Feb 8–9, 2019 · Little Rock, AR · 📍 2600 Howard ST · State championship
Prize money: $35,000
Heavy Smoke BBQ won Grand Champion at the KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship on February 8, 2019 in Little Rock, AR at 2600 Howard ST, scoring 703.9656 in a field of 92 teams. SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 701.6684. Category winners: Chicken — THE SPECIALISTS (180.0000); Pork Ribs — BILLY RAY BBQ (179.4400); Pork — SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS (180.0000); Brisket — ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN (178.3200).
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.
Heavy Smoke BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5828 points.
Chicken places 3–4: iBQ'n and PIGGIN' WHISKEY tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Heavy Smoke BBQ and LA PASADITA tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: LA PASADITA and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Bigger than 98% of the 5,462 contests in the data
92 teams — bigger than 98% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 177.1544 | 173.1428 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 175.4056 |
| Brisket | 178.3200 | 176.5600 | 175.4400 |
92 entries · top 703.9656 · median 673.6514
92 entries · top 180 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
92 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8400
92 entries · top 180 · median 168.2800 · 🔥 perfect 180
92 entries · top 178.3200 · median 168.5256
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.
9 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRIME BBQ- | |
| 2 | PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS | |
| 3 | WEQ4U | |
| 4 | BUNCH OF BUTTS | |
| 5 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 6 | #MIDNIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 7 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 8 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 9 | BILLY RAY BBQ |
18 entries · top 180 · median 173.1142 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 2 | WEQ4U | |
| 3 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 4 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 5 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 6 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 7 | T-MAC SMOKIN | |
| 8 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 9 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 10 | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 11 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 12 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 13 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 14 | SURVIVOR-QUE | |
| 15 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 16 | DIVINE SWINE | |
| 17 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 18 | EXTRA MILE BBQ |
2 entries · top 180 · median 172.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAVEMAN CUISINE-C | |
| 2 | CAVEMAN'S CUISINE-B |
3 entries · top 176 · median 174.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | J'S DIVINE SWINE | |
| 2 | M'S GETTIN BASTED | |
| 3 | Z'S RUB MY RACK |
29 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.4516
45 entries · top 178.8800 · median 167.4056