2019-02-15 – 2019-02-16 · Huntsville, TX · 📍 3925 Hwy 03 W · State championship
Grand Champion: Rio Valley Meats BBQ (704.5256) · 33 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Tiny E BBQ
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 2020 — 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 91 times in 100
Rio Valley Meat BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 9-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 7 tracked editions
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.
Chicken places 1–2: Tiny E BBQ and RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: ONE MAN PITS and BOOMERANG BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Manning Valley Natural Smokers and BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Tiny E BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double.
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 179.4400 that had stood across 5 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CLARK CREW BBQ (won 2017), RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ (won 2018).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-02-27 | Huntsville, TX | Huntsville, TX | 37 | 689.1316 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | BUTCHER BBQ |
| 2015-02-26 | Huntsville, TX | Huntsville, TX 77320 | 61 | 689.2228 | Lucky Dawg BBQ | KOSMO'S Q |
| 2016-02-25 | Huntsville, TX | Huntsville, TX 77320 | 42 | 685.1316 | MEAT @ SLIMS | Smokin Hot J's |
| 2017-02-16 | Huntsville, TX | Walker County Fair Grounds | 41 | 705.6568 | CLARK CREW BBQ | Smokie Okie & Company |
| 2018-02-16 | Huntsville, TX | 3925 Hwy 03 W | 38 | 694.8572 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | BOOMERANG BBQ |
| 2019-02-15 ← this one | Huntsville, TX | 3925 Hwy 03 W | 33 | 704.5256 | Rio Valley Meats BBQ | Tiny E BBQ |
| 2020-02-14 | Huntsville, TX | 3925 State High Way 30 | 42 | 704.0344 | The American Dream BBQ | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 175.4400 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | 173.1084 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 170.8800 |
33 entries · top 704.5256 · median 675.3368
33 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180
33 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.7372 · 🔥 perfect 180
32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.4286 · 🔥 perfect 180
33 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.1200
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.
13 entries · top 170.3316 · median 163.4056
11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5484 · 🔥 perfect 180
13 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
7 entries · top 170.8688 · median 167.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big B BBQ Company | |
| 2 | Old Buzzard Cookers | |
| 3 | Clines Prairie Cookers | |
| 4 | Moma T's BBQ | |
| 5 | BBQ Guru | |
| 6 | Hardwood Cookers | |
| 7 | HUMBLE PIT CREW COOKERS |