Nov 1–2, 2019 · Waco, TX · 📍 BRAZOS PARK EAST · State championship
Reps: Bill Shiflett, Debbie Spray, Jennifer Shiflett, Scott Spray · Prize money: $5,000
Chat N Choo won Grand Champion at the Viking Grillfestivalen on November 1, 2019 in Waco, TX at BRAZOS PARK EAST, scoring 699.3600 in a field of 15 teams. TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.2400. Category winners: Chicken — Chat N Choo (180.0000); Pork Ribs — TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE (177.1544); Pork — TEXAS OIL DUST (178.3200); Brisket — FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX (177.1544).
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 83% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1200 points — closer than 83% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 91 times in 100
Chat N Choo came in rated below the field's top team, 4 LEGS UP BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 9-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Chat N Choo's first Grand Championship in the data.
Chat N Choo finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Pork Ribs places 5–6: RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ edged THE BLUE BLOODS by 0.0116. Brisket places 9–10: Scooter's BBQ edged RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 5–6: TEXAS OIL DUST edged LA PASADITA by 0.0116.
Chat N Choo took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 9th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 172.5600 | 166.8344 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 171.9888 | 165.6800 |
| Pork | 178.3200 | 173.1200 | 167.4056 |
| Brisket | 177.1544 | 173.1084 | 170.2512 |
15 entries · top 699.3600 · median 685.0396
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chat N Choo | |
| 2 | TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE | |
| 3 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 4 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 5 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 6 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 7 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 8 | LA PASADITA | |
| 9 | Scooter's BBQ | |
| 10 | POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 11 | ARS Cooking Team | |
| 12 | The Saucy Secret | |
| 13 | Big Boyz BBQ | |
| 14 | Where There's a Will | |
| 15 | Bar-Beer-Que |
15 entries · top 180 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chat N Choo | |
| 2 | TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE | |
| 3 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 4 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 5 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 6 | LA PASADITA | |
| 7 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 8 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 9 | ARS Cooking Team | |
| 10 | Scooter's BBQ | |
| 11 | The Saucy Secret | |
| 12 | POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 13 | Bar-Beer-Que | |
| 14 | Where There's a Will | |
| 15 | Big Boyz BBQ |
15 entries · top 177.1544 · median 170.2856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE | |
| 2 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 3 | Scooter's BBQ | |
| 4 | Chat N Choo | |
| 5 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 6 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 7 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 8 | ARS Cooking Team | |
| 9 | POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 10 | LA PASADITA | |
| 11 | Big Boyz BBQ | |
| 12 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 13 | Where There's a Will | |
| 14 | Bar-Beer-Que | |
| 15 | The Saucy Secret |
15 entries · top 178.3200 · median 171.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 2 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 3 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 4 | LA PASADITA | |
| 5 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 6 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 7 | TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE | |
| 8 | POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 9 | Chat N Choo | |
| 10 | Big Boyz BBQ | |
| 11 | The Saucy Secret | |
| 12 | Scooter's BBQ | |
| 13 | Bar-Beer-Que | |
| 14 | Where There's a Will | |
| 15 | ARS Cooking Team |
15 entries · top 177.1544 · median 170.2972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 2 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 3 | Chat N Choo | |
| 4 | TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE | |
| 5 | LA PASADITA | |
| 6 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 7 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 8 | POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 9 | Scooter's BBQ | |
| 10 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 11 | ARS Cooking Team | |
| 12 | Where There's a Will | |
| 13 | The Saucy Secret | |
| 14 | Big Boyz BBQ | |
| 15 | Bar-Beer-Que |
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.
2 entries · top 175.4056 · median 166.8342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bar-Beer-Que | |
| 2 | TEXAS OIL DUST |