Every sanctioned contest scored in August 2014 — 1 Aug to 31 Aug.
top 1% of every Master overall ever scored
GOOD SMOKE BBQ put up 705.1200 at Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival — the highest overall of the month.
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS took 3 Grand Championships in August 2014.
Backdraft BBQ won their first Grand Championship at Bootleggin' BBQ, in their 39th contest in the data.
The ratings gave them a 18% chance
Team Meat Coma won MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets over top-rated 3 EYZ BBQ as the ratings underdog.
Six judges, every card a 9: 22 perfect 180s were handed out in August 2014.
LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS gained 49 rating points across 5 contests — the biggest climb of the month.
THE EUROPEAN ALLSTAR BARBECUE TEAM finished 1st at Smoke in the North — the first contest they appear in anywhere in the data.
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival drew 76 teams, and FIRE DANCER BBQ won it.
QUAU cooked 6 contests in August 2014 — nobody hauled the rig further.
Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge ran for the first time on record, drawing 70 teams, and THE SMOKING HILLS won it. Somebody put in the work to make a new contest happen.
23 sanctioned contests were cooked on 22 Aug alone.
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOOD SMOKE BBQ Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival |
705.1200 |
| 2 | THE SMOKING HILLS Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge |
704.5256 |
| 3 | THE SMOKING HILLS Big Island BBQ |
703.4172 |
| 4 | Porterhouse BBQ Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Day 1 |
702.8572 |
| 5 | Pig Skin BBQ Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Day 2 |
702.8344 |
| 6 | Killer B's BBQ Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) |
702.8340 |
| 7 | MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) |
702.8228 |
| 8 | Organizer Portal Hawgin on Lanier (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) |
702.2516 |
| 9 | JIGGY PIGGY Stand By Your Grill |
702.2284 |
| 10 | OLD PLANTATION BBQ Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) |
701.0972 |
| 11 | BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG 4th Annual Smokin In the Bogs |
700.5716 |
| 12 | MUSTANG SALLY BBQ Great Northern BBQ |
700.0232 |
| 13 | BURNT FINGER BBQ Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway |
699.9884 |
| 14 | MONSTER-QUE Up In Smoke On The Square |
699.4400 |
| 15 | Under the Radar Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit |
699.4172 |
| Category | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken ×9 💯 | BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway |
180.0000 |
| Pork Ribs ×4 💯 | Theslabs.com Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway |
180.0000 |
| Pork ×6 💯 | SMOKIN SUZY Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge |
180.0000 |
| Brisket ×3 💯 | LETZQ Smoke in the North |
180.0000 |
| Team | Rating | Aug 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS #344 | 1,712 | +49 |
| JACK'S OLD SOUTH #2496 | 1,520 | +45 |
| BIG BLOCK BBQ #1046 | 1,599 | +42 |
| Four Men and A Pig #350 | 1,711 | +39 |
| iBQ'n #161 | 1,773 | +34 |
| THE REAL SMOKIN ACES #268 | 1,731 | +34 |
| BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG #293 | 1,724 | +33 |
| RUB Q LONG TIME #2736 | 1,512 | +31 |
| CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ #323 | 1,718 | +31 |
| SAUCE THIS BBQ #65 | 1,829 | +31 |
| Firehouse BBQ #4918 | 1,464 | -23 |
| HAPPY PAPPY'S BBQ | 1,477 | -23 |
| E.T.'S BBQ #5478 | 1,451 | -24 |
| Smoke'Em All #2120 | 1,533 | -25 |
| WILDWOOD SMOKEHOUSE #6378 | 1,367 | -30 |
| Team | Contests | GCs | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUAU | 6 | — | 2 |
| WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Killer B's BBQ | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Pig Skin BBQ | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| JACK'S OLD SOUTH | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| JO-BAWB'S BBQ | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 EYZ BBQ | 5 | — | 2 |
| Four Men and A Pig | 5 | — | 2 |
| OLD PLANTATION BBQ | 5 | — | 2 |
| QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | 5 | — | 2 |
| APORKALYPSE NOW | 5 | — | 3 |
| MIKE | 5 | — | 3 |
| SPITFIRE | 5 | — | 4 |
| 4:20 Q | 5 | — | 6 |
| State/Prov. | Contests | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 8 | 329 |
| Missouri | 6 | 218 |
| California | 6 | 158 |
| Georgia | 5 | 227 |
| Minnesota | 4 | 130 |
| Wisconsin | 4 | 127 |
| Colorado | 4 | 111 |
| Maryland | 3 | 182 |
| Virginia | 3 | 122 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 89 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 81 |
| New York | 2 | 106 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 105 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 89 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 79 |
| Indiana | 2 | 78 |
| Michigan | 2 | 58 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 37 |
| Texas | 1 | 87 |
| Illinois | 1 | 76 |
| Contest | Teams | Won by |
|---|---|---|
| Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge Olathe, KS |
70 | THE SMOKING HILLS |
| Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN |
60 | BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ |
| Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD |
59 | BIG UGLY'S BBQ - MD |
| MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets Bel Air, MD |
54 | TEAM MEAT COMA |
| Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN |
54 | THE SMOKING HILLS |
| Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS |
53 | BURNT FINGER BBQ |
| 22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO |
52 | SMELLY BUTT'S N BBQ |
| Smokin' Brew BBQ Parker, CO |
48 | TRUEBUD BBQ |
| Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) Atlanta, GA |
43 | Smoke on the Lake |
| VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA |
43 | CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ |
| Music City BBQ Festival Nashville, TN |
41 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS |
| Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Day 1 Huntington Beach, CA |
39 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ |
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