Sep 6–7, 2019 · Vermillion, SD · 📍 Market & Main st · State championship
Reps: Dena Milhous, Ron Milhous · Prize money: $9,000
HOG HAMMER BBQ won Grand Champion at the Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll on September 6, 2019 in Vermillion, SD at Market & Main st, scoring 702.2400 in a field of 29 teams. SPITFIRE took Reserve Grand Champion with 697.0972. Category winners: Chicken — Who Dat BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SPITFIRE (176.5600); Pork — Who Dat BBQ (177.7372); Brisket — LAST CALL HEROES BBQ (178.8572). This is the 3rd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2018 edition was won by RUB MY RACK.
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, 2017 to 2019 — 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 88 times in 100
HOG HAMMER BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SHIGGIN & GRINNIN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
HOG HAMMER BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Stronger than 91% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1630 power rating going in — stronger than 91% of every contest tracked.
Pork places 9–10: SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ and EGGSPERT BBQ MINNESOTA tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: LAST CALL HEROES BBQ and SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: RUB MY RACK and HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Who Dat BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double.
Who Dat BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 178.2972 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SHIGGIN & GRINNIN (won 2017), RUB MY RACK (won 2018).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2017 | Vermillion, SD | Market & Main st | 31 | 704 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | GETTIN' BASTED |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Vermillion, SD | Market & Main st | 25 | 685.0512 | RUB MY RACK | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ |
| Sep 6, 2019 ← this one | Vermillion, SD | Market & Main st | 29 | 702.2400 | Hog Hammer BBQ | SPITFIRE |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 176.5600 | 170.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 172.5944 | 170.8112 |
| Pork | 177.7372 | 174.8456 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.8572 | 171.9656 |
29 entries · top 702.2400 · median 669.6116
28 entries · top 180 · median 168.2572 · 🔥 perfect 180
29 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.2628
28 entries · top 177.7372 · median 168.8228
28 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5486
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.