Sep 4–5, 2021 · Jeffersonville, OH · 📍 8000 FACTORY SHOPS BLVD · State championship
Reps: Scott Grinstead, Steve Grinstead
ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ won Grand Champion at the Destination Outlets Labor Day BBQ Championship on September 4, 2021 in Jeffersonville, OH at 8000 FACTORY SHOPS BLVD, scoring 702.8916 in a field of 15 teams. SMOKE-N-PEPPERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 701.1544. Category winners: Chicken — HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO (177.7028); Pork Ribs — ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ (176.0344); Pork — ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ (179.4400); Brisket — MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ (179.4400).
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 85 times in 100
ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, One2BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 15-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Pork Ribs places 4–5: TIRE SMOKE BBQ and BO B Q BBQ tied on 170.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: ALE YEAH BBQ edged HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO by 0.0116. Brisket places 6–7: Retired & Rubbin' It edged ALE YEAH BBQ by 0.0228.
ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 5th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 169.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0344 | 170.2744 | 161.1316 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 174.2628 | 163.9544 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 172.5600 | 166.2400 |
15 entries · top 702.8916 · median 677.0400
15 entries · top 177.7028 · median 172.5716
15 entries · top 176.0344 · median 165.6684
15 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1200
15 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.3712