Jul 23–24, 2021 · Bloomington, IN · 📍 5700 W Airport Rd
Reps: Jeanne Titus, Tina Weller · Prize money: $2,420
LEE LA Q won Grand Champion at the Hot Summer Nights Smoke n Sauce BBQ- (BACKYARD ONLY) on July 23, 2021 in Bloomington, IN at 5700 W Airport Rd, scoring 507.9772 in a field of 14 teams. 2 Swine Crew took Reserve Grand Champion with 507.9316. Category winners: Chicken — Tojo's Smoke Me Tender (173.7256); Pork Ribs — LEE LA Q (171.4172); Pork — 2 Swine Crew (177.7144).
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.
Chicken places 3–4: Fat Bottom BBQ edged TFS PIT VIPERS by 0.0228. Chicken places 6–7: Great White Smoke edged LEE LA Q by 0.0228. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Great White Smoke edged Fat Bottom BBQ by 0.0456.
LEE LA Q took the title on 3 calls from 3 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 7th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.7256 | 165.1200 | 152.5028 |
| Pork Ribs | 171.4172 | 163.3944 | 155.3944 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 168.5828 | 157.1428 |
14 entries · top 507.9772 · median 476.4574 · out of 540, not the usual 360
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEE LA Q | |
| 2 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 3 | Tojo's Smoke Me Tender | |
| 4 | TFS PIT VIPERS | |
| 5 | Great White Smoke | |
| 6 | 2 Crackers Smoking | |
| 7 | Ridge Bro's BBQ | |
| 8 | Winks's BBQ | |
| 9 | Fat Bottom BBQ | |
| 10 | Driveway Smokers | |
| 11 | Loose Cannon BBQ | |
| 12 | Boneyard BBQ | |
| 13 | Big Green Machine BBQ | |
| 14 | Top Rope BBQ |
13 entries · top 173.7256 · median 164.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tojo's Smoke Me Tender | |
| 2 | Ridge Bro's BBQ | |
| 3 | Fat Bottom BBQ | |
| 4 | TFS PIT VIPERS | |
| 5 | Driveway Smokers | |
| 6 | Great White Smoke | |
| 7 | LEE LA Q | |
| 8 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 9 | Boneyard BBQ | |
| 10 | 2 Crackers Smoking | |
| 11 | Big Green Machine BBQ | |
| 12 | Loose Cannon BBQ | |
| 13 | Winks's BBQ |
14 entries · top 171.4172 · median 161.9828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEE LA Q | |
| 2 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 3 | Tojo's Smoke Me Tender | |
| 4 | Great White Smoke | |
| 5 | Fat Bottom BBQ | |
| 6 | Winks's BBQ | |
| 7 | Loose Cannon BBQ | |
| 8 | TFS PIT VIPERS | |
| 9 | Ridge Bro's BBQ | |
| 10 | Boneyard BBQ | |
| 11 | 2 Crackers Smoking | |
| 12 | Driveway Smokers | |
| 13 | Big Green Machine BBQ | |
| 14 | Top Rope BBQ |
14 entries · top 177.7144 · median 163.4114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 2 | 2 Crackers Smoking | |
| 3 | LEE LA Q | |
| 4 | Great White Smoke | |
| 5 | TFS PIT VIPERS | |
| 6 | Winks's BBQ | |
| 7 | Loose Cannon BBQ | |
| 8 | Tojo's Smoke Me Tender | |
| 9 | Top Rope BBQ | |
| 10 | Driveway Smokers | |
| 11 | Boneyard BBQ | |
| 12 | Ridge Bro's BBQ | |
| 13 | Fat Bottom BBQ | |
| 14 | Big Green Machine 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.
5 entries · top 179.4400 · median 177.7372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEE LA Q | |
| 2 | TFS PIT VIPERS | |
| 3 | Great White Smoke | |
| 4 | Top Rope BBQ | |
| 5 | Ridge Bro's BBQ |
5 entries · top 177.1428 · median 173.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ridge Bro's BBQ | |
| 2 | LEE LA Q | |
| 3 | TFS PIT VIPERS | |
| 4 | Fat Bottom BBQ | |
| 5 | Driveway Smokers |