Score of the month
708.5372
Master overall, out of 720
top 1% of every Master overall ever scored
CAJUN BLAZE put up 708.5372 at Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 — the highest overall of the month.
March 2016 in BBQ
Every sanctioned contest scored in March 2016 — 1 Mar to 31 Mar.
16contests scored
713teams competed
640top-ten calls
23perfect 180s
95biggest field
13states & provinces
113new teams
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Competition Barbecue’s Paper of Record
March 2016, set as a proper newspaper.
Every Grand Champion named, the month in figures across the top, the perfect 180s,
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The stories
Hottest hand
2×
Grand Championships
CAJUN BLAZE took 2 Grand Championships in March 2016.
First one ever
50th
contest — and their first GC
ALL IN QUE won their first Grand Championship at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour, in their 50th contest in the data.
- 4 Mar
Upset of the month
16-in-100
shot on pre-contest ratings
The ratings gave them a 16% chance
Phil the Grill won Sam's Club National BBQ Tour over top-rated BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ as the ratings underdog.
Perfect 180s
23
perfect scores handed out
Six judges, every card a 9: 23 perfect 180s were handed out in March 2016.
- Brisket ×8
- Pork ×7
- Chicken ×5
- Pork Ribs ×3
Closest call
0.0576
points between 1st and 2nd
CHECKERED PIG edged SAUCED! BBQ TEAM by 0.0576 at Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier).
- Master Series
Biggest riser
+42
power rating points
BOOTYQUE gained 42 rating points across 5 contests — the biggest climb of the month.
- 5 contests
- now #47 overall
Best debut
7th
in their very first contest
UTAH BBQ COMPANY finished 7th at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — the first contest they appear in anywhere in the data.
- 113 new teams in Mar 2016
- field of 29
Biggest field
95
teams at one contest
Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 drew 95 teams, and CAJUN BLAZE won it.
- Tupelo
- MS
Road warriors
5
contests cooked
SWIGGIN PIG cooked 5 contests in March 2016 — nobody hauled the rig further.
- best finish 4th
New on the calendar
95
teams at a brand-new contest
Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 ran for the first time on record, drawing 95 teams, and CAJUN BLAZE won it. Somebody put in the work to make a new contest happen.
- 9 first editions in Mar 2016
- Tupelo
- MS
Busiest weekend
4
contests on one date
4 sanctioned contests were cooked on 4 Mar alone.
- 4 Mar
The boards
Highest overall scores (Master · /720)
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAJUN BLAZE Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 |
708.5372 |
| 2 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS Sam's Club National BBQ Tour |
708.0112 |
| 3 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN Smoke on the Shores |
703.4172 |
| 4 | OKIEQ Firelake BBQ Cook Off |
702.8688 |
| 5 | CAJUN BLAZE Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 |
700.5260 |
| 6 | YELLOW RIVER BBQ Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 |
700.5256 |
| 7 | SMOKE ON THIS Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 |
700.5028 |
| 8 | Smoke-A-Holics Firelake BBQ Cook Off |
700.4912 |
| 9 | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 |
699.9428 |
| 10 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 |
699.3828 |
| 11 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 |
698.8572 |
| 12 | KILLER HOGS Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 |
698.8344 |
| 13 | Organizer Portal Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 |
698.2284 |
| 14 | Serial Griller Hamond BBQ |
697.0972 |
| 15 | CAVEMAN CUISINE Firelake BBQ Cook Off |
696.5600 |
Best of each meat (both series · /180)
| Category | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken ×5 💯 | CAJUN BLAZE Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 |
180.0000 |
| Pork Ribs ×3 💯 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier) |
180.0000 |
| Pork ×7 💯 | Porkaholics Barbeque Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) |
180.0000 |
| Brisket ×8 💯 | LUCKY'S Q Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship |
180.0000 |
Straight nines (perfect 180s)
On the move (power rating)
| Team | Rating | Mar 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| BOOTYQUE #47 | 1,850 | +42 |
| ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN #8 | 1,932 | +31 |
| CAJUN BLAZE #84 | 1,816 | +29 |
| E.T.'S BBQ #5478 | 1,451 | +28 |
| OKIEQ #169 | 1,769 | +25 |
| RAZORRACKS #39 | 1,855 | +25 |
| K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ #1361 | 1,573 | +24 |
| HICKORY PRIME #200 | 1,755 | +24 |
| SWIGGIN PIG #112 | 1,800 | +23 |
| SMOKE ON THIS #179 | 1,764 | +23 |
| THE OUTLAWS #716 | 1,638 | -19 |
| SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ #762 | 1,631 | -20 |
| TRUE SMOKE BBQ #305 | 1,721 | -20 |
| BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ #151 | 1,776 | -24 |
| CLARK CREW BBQ #2 | 1,966 | -28 |
Who showed up
| Team | Contests | GCs | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWIGGIN PIG | 5 | — | 4 |
| CLARK CREW BBQ | 5 | — | 5 |
| BOOTYQUE | 5 | — | 6 |
| GIVE IT TO GOD | 5 | — | 15 |
| HICKORY PRIME | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | 4 | — | 2 |
| SMOKE THIS | 4 | — | 2 |
| Smoke-A-Holics | 4 | — | 2 |
| SMOKE ON THIS | 4 | — | 3 |
| Organizer Portal | 4 | — | 5 |
| BUTCHER BBQ | 4 | — | 6 |
| SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES | 4 | — | 16 |
| SMOKIN TRIGGERS | 4 | — | 19 |
| Hawg Feathers | 4 | — | 21 |
| BIG MO FROM AHO | 4 | — | 36 |
Where they cooked
| State/Prov. | Contests | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 2 | 162 |
| Louisiana | 2 | 128 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 100 |
| Florida | 1 | 70 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 66 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 59 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 49 |
| Alabama | 1 | 39 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 1 | 35 |
| Arizona | 1 | 30 |
| Nevada | 1 | 29 |
| Texas | 1 | 29 |
| California | 1 | 22 |
New to the circuit
First editions (new on the calendar)
| Contest | Teams | Won by |
|---|---|---|
| Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS |
95 | CAJUN BLAZE |
| Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS |
61 | CAJUN BLAZE |
| Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Isle, MN |
59 | TOTALLY SAUCED |
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Lawrenceville, GA |
59 | CHECKERED PIG |
| Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA |
58 | SERIAL GRILLER |
| Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN |
49 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN |
| Meat the East Enschede, NL |
33 | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| * Boda Getta BBQ Auburn, AL |
25 | HICKORY PRIME |
| Barn Burner BBQ Chilliwack, British of Columbi, CA |
22 | RUSTY'S BBQ |
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