2019-05-03 – 2019-05-04 · Fredericksburg, VA · 📍 2400 Airport Ave · State championship
Reps: ALEX JR BROWN, ROBERT MCKEE
Grand Champion: Pullin My Money Muscle (695.9656) · 34 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WOLF'S REVENGE 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, 2013 to 2021 — 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.
Closer than 87% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6056 points — closer than 87% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100
PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE came in rated below the field's top team, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Pullin My Money Muscle's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 54th tracked contest.
Stronger than 93% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1641 power rating going in — stronger than 93% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 2–3: WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ and OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: BIG RAZ BBQ and REDNECK SCIENTIFIC tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS and PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 8th.
SMOKECRAFT - MD turned in 179.4400 in pork — past the 175.4056 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: 3 EYZ BBQ (won 2016).
This contest was away for 3 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2016-05-13.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-05-10 | Fredericksburg, VA | Fredericksburg, VA | 60 | 662.2854 | BEERBEQUE | HOG-IT-UP BBQ |
| 2014-05-09 | Fredericksburg, VA | Fredericksburg, VA 22401 | 64 | 662.2172 | APORKALYPSE NOW | CASUAL SMOKERS |
| 2015-05-08 | Fredericksburg, VA | Fredericksburg, VA 22408 | 65 | 688.5028 | CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE |
| 2016-05-13 | Fredericksburg, VA | Fredericksburg, VA | 72 | 695.9772 | 3 EYZ BBQ | LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER |
| 2019-05-03 ← this one | Fredericksburg, VA | 2400 Airport Ave | 34 | 695.9656 | Pullin My Money Muscle | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ |
| 2019-05-04 | Fredericksburg, VA | 2400 Airport Ave | 33 | 704.5488 | BBQData.com | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC |
| 2020-05-08 | Fredericksburg, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021-06-11 | Fredericksburg, VA | 2400 Airport Ave | 30 | 695.9084 | Wolf's Revenge BBQ | UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1772 | 175.4056 | 171.9888 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 172.0000 | 170.2744 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 173.7028 | 169.7028 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 172.5484 | 169.7028 |
34 entries · top 695.9656 · median 662.7428
34 entries · top 177.1772 · median 169.6914
34 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.3998
34 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.2686
34 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.1028
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.
26 entries · top 176.5828 · median 163.6914