Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
2019-10-18 – 2019-10-19 · Nelsonville, OH · 📍 Public Square · State championship
Reps: SCOTT GRINSTEAD, STEVE GRINSTEAD
Grand Champion: Historic BBQ (689.6344) · 28 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BAD HABIT BBQ
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👑 A dynasty in the making
GREY STREET BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5260 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 2–3: SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ and PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ and FOOMANCHOO BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: MEAN MOE'S BBQ and Smitty's Real Pit BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ (won 2018).
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This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-17 | Nelsonville, OH 45764 | 36 | 705.1544 | CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ | HISTORIC BBQ | |
| 2015-10-16 | Nelsonville, OH 45764 | 36 | 702.3204 | GREY STREET BBQ | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 2016-10-14 | Public Sq. | 37 | 692.4912 | GREY STREET BBQ | HISTORIC BBQ | |
| 2017-10-20 | Public Square | 39 | 696.5140 | 4:20 Q | SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ | |
| 2018-10-19 | Public Square | 28 | 697.6340 | SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ | HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | |
| 2019-10-18 ← this one | Nelsonville, OH | Public Square | 28 | 689.6344 | Historic BBQ | BAD HABIT BBQ |
| 2022-10-14 | Nelsonville, OH | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 174.2744 | 170.8344 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 174.2972 | 168.5488 |
| Pork | 173.7144 | 171.4172 | 169.1200 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 172.0000 | 169.6912 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
28 entries · top 689.6344 · median 664.1660
Chicken
28 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.9944
Pork Ribs
28 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.8170
Pork
28 entries · top 173.7144 · median 166.5314
Brisket
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.4288
Ancillary categories
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.
Ancillary — Steak
14 entries · top 170.3200 · median 154.5886