Aug 16–17, 2019 · Evansville, IN · State championship
Reps: Jeanne Titus, Tina Weller · Prize money: $5,000
JANKY LEG BBQ won Grand Champion at the Evansville BBQ on August 16, 2019 in Evansville, IN, scoring 691.9084 in a field of 19 teams. SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 691.3140. Category winners: Chicken — CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE (177.7028); Pork Ribs — SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS (173.1200); Pork — JANKY LEG BBQ (177.7028); Brisket — JANKY LEG BBQ (177.7028).
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 88% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5944 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 85 times in 100
JANKY LEG BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 15-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Janky Leg BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 6th tracked contest.
Chicken places 8–9: JANKY LEG BBQ and OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS tied on 164.5256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE and JaBs BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: JANKY LEG BBQ and Mid-West Coatings tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
JANKY LEG BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
JANKY LEG BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 8th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 169.1316 | 163.3712 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1200 | 168.5716 | 161.6800 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 171.9772 | 165.1312 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 174.2856 | 163.9428 |
19 entries · top 691.9084 · median 647.8284
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 2 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 3 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 4 | CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 5 | JaBs BBQ | |
| 6 | Mid-West Coatings | |
| 7 | Hickory Pit Stop | |
| 8 | OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS | |
| 9 | HOBBIE BAR-B-Q | |
| 10 | GE-QUE | |
| 11 | Z Smoke | |
| 12 | I'd Rather Be Fishing | |
| 13 | BUNNY'S BUTT SMOKERS | |
| 14 | SevenStitches BBQ | |
| 15 | Stone City Grill | |
| 16 | Just One | |
| 17 | Smoke In Da Eye | |
| 18 | Steve's Oink-N-Squeel BBQ | |
| 19 | Just Pork It BBQ |
19 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.3712
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 2 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 3 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 4 | JaBs BBQ | |
| 5 | Mid-West Coatings | |
| 6 | Hickory Pit Stop | |
| 7 | Z Smoke | |
| 8 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 9 | OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS | |
| 10 | I'd Rather Be Fishing | |
| 11 | GE-QUE | |
| 12 | SevenStitches BBQ | |
| 13 | Just One | |
| 14 | HOBBIE BAR-B-Q | |
| 15 | Steve's Oink-N-Squeel BBQ | |
| 16 | Stone City Grill | |
| 17 | BUNNY'S BUTT SMOKERS | |
| 18 | Smoke In Da Eye | |
| 19 | Just Pork It BBQ |
19 entries · top 173.1200 · median 161.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 2 | BUNNY'S BUTT SMOKERS | |
| 3 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 4 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 5 | Z Smoke | |
| 6 | I'd Rather Be Fishing | |
| 7 | Hickory Pit Stop | |
| 8 | GE-QUE | |
| 9 | Mid-West Coatings | |
| 10 | CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 11 | JaBs BBQ | |
| 12 | HOBBIE BAR-B-Q | |
| 13 | OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS | |
| 14 | Stone City Grill | |
| 15 | Just One | |
| 16 | Just Pork It BBQ | |
| 17 | SevenStitches BBQ | |
| 18 | Steve's Oink-N-Squeel BBQ | |
| 19 | Smoke In Da Eye |
19 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.1312
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 2 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 3 | CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 4 | JaBs BBQ | |
| 5 | OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS | |
| 6 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 7 | Mid-West Coatings | |
| 8 | GE-QUE | |
| 9 | HOBBIE BAR-B-Q | |
| 10 | Smoke In Da Eye | |
| 11 | SevenStitches BBQ | |
| 12 | Z Smoke | |
| 13 | Hickory Pit Stop | |
| 14 | I'd Rather Be Fishing | |
| 15 | Just Pork It BBQ | |
| 16 | BUNNY'S BUTT SMOKERS | |
| 17 | Stone City Grill | |
| 18 | Steve's Oink-N-Squeel BBQ | |
| 19 | Just One |
19 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.9428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 2 | Mid-West Coatings | |
| 3 | Hickory Pit Stop | |
| 4 | JaBs BBQ | |
| 5 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 6 | CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 7 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 8 | OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS | |
| 9 | HOBBIE BAR-B-Q | |
| 10 | BUNNY'S BUTT SMOKERS | |
| 11 | I'd Rather Be Fishing | |
| 12 | SevenStitches BBQ | |
| 13 | GE-QUE | |
| 14 | Just One | |
| 15 | Z Smoke | |
| 16 | Stone City Grill | |
| 17 | Smoke In Da Eye | |
| 18 | Steve's Oink-N-Squeel BBQ | |
| 19 | Just Pork It BBQ |
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.
5 entries · top 152.4800 · median 129.0744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 2 | Stone City Grill | |
| 3 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 4 | Mid-West Coatings | |
| 5 | Hickory Pit Stop |