2019-07-26 – 2019-07-27 · Leburn, KY · 📍 Knott County Sportsplex · State championship
Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: CONTINENTAL BARBECUE CO. (698.8000) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKE ON THIS
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, 2016 to 2020 — 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.
698.8000 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 687.9884 K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ set in 2016.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 71 times in 100
CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. came in rated below the field's top team, Under the Radar, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 5–6: HOGTOWN BARBECUE and SMOKE ON THIS tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: UNDER THE RADAR and ELKHAWG SMOKERS tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: SMOKE ON THIS and THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 9th.
CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. turned in 177.7028 in brisket — past the 170.8800 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ (won 2016).
This contest was away for 3.1 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2016-07-01.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-01 | Leburn, KY | Knott County Sportsplex | 15 | 687.9884 | K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | SOUTH PORK |
| 2019-07-26 ← this one | Leburn, KY | Knott County Sportsplex | 25 | 698.8000 | CONTINENTAL BARBECUE CO. | SMOKE ON THIS |
| 2020-07-24 | Leburn, KY | Knott County Sportsplex | 30 | 691.4400 | Thunder Hog BBQ | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 173.1200 | 170.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 171.4056 | 169.6800 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 175.4400 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 171.4400 | 168.5484 |
25 entries · top 698.8000 · median 664.4112
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
25 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.2744
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5484 · 🔥 perfect 180
25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.1200