Aug 19–20, 2022 · Lubbock, TX · 📍 1308 Indiana Ave · State championship
Reps: Bob McKinnon, Terri McKinnon · Prize money: $11,525
Big Daddy G's BBQ won Grand Champion at the Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships on August 19, 2022 in Lubbock, TX at 1308 Indiana Ave, scoring 702.2628 in a field of 59 teams. Smoking OCD took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.9540. Category winners: Chicken — LA PASADITA (179.4400); Pork Ribs — Dirt City Smokers (177.7028); Pork — Big Daddy G's BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — Smoking OCD (180.0000).
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 72 times in 100
Big Daddy G's BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Big Daddy G's BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 22nd tracked contest.
Chicken places 6–7: ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS and LUCKY SMOKE tied on 176.0116 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team and LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: TINY E BBQ and BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Big Daddy G's BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 12th.
Bigger than 91% of the 5,462 contests in the data
59 teams — bigger than 91% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 176.5600 | 172.5716 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 173.1428 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 173.7144 | 172 |
| Brisket | 180 | 173.1200 | 171.4056 |
59 entries · top 702.2628 · median 641.5312
54 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.6800
59 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.1084
52 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.5256
55 entries · top 180 · median 158.8000 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
51 entries · top 180 · median 163.4288 · 🔥 perfect 180