May 29–30, 2020 · Warsaw, IN · 📍 1400 E Smith Street · State championship
Reps: Dave Druetzler, Kent Schuetz · Prize money: $5,000
Shiggin aint easy won Grand Champion at the Rockin BBQ on May 29, 2020 in Warsaw, IN at 1400 E Smith Street, scoring 698.3088 in a field of 66 teams. TIRE SMOKE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 691.9544. Category winners: Chicken — THE REAL SMOKIN ACES (177.1428); Pork Ribs — BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. (178.8800); Pork — Heavy Smoke BBQ (177.1428); Brisket — Shiggin aint easy (176.0228). This is the 5th of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2019 edition was won by The BBQ Bus.
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, 2016 to 2020 — 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 94 times in 100
Shiggin aint easy came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 6-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Shiggin' Aint Easy's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 3rd tracked contest.
2 of 5 tracked editions
THUNDER HOG BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.
Pork Ribs places 6–7: iBQ'n and MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: RUB MY RACK and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: PB&J's BBQ and BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. tied on 170.2856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Shiggin aint easy took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 14th.
BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. turned in 178.8800 in pork ribs — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: THUNDER HOG BBQ (won 2016, 2017), The BBQ Bus (won 2019).
Bigger than 94% of the 5,462 contests in the data
66 teams — bigger than 94% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
This contest usually draws about 34 teams
66 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 34.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2016 | Warsaw, IN | Warsaw, IN | 28 | 689.7144 | THUNDER HOG BBQ | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES |
| May 12, 2017 | Warsaw, IN | 1400 East Smith St | 27 | 683.9084 | THUNDER HOG BBQ | iBQ'n |
| May 11, 2018 | Warsaw, IN | 1400 East Smith St | 37 | 684.4684 | GREY STREET BBQ | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS |
| May 10, 2019 | Warsaw, IN | 1400 East Smith St | 42 | 699.3828 | The BBQ Bus | GREY STREET BBQ |
| May 29, 2020 ← this one | Warsaw, IN | 1400 E Smith Street | 66 | 698.3088 | Shiggin' Aint Easy | TIRE SMOKE BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 173.7028 | 170.2856 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 174.8572 | 172.5600 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 173.7144 | 170.2628 |
| Brisket | 176.0228 | 171.9884 | 170.2856 |
66 entries · top 698.3088 · median 655.1146
66 entries · top 177.1428 · median 164.2398
66 entries · top 178.8800 · median 164.5658
66 entries · top 177.1428 · median 162.8284
66 entries · top 176.0228 · median 165.9772