Sep 10–11, 2021 · Yorkville, IL · 📍 9054 W. Veterans Pkwy · State championship
Reps: Becky Druetzler, Dave Druetzler
Heavy Smoke BBQ won Grand Champion at the Honor-Q on September 10, 2021 in Yorkville, IL at 9054 W. Veterans Pkwy, scoring 698.2516 in a field of 17 teams. WE WILL ROCK QUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.8000. Category winners: Chicken — THE BBQ BUS (179.4400); Pork Ribs — SmokinGhost BBQ (176.0000); Pork — Heavy Smoke BBQ (178.8800); Brisket — S & G 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.
Pork Ribs places 4–5: CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE edged RUBY CREEK BBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 9–10: Loose Cannon BBQ edged CARNIVORE'S PARADISE by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Chasin Chicken Barbeque edged WE WILL ROCK QUE by 0.0116.
Heavy Smoke BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 7th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 174.2628 | 167.4060 |
| Pork Ribs | 176 | 173.1200 | 168.5944 |
| Pork | 178.8800 | 173.7028 | 165.0972 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 173.1200 | 165.1088 |
17 entries · top 698.2516 · median 677.6000
17 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.6800
17 entries · top 176 · median 168.6060
17 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.8228
17 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.2628
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.
11 entries · top 180 · median 170.8112 · 🔥 perfect 180