2019-10-04 – 2019-10-05 · Harrodsburg, KY · 📍 560 Linden Ave
Reps: RACHEL HARPER, WAYNE HARPER · Prize money: $8,000.00
Grand Champion: The Pig's Blanket (687.3484) · 12 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PARADISE BBQ
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
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.
687.3484 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 527.9656 CONTINENTAL BARBECUE CO set in 2018.
This was The Pig's Blanket's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 6th tracked contest.
Wider than 86% of the 5,579 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.5540 points — a wider margin than 86% of championships in the data.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SHADY RIVER SMOKERS (won 2017).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-09 | Harrodsburg, KY | 560 Linden Ave | 14 | 514.7884 | SHADY RIVER SMOKERS | Brothers BBQ |
| 2018-06-08 | Harrodsburg, KY | 560 Linden Ave | 13 | 527.9656 | CONTINENTAL BARBECUE CO | ELKHAWG SMOKERS |
| 2019-10-04 ← this one | Harrodsburg, KY | 560 Linden Ave | 12 | 687.3484 | The Pig's Blanket | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brisket | 176.0000 | 167.9656 | 147.4056 |
12 entries · top 687.3484 · median 655.9770
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Pig's Blanket | |
| 2 | PARADISE BBQ | |
| 3 | Smoke Show | |
| 4 | Off the Walls BBQ | |
| 5 | ELKHAWG SMOKERS | |
| 6 | Squeal Team 6 | |
| 7 | Chew Crew BBQ | |
| 8 | SHADY RIVER SMOKERS | |
| 9 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 10 | TRIPLE J&C BBQ TEAM | |
| 11 | High Mtn. BBQ | |
| 12 | Happy Hancock |
12 entries · top 176.0000 · median 167.1542
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Pig's Blanket | |
| 2 | SHADY RIVER SMOKERS | |
| 3 | Squeal Team 6 | |
| 4 | Off the Walls BBQ | |
| 5 | Chew Crew BBQ | |
| 6 | Smoke Show | |
| 7 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 8 | ELKHAWG SMOKERS | |
| 9 | PARADISE BBQ | |
| 10 | TRIPLE J&C BBQ TEAM | |
| 11 | Happy Hancock | |
| 12 | High Mtn. 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.
12 entries · top 170.8800 · median 167.6856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Off the Walls BBQ | |
| 2 | The Pig's Blanket | |
| 3 | Squeal Team 6 | |
| 4 | High Mtn. BBQ | |
| 5 | PARADISE BBQ | |
| 6 | ELKHAWG SMOKERS | |
| 7 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 8 | Chew Crew BBQ | |
| 9 | Smoke Show | |
| 10 | Happy Hancock | |
| 11 | TRIPLE J&C BBQ TEAM | |
| 12 | SHADY RIVER SMOKERS |
5 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8456 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chew Crew BBQ | |
| 2 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 3 | SHADY RIVER SMOKERS | |
| 4 | PARADISE BBQ | |
| 5 | The Pig's Blanket |
8 entries · top 178.8800 · median 169.4286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARADISE BBQ | |
| 2 | TRIPLE J&C BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | The Pig's Blanket | |
| 4 | ELKHAWG SMOKERS | |
| 5 | Squeal Team 6 | |
| 6 | Happy Hancock | |
| 7 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 8 | Chew Crew BBQ |
8 entries · top 178.2972 · median 172.8514
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happy Hancock | |
| 2 | TRIPLE J&C BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | Squeal Team 6 | |
| 4 | ELKHAWG SMOKERS | |
| 5 | The Pig's Blanket | |
| 6 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 7 | PARADISE BBQ | |
| 8 | Chew Crew BBQ |
8 entries · top 175.4172 · median 169.6856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chew Crew BBQ | |
| 2 | TRIPLE J&C BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | Steven Griffin | |
| 4 | The Pig's Blanket | |
| 5 | SHADY RIVER SMOKERS | |
| 6 | PARADISE BBQ | |
| 7 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 8 | ELKHAWG SMOKERS |
12 entries · top 175.4516 · median 167.4000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARADISE BBQ | |
| 2 | TRIPLE J&C BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | High Mtn. BBQ | |
| 4 | The Pig's Blanket | |
| 5 | Smoke Show | |
| 6 | Squeal Team 6 | |
| 7 | Happy Hancock | |
| 8 | ELKHAWG SMOKERS | |
| 9 | Chew Crew BBQ | |
| 10 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 11 | Off the Walls BBQ | |
| 12 | SHADY RIVER SMOKERS |
9 entries · top 174.8800 · median 166.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARADISE BBQ | |
| 2 | High Mtn. BBQ | |
| 3 | TRIPLE J&C BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | ELKHAWG SMOKERS | |
| 5 | Chew Crew BBQ | |
| 6 | SHADY RIVER SMOKERS | |
| 7 | The Pig's Blanket | |
| 8 | Paradise BBQ 2 | |
| 9 | Big Boys BBQ |
12 entries · top 172.0228 · median 166.5830
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARADISE BBQ | |
| 2 | SHADY RIVER SMOKERS | |
| 3 | The Pig's Blanket | |
| 4 | ELKHAWG SMOKERS | |
| 5 | Smoke Show | |
| 6 | TRIPLE J&C BBQ TEAM | |
| 7 | Off the Walls BBQ | |
| 8 | High Mtn. BBQ | |
| 9 | Happy Hancock | |
| 10 | Chew Crew BBQ | |
| 11 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 12 | Squeal Team 6 |