Aug 21–22, 2021 · DuPont, WA · 📍 Clocktower Park · State championship
Reps: Ian Schmidt, Julie Poe · Prize money: $12,850
SMOKE324 won Grand Champion at the 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff on August 21, 2021 in DuPont, WA at Clocktower Park, scoring 701.0972 in a field of 27 teams. THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES took Reserve Grand Champion with 696.0000. Category winners: Chicken — THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES (178.2972); Pork Ribs — SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST (178.8572); Pork — Hoggin' Da Sauce BBQ Team (180.0000); Brisket — SMOKE324 (178.8572).
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 7–8: SMOKE324 and SLOW PORKIN tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: BOOTIES BBQ and Pig Data BBQ tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: THE BIG BANG BBQ CREW and Rob's Smokin-N-Grillin BBQ tied on 171.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SMOKE324 took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 7th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 169.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 171.4172 | 168.5716 |
| Pork | 180 | 172.5600 | 170.2628 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 172 | 166.8228 |
27 entries · top 701.0972 · median 661.5996
27 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.7028
27 entries · top 180 · median 166.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 163.9772