Feb 1–2, 2019 · Humble, TX · 📍 6233 Will Clayton Parkway · State championship
Prize money: $15,000
TEXAS WARPIG BBQ won Grand Champion at the Humble Rodeo and BBQ on February 1, 2019 in Humble, TX at 6233 Will Clayton Parkway, scoring 689.6228 in a field of 126 teams. BOOMERANG BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.0228. Category winners: Chicken — ONE MAN PITS (174.2972); Pork Ribs — B-S BBQ OUTLAWS (177.7028); Pork — BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX (179.4400); Brisket — COCHON 225 (177.7028). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2018 edition was won by BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX.
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 76% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6000 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 92 times in 100
TEXAS WARPIG BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BOOMERANG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 8-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
TEXAS WARPIG BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.9316 points.
Texan Dodge Todd finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Pork places 1–2: BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX and KISS MY RACK tied on 179.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: BULLHORN BBQ and TEXAS WARPIG BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: TEXAS WARPIG BBQ and TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX (won 2018).
Bigger than 99% of the 5,462 contests in the data
126 teams — bigger than 99% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2018 | Humble, TX | 6233 Will Clayton Parkway | 145 | 691.9656 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ |
| Feb 1, 2019 ← this one | Humble, TX | 6233 Will Clayton Parkway | 126 | 689.6228 | War Pig BBQ | BOOMERANG BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2972 | 171.4056 | 169.7256 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 175.4400 | 172.5828 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 177.7028 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 177.1428 | 172.6172 |
126 entries · top 689.6228 · median 628.2054
125 entries · top 174.2972 · median 157.1544
125 entries · top 177.7028 · median 159.4744
120 entries · top 179.4400 · median 159.7028
125 entries · top 177.7028 · median 157.7028
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.
71 entries · top 180 · median 163.4400 · 🔥 perfect 180