Sep 20–21, 2019 · Murphysboro, IL · 📍 214 N 17th St · State championship
Reps: Carolyn Wells, Debra Gage, William Gage · Prize money: $12,200
HEATH RILES BBQ won Grand Champion at the Murphysboro BBQ Cook Off on September 20, 2019 in Murphysboro, IL at 214 N 17th St, scoring 696.5028 in a field of 54 teams. ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.9656. Category winners: Chicken — HEATH RILES BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Organizer Portal (179.4400); Pork — ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — Bubba Grills (176.5600).
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 93% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5372 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 92 times in 100
HEATH RILES BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 8-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Heath Riles BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 11th tracked contest.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 2.7884 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 8–9: Chasin Chicken Barbeque and ONE2BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ and RAZORRACKS tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: RAZORRACKS and Chasin Chicken Barbeque tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
HEATH RILES BBQ took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 18th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 174.2972 | 172.0228 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 180 | 175.4056 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 173.1084 |
54 entries · top 696.5028 · median 665.5942
53 entries · top 180 · median 166.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
54 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8172
54 entries · top 180 · median 166.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180
53 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.6800
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.
11 entries · top 166.2744 · median 143.4060