Sep 16–17, 2023 · Yorkville, IL · 📍 4000 N. Bridge St. · State championship
Reps: Becky Druetzler, Dave Druetzler · Prize money: $2,500
Fergolicious BBQ won Grand Champion at the Saluting with Smoke - Honor Q Reboot on September 16, 2023 in Yorkville, IL at 4000 N. Bridge St., scoring 707.9772 in a field of 18 teams. UP FROM THE PITS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.2288. Category winners: Chicken — GETTIN' BASTED (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Fergolicious BBQ (178.8572); Pork — LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ (177.7028); Brisket — THE BBQ BUS (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 73 times in 100
Fergolicious BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 87% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.7484 points — a wider margin than 87% of championships in the data.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 95% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1649 power rating going in — stronger than 95% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: GETTIN' BASTED and QUE U tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Fergolicious BBQ and UP FROM THE PITS BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: PORKRASTINATORS and WE WILL ROCK QUE tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Fergolicious BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7028 | 174.2856 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.7144 | 168.5256 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 169.1428 |
| Brisket | 180 | 175.4172 | 170.2744 |
18 entries · top 707.9772 · median 684.8058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 2 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 3 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 4 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 5 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 6 | QUE U | |
| 7 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 8 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 9 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 10 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 11 | C&M BBQ | |
| 12 | DB BBQ | |
| 13 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 14 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 15 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 16 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 17 | MIL-TOWN BBQ | |
| 18 | You Ain't Kidding BBQ |
18 entries · top 180 · median 174.5714 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 2 | QUE U | |
| 3 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 4 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 5 | DB BBQ | |
| 6 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 7 | C&M BBQ | |
| 8 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 9 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 10 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 11 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 12 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 13 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 14 | MIL-TOWN BBQ | |
| 15 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 16 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 17 | You Ain't Kidding BBQ | |
| 18 | SI2 BBQ |
18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.8286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 2 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 3 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 4 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 5 | QUE U | |
| 6 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 7 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 8 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 9 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 10 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 11 | C&M BBQ | |
| 12 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 13 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 14 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 15 | DB BBQ | |
| 16 | MIL-TOWN BBQ | |
| 17 | You Ain't Kidding BBQ | |
| 18 | Sky High BBQ |
18 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.4114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 2 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 3 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 4 | C&M BBQ | |
| 5 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 6 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 7 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 8 | QUE U | |
| 9 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 10 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 11 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 12 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 13 | MIL-TOWN BBQ | |
| 14 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 15 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 16 | DB BBQ | |
| 17 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 18 | You Ain't Kidding BBQ |
18 entries · top 180 · median 171.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 2 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 3 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 4 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 5 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 6 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 7 | DB BBQ | |
| 8 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 9 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 10 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 11 | QUE U | |
| 12 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 13 | You Ain't Kidding BBQ | |
| 14 | C&M BBQ | |
| 15 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 16 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 17 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 18 | MIL-TOWN BBQ |