May 10–11, 2019 · Marion, AR · 📍 Complex Rd · State championship
Reps: Maria Lohman, Wayne Lohman
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW won Grand Champion at the Esperanza Bonanza BBQ Blitz on May 10, 2019 in Marion, AR at Complex Rd, scoring 702.8344 in a field of 30 teams. Fergolicious BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 702.2628. Category winners: Chicken — Q-BONES BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN (177.7028); Pork — THE BLUE BLOODS (180.0000); Brisket — DAD'S GRILLIN CREW (179.4400).
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 90% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5716 points — closer than 90% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: Q-BONES BBQ and Fergolicious BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN and UNCLE POOKIE & THE RIBLETS tied on 174.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 7–8: UNCLE POOKIE & THE RIBLETS and BLUE COLLAR BBQ MS tied on 174.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 13th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180 | 175.4056 | 171.9772 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 175.4056 | 174.2628 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180 | 174.2628 | 171.9772 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 179.4400 | 175.4056 | 170.8228 |
| Ancillary — Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 167.9772 | 162.2284 |
30 entries · top 702.8344 · median 673.0570
30 entries · top 180 · median 169.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
30 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.9714
30 entries · top 180 · median 169.1086 · 🔥 perfect 180
30 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.4114
13 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.1428
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.
12 entries · top 180 · median 175.7372 · 🔥 perfect 180
7 entries · top 177.1428 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nasty Boys Cooking Team | |
| 2 | Backyard Southern Style | |
| 3 | Pigs with Attitudes 1 | |
| 4 | 2nd Generation Smokers | |
| 5 | Devine Swine & Bovine | |
| 6 | Phat Chance | |
| 7 | Creek Bottom Crawlers |
7 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2512
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phat Chance | |
| 2 | Pigs with Attitudes 1 | |
| 3 | Uncle Feol's BBQ | |
| 4 | 2nd Generation Smokers | |
| 5 | Coal Base | |
| 6 | Creek Bottom Crawlers | |
| 7 | Nasty Boys Cooking Team |
17 entries · top 180 · median 168.5484 · 🔥 perfect 180
5 entries · top 170.8344 · median 165.0856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phat Chance | |
| 2 | Pigs with Attitudes 1 | |
| 3 | Slab Techs | |
| 4 | 2nd Generation Smokers | |
| 5 | Creek Bottom Crawlers |