Every sanctioned contest scored in May 2015 — 1 May to 31 May.
top 1% of every Master overall ever scored
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS put up 712.5716 at The Rotary Club of Bearden - Que Fest — the highest overall of the month.
Organizer Portal took 3 Grand Championships in May 2015.
THUMP & STRUM BBQ won their first Grand Championship at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour, in their 34th contest in the data.
The ratings gave them a 12% chance
Q-FACTOR won Sevierville Bloomin' BBQ and Bluegrass Festival over top-rated WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS as the ratings underdog.
Six judges, every card a 9: 61 perfect 180s were handed out in May 2015.
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS edged OVERSIZE LOAD BBQ by 0.0116 at BBQ in the Bluffs.
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI gained 53 rating points across 6 contests — the biggest climb of the month.
Bone Daddy's Mystic BBQ Crewe finished 1st at UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitor's Series) — the first contest they appear in anywhere in the data.
Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival drew 81 teams, and OKIEQ won it.
Smoke-A-Holics cooked 8 contests in May 2015 — nobody hauled the rig further.
Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival ran for the first time on record, drawing 81 teams, and OKIEQ won it. Somebody put in the work to make a new contest happen.
17 sanctioned contests were cooked on 29 May alone.
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS The Rotary Club of Bearden - Que Fest |
712.5716 |
| 2 | 2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS The Rotary Club of Bearden - Que Fest |
710.8688 |
| 3 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff |
710.2744 |
| 4 | Porterhouse BBQ Horse Town Brew n Que Festival |
708.5828 |
| 5 | Organizer Portal Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff |
707.3828 |
| 6 | PELLET ENVY Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship |
706.3088 |
| 7 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ Grand Lake BBQ Festival |
706.2972 |
| 8 | 913 BBQ Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition |
706.2744 |
| 9 | YELLOW RIVER BBQ PigMania Lima |
705.7144 |
| 10 | SWIGGIN PIG Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff |
705.0856 |
| 11 | 3 EYZ BBQ Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival |
704.5828 |
| 12 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ Horse Town Brew n Que Festival |
704.0000 |
| 13 | Organizer Portal Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest |
703.4056 |
| 14 | FAT, DRUNK & STUPID Sam's Club National BBQ Tour |
703.4056 |
| 15 | THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS Route 66 Smoke Out (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) |
702.8460 |
| Category | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken ×26 💯 | CAVEMAN CUISINE Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff |
180.0000 |
| Pork Ribs ×7 💯 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX Apple Blossom BBQ Contest |
180.0000 |
| Pork ×9 💯 | South Pork The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ |
180.0000 |
| Brisket ×19 💯 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ Show Low BBQ Throwdown |
180.0000 |
…and 37 more in May 2015.
| Team | Rating | May 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI #88 | 1,814 | +53 |
| TRUCKY'S TRUE BLU BBQ'UE #601 | 1,658 | +52 |
| 5 FINGER BBQ #816 | 1,626 | +41 |
| 2 WORTHLESS NUTS, NATURAL BORN GRILLERS #1073 | 1,596 | +40 |
| SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ #61 | 1,833 | +40 |
| SMOKIN' HOOKERS BAR-B-Q LLC #520 | 1,671 | +39 |
| OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE #110 | 1,800 | +39 |
| BIG "E" BBQ #80 | 1,818 | +38 |
| OKIEQ #169 | 1,769 | +37 |
| MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ #134 | 1,786 | +35 |
| WOBBLY HOGS BBQ #4731 | 1,468 | -23 |
| BOURBON BOYS BBQ #4753 | 1,467 | -23 |
| KAMPING GATOR BBQ #5801 | 1,441 | -24 |
| BATTLEGROUND BBQ #5904 | 1,437 | -25 |
| WETTELS ON FIRE #3876 | 1,485 | -28 |
| Team | Contests | GCs | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke-A-Holics | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| YELLOW RIVER BBQ | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| HISTORIC BBQ | 7 | — | 4 |
| CLARK CREW BBQ | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Organizer Portal | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Serial Griller | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| iBQ'n | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| HICKORY PRIME | 6 | — | 2 |
| QUAU | 6 | — | 3 |
| THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ | 6 | — | 3 |
| Its 5 Oclock Somewhere | 6 | — | 4 |
| QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | 6 | — | 4 |
| State/Prov. | Contests | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 10 | 324 |
| Kansas | 5 | 198 |
| Alabama | 4 | 208 |
| California | 4 | 191 |
| Georgia | 4 | 184 |
| Tennessee | 4 | 126 |
| Illinois | 4 | 101 |
| Wisconsin | 4 | 80 |
| Maryland | 3 | 120 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 110 |
| Mississippi | 3 | 106 |
| Colorado | 3 | 70 |
| Indiana | 3 | 61 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 95 |
| Virginia | 2 | 93 |
| New York | 2 | 87 |
| Nevada | 2 | 70 |
| Iowa | 2 | 64 |
| Ohio | 2 | 55 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 74 |
| Contest | Teams | Won by |
|---|---|---|
| Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK |
81 | OKIEQ |
| Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA |
75 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ |
| Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA |
65 | CLARK CREW BBQ |
| Naptown barBAYq Contest and Music Festival Annapolis, MD |
64 | 3 EYZ BBQ |
| Minnesota in May St. Paul, MN |
60 | SPITFIRE |
| Smokin' in Steel Owatonna, MN |
60 | DRY 2 DA BONE |
| The Masters In May Appleton, WI |
57 | iBQ'n@TheBBQSuperStore.com |
| Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival Green Lane, PA |
57 | BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ |
| Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA |
53 | KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ |
| 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO |
51 | R BUTTS R SMOKIN |
| Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH |
49 | STUBBORN BULL BBQ |
| The Masters In May - The Classic Appleton, WI |
47 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN |
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