Mar 8–9, 2019 · Atlantic City, NJ · 📍 801 Boardwalk
Prize money: $7,500
WEEKEND SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo on March 8, 2019 in Atlantic City, NJ at 801 Boardwalk, scoring 676.4684 in a field of 66 teams. ALL FIRED UP BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 675.9200. Category winners: Chicken — OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE (179.4400); Pork Ribs — SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION (180.0000); Pork — UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT (180.0000); Brisket — CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ (177.7372).
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 92% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5484 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 86 times in 100
WEEKEND SMOKERS came in rated below the field's top team, APORKALYPSE NOW, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 14-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
WEEKEND SMOKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 7–8: PIGGIN' WHISKEY and THE BBQ GURU tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Q HAVEN BBQ and DIG'N N PIG'N tied on 170.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: APORKALYPSE NOW edged 3 EYZ BBQ by 0.0112.
Bigger than 94% of the 5,468 contests in the data
66 teams — bigger than 94% of the 5,468 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 | 179.4400 | 174.8456 | 170.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 171.4400 | 168.5484 |
| Pork | 180 | 173.1428 | 169.7028 |
| Brisket | 177.7372 | 172 | 169.6684 |
66 entries · top 676.4684 · median 646.9708
64 entries · top 179.4400 · median 162.2686
66 entries · top 180 · median 161.1544 · 🔥 perfect 180
66 entries · top 180 · median 161.9428 · 🔥 perfect 180
66 entries · top 177.7372 · median 162.8572
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.
8 entries · top 173.1200 · median 167.9714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BBQ GURU | |
| 2 | Peels Island BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES | |
| 4 | Pits and Giggles | |
| 5 | LOCAL SMOKE BBQ | |
| 6 | Fire In The Hole | |
| 7 | Bang Bang BBQ | |
| 8 | The Reed Boys BBQ |
8 entries · top 169.7028 · median 153.9600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HERDER HERDER BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' TEX BBQ | |
| 3 | Fire In The Hole | |
| 4 | SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION | |
| 5 | Pork Island BBQ | |
| 6 | BOGGS HOG BBQ | |
| 7 | Big Papa Jai's' | |
| 8 | QUE BIZ |
10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHICKEN CHOKERS | |
| 2 | Bang Bang BBQ | |
| 3 | LOCAL SMOKE BBQ | |
| 4 | The Reed Boys BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES | |
| 6 | THE BBQ GURU | |
| 7 | QUE BIZ | |
| 8 | Pork Island BBQ | |
| 9 | SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ | |
| 10 | Fire In The Hole |
6 entries · top 162.2628 · median 155.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Reed Boys BBQ | |
| 2 | HERDER HERDER BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' TEX BBQ | |
| 4 | Stumpy Coals BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION | |
| 6 | Fire In The Hole |
14 entries · top 176 · median 170.2630
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEAD ON Q | |
| 2 | ALL FIRED UP BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 4 | SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES | |
| 6 | BOGGS HOG BBQ | |
| 7 | LOCAL SMOKE BBQ | |
| 8 | Bang Bang BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN' TEX BBQ | |
| 10 | HAMTOWN SMOKERS | |
| 11 | Fire In The Hole | |
| 12 | Pits and Giggles | |
| 13 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 14 | BUBBA'S BARBECUE |
4 entries · top 170.8228 · median 164.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 2 | Bison County | |
| 3 | Pits and Giggles | |
| 4 | Fire In The Hole |
21 entries · top 173.1428 · median 161.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BBQ GURU | |
| 2 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 3 | QUE BIZ | |
| 4 | PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 5 | POPPA Q-BBQ | |
| 6 | HERDER HERDER BBQ | |
| 7 | SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ | |
| 8 | Lilhambones | |
| 9 | Zombie Barbecue | |
| 10 | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT | |
| 11 | Sauce This BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES | |
| 13 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 14 | Big Papa Jai's' | |
| 15 | Pits and Giggles | |
| 16 | POKE N SMOKE | |
| 17 | LOCAL SMOKE BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION | |
| 19 | SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ | |
| 20 | BOGGS HOG BBQ | |
| 21 | Fire In The Hole |
4 entries · top 168.5256 · median 162.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEAD ON Q | |
| 2 | Stumpy Coals BBQ | |
| 3 | Bang Bang BBQ | |
| 4 | Fire In The Hole |
5 entries · top 180 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' TEX BBQ | |
| 2 | QUE BIZ | |
| 3 | Stumpy Coals BBQ | |
| 4 | Fire In The Hole | |
| 5 | SMOKESTACK REDEMPTION |
14 entries · top 170.3200 · median 164.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stumpy Coals BBQ | |
| 2 | THE BBQ GURU | |
| 3 | IREE Q | |
| 4 | POKE N SMOKE | |
| 5 | SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
| 7 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 8 | POPPA Q-BBQ | |
| 9 | HERDER HERDER BBQ | |
| 10 | LOCAL SMOKE BBQ | |
| 11 | The Reed Boys BBQ | |
| 12 | Fire In The Hole | |
| 13 | Pork Island BBQ | |
| 14 | Pits and Giggles |