Champion: CONTAGIOUS Q (700.4912) · 48 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKE-AHOLICS
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 2019 — 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.
700.4912 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 694.8228 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC set in 2016.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100
CONTAGIOUS Q came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
CONTAGIOUS Q won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 1–2: ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE and MUTTLEY CREW BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: SMOKE CENTRAL BBQ and SMOKE-AHOLICS tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA and WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ tied on 173.1316 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC won Pork, Brisket — a double.
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 176.0000 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA (won 2015), REDNECK SCIENTIFIC (won 2016).
This contest usually draws about 39 teams
48 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 39.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-01 | Asheboro, NC | Asheboro, NC 27204 | 32 | 686.8344 | CHECKERED PIG | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA |
| 2015-07-31 | Asheboro, NC | Asheboro, NC 27203 | 31 | 686.2060 | THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | CHECKERED PIG |
| 2016-08-05 | Asheboro, NC | 135 Sunset Ave. Bicentennial Park | 47 | 694.8228 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | SMOKING BUTT HEADS |
| 2017-08-04 | Asheboro, NC | Bicentennial Park,135 Sunset Ave | 46 | 687.9544 | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM |
| 2018-08-03 ← this one | Asheboro, NC | Bicentennial Park,135 Sunset Ave | 48 | 700.4912 | CONTAGIOUS Q | SMOKE-AHOLICS |
| 2019-08-02 | Asheboro, NC | 135 Sunset Ave, Bicentennial Park | 40 | 690.2288 | Smoke Central BBQ | UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 172.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.1316 | 172.5600 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 174.2744 | 172.0000 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 175.4400 | 172.5600 |
48 entries · top 700.4912 · median 657.6116
48 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180
48 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.1144
48 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8284 · 🔥 perfect 180
48 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.3942
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.
4 entries · top 174.2972 · median 165.6798
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Burnette | |
| 2 | Carly Fink | |
| 3 | Elle Stephenson | |
| 4 | Braden Smith |
7 entries · top 178.2972 · median 174.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evan Truzy | |
| 2 | Mattie Sewell | |
| 3 | Fiona Stephenson | |
| 4 | Finn Hughes | |
| 5 | Ethan Truzy | |
| 6 | MJ Henning | |
| 7 | Kenzie Fink |