2019-03-22 – 2019-03-23 · Urbanna, VA · 📍 679 Browns Lane · State championship
Prize money: $10,500.00
Grand Champion: Who Cares BBQ (691.9316) · 63 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 GOOD SMOKE 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.
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 71 times in 100
WHO CARES BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
WHO CARES BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Wider than 90% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 10.9032 points — a wider margin than 90% of championships in the data.
Stronger than 92% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1635 power rating going in — stronger than 92% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 5–6: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and BIG DOG BBQ VA tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: 3 EYZ BBQ and DIRTY POSSUM BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: DIRTY POSSUM BBQ and WHO CARES BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Bigger than 94% of the 5,410 contests in the data
63 teams made this a bigger field than 94% of every contest tracked.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 171.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2744 | 170.8344 | 169.7144 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 173.1200 | 168.0000 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 174.2628 | 170.2628 |
63 entries · top 691.9316 · median 654.7432
63 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2400
63 entries · top 174.2744 · median 161.1200
62 entries · top 175.4172 · median 163.6742
62 entries · top 177.1428 · median 162.5314