Jan 29–30, 2021 · Humble, TX
Reps: Ralph Williams, Terri McKinnon
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ won Grand Champion at the Humble BBQ Cook Off on January 29, 2021 in Humble, TX, scoring 679.3140 in a field of 113 teams. GETTIN' BASTED took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.7996. Category winners: Chicken — Texan Dodge 1 Robert (175.4400); Pork Ribs — Texan Dodge 2 Todd (177.7372); Pork — Texan Dodge 4 James (180.0000); Brisket — Smoking OCD (180.0000). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2020 edition was won by B-S BBQ Outlaw.
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 94% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5144 points — closer than 94% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 87 times in 100
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 13-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Chicken Fried BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 14th tracked contest.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.9828 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
YBS BBQ finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Pork places 7–8: TEXAS WARPIG BBQ and JC's Good OL Boys tied on 170.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: Bullhorn BBQ and YBS BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: Smokers and The Bandit edged YBS BBQ by 0.0112.
Texan Dodge 4 James turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 177.7372 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Bigger than 99% of the 5,482 contests in the data
113 teams — bigger than 99% of the 5,482 contests in the data.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2020 | Humble, TX | 8233 Will Clayton Parkway | 117 | 693.1544 | B-S BBQ Outlaw | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX |
| Jan 29, 2021 ← this one | Humble, TX | Humble, TX 77338 | 113 | 679.3140 | Chicken Fried BBQ | GETTIN' BASTED |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4400 | 173.7028 | 170.2856 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 174.8572 | 171.4400 |
| Pork | 180 | 174.2628 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 180 | 173.1200 | 167.3828 |
113 entries · top 679.3140 · median 607.8976
108 entries · top 175.4400 · median 154.5542
110 entries · top 177.7372 · median 155.6800
106 entries · top 180 · median 154.5484 · 🔥 perfect 180
113 entries · top 180 · median 152.5484 · 🔥 perfect 180