May 3–4, 2019 · 📍 Washington Irving Park · State championship
Reps: Karen Jane Williams, Ralph Williams · Prize money: $12,050
T-N-T QUE CREW won Grand Champion at the Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival on May 3, 2019 at Washington Irving Park, scoring 700.5484 in a field of 56 teams. Fat Boys BBQ--Temple, TX took Reserve Grand Champion with 699.3484. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKIN DAN (179.4400); Pork Ribs — LA PASADITA (177.1544); Pork — UNCLE BC'S (178.8572); Brisket — BUTCHER BBQ (179.4400). This is the 5th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2018 edition was won by EVIL MONKEY BBQ; the next was held in 2022.
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 2022 — 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 77% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.2000 points — closer than 77% of every championship in the data.
700.5484 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 700.0112 EVIL MONKEY BBQ set in 2018.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100
T-N-T Que Crew came in rated below the field's top team, BUTCHER BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
T-N-T QUE CREW won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was T-N-T Que Crew's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 26th tracked contest.
Chicken places 1–2: SMOKIN DAN and BUFFALO'S BBQ tied on 179.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: LA PASADITA and PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ tied on 174.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ and THE GRISWOLDS tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SMOKIN DAN turned in 179.4400 in chicken — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: UNCLE BC'S (won 2016), EVIL MONKEY BBQ (won 2018).
Bigger than 90% of the 5,468 contests in the data
56 teams — bigger than 90% of the 5,468 contests in the data.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2014 | Bixby, OK | Bixby, OK 74037 | 80 | 694.8572 | WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY | CLARK CREW BBQ |
| May 1, 2015 | Bixby, OK | Bixby, OK 74133 | 81 | 697.0856 | OKIEQ | BUFFALO'S BBQ |
| May 6, 2016 | Bixby, OK | Washington Irving Park | 83 | 694.8572 | UNCLE BC'S | BUFFALO'S BBQ |
| May 4, 2018 | Bixby, OK | Washington Irving Park | 68 | 700.0112 | EVIL MONKEY BBQ | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ |
| May 3, 2019 ← this one | Washington Irving Park | 56 | 700.5484 | T-N-T Que Crew | Fat Boys BBQ--Temple, TX | |
| May 6, 2022 | Bixby, OK | Bixby, OK 74008 | 38 | 706.8344 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | 4 LEGS UP BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 176.0116 | 173.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 175.4288 | 171.4288 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 176 | 174.2744 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 175.4056 | 172 |
56 entries · top 700.5484 · median 652.4286
55 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.9428
55 entries · top 177.1544 · median 163.3944
55 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.6684
54 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.6800
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 166.2972 · median 152.4912
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke R. | |
| 2 | Luke F. | |
| 3 | Stetson | |
| 4 | James | |
| 5 | Ryker | |
| 6 | Jackie | |
| 7 | Riley | |
| 8 | Zamien | |
| 9 | Kylie | |
| 10 | Kortner | |
| 11 | Kierstyn | |
| 12 | Madalyn | |
| 13 | Brycen |
7 entries · top 166.9372 · median 158.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barret | |
| 2 | Drew | |
| 3 | Peter | |
| 4 | Maggie | |
| 5 | April | |
| 6 | Mayci | |
| 7 | Zander |
24 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3770
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEAD BIRD BBQ | |
| 2 | LawnAmerica | |
| 3 | Southside Hog Ride | |
| 4 | Fat Boys BBQ--Temple, TX | |
| 5 | UNCLE BC'S | |
| 6 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 7 | ResourceOne | |
| 8 | Butt Rubbers Anonymous | |
| 9 | BUFFALO'S BBQ | |
| 10 | H & N Bbq | |
| 11 | The Dynamic Duo of BBQ | |
| 12 | B-Team BBQ | |
| 13 | HOT SMOKIN ASH BBQ | |
| 14 | Frazier's BBQ | |
| 15 | RUB IT ALL OVER | |
| 16 | Dirty Sanchez Cue & Brue Crue | |
| 17 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 18 | Bigg'ns BBQ | |
| 19 | HOBBS BBQ | |
| 20 | Spit Roasters BBQ | |
| 21 | LaMac's | |
| 22 | One Smoking Grill | |
| 23 | Guns-A-Glazin BBQ | |
| 24 | Smokin Phone Bones |