Jul 27–28, 2019 · Hannibal, MO · 📍 4140 Market St · State championship
Reps: Jeanne Titus, Tina Weller · Prize money: $6,000
RAZORRACKS won Grand Champion at the Hannibal Bar-B-Q-Festival on July 27, 2019 in Hannibal, MO at 4140 Market St, scoring 691.3484 in a field of 18 teams. THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.0628. Category winners: Chicken — OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559 (178.2972); Pork Ribs — AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW (174.2972); Pork — THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE (180.0000); Brisket — RAZORRACKS (174.2628).
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 74 times in 100
RAZORRACKS came in rated below the field's top team, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Pork places 6–7: AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW edged Chigger Creek BBQ by 0.0116. Pork places 8–9: GRILLIN' GRINDES edged CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE by 0.0116. Brisket places 5–6: Fat Texan edged CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE by 0.0228.
RAZORRACKS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 4th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 173.1428 | 166.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2972 | 169.1084 | 161.6456 |
| Pork | 180 | 170.2628 | 168.5372 |
| Brisket | 174.2628 | 169.1428 | 159.3484 |
18 entries · top 691.3484 · median 662.7198
18 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.8286
18 entries · top 174.2972 · median 163.0914
18 entries · top 180 · median 168.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
18 entries · top 174.2628 · median 159.9484