Every sanctioned contest scored in April 2016 — 1 Apr to 30 Apr.
top 1% of every Master overall ever scored
DIRT ROAD BBQ put up 710.8460 at 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge — the highest overall of the month.
APORKALYPSE NOW took 2 Grand Championships in April 2016.
SMOKING BUTT HEADS won their first Grand Championship at Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off, in their 44th contest in the data.
The ratings gave them a 11% chance
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX won Cedar Fest BBQ over top-rated CLARK CREW BBQ as the ratings underdog.
Six judges, every card a 9: 40 perfect 180s were handed out in April 2016.
UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ gained 61 rating points across 4 contests — the biggest climb of the month.
All Up In Ya Belly finished 1st at Smoking Hot BBQ Nassau — the first contest they appear in anywhere in the data.
Smoke in the Spring drew 109 teams, and CLARK CREW BBQ won it.
Smoke-A-Holics cooked 8 contests in April 2016 — nobody hauled the rig further.
Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval ran for the first time on record, drawing 75 teams, and APORKALYPSE NOW won it. Somebody put in the work to make a new contest happen.
10 sanctioned contests were cooked on 15 Apr alone.
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIRT ROAD BBQ 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge |
710.8460 |
| 2 | GETTIN' BASTED Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest |
709.6800 |
| 3 | KILLER HOGS Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest |
706.8800 |
| 4 | 913 BBQ 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge |
706.8344 |
| 5 | JAMBO PITS Chillin & Grillin |
705.1776 |
| 6 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off |
704.5828 |
| 7 | OKIEQ Chillin & Grillin |
704.5600 |
| 8 | Bonemaker Outdoors Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition |
704.5372 |
| 9 | VICTORY LANE BBQ Southaven Springfest |
704.5256 |
| 10 | R BUTTS R SMOKIN The G Town Smokin Showdown |
704.0344 |
| 11 | SLICKS BAR-B-QUE Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off |
703.9888 |
| 12 | Smoke-A-Holics Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ |
703.9540 |
| 13 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS The Ultimate BBQ showdown East vs West VII |
703.3944 |
| 14 | LUCKY'S Q Central Iowa Expo BBQ (Day 2) (Judges Full) |
702.8916 |
| 15 | SAUCED! BBQ TEAM Smokin on the Water 2 |
701.7600 |
| Category | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken ×11 💯 | FIRE DANCER BBQ Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest |
180.0000 |
| Pork Ribs ×7 💯 | GETTIN' BASTED Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest |
180.0000 |
| Pork ×13 💯 | Smokin Hot J's Cedar Fest BBQ |
180.0000 |
| Brisket ×9 💯 | JOUSTING PIGS BBQ Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief |
180.0000 |
…and 16 more in April 2016.
| Team | Rating | Apr 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ #526 | 1,671 | +61 |
| HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB #41 | 1,854 | +44 |
| JOUSTING PIGS BBQ #474 | 1,684 | +41 |
| Bonemaker Outdoors #512 | 1,674 | +38 |
| JAMBO PITS #812 | 1,626 | +37 |
| KOSMOSQ.COM #567 | 1,663 | +36 |
| LUCKY'S Q #25 | 1,868 | +35 |
| FIREHOUSE SMOKE #410 | 1,694 | +34 |
| HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ #35 | 1,857 | +33 |
| SMOKIN HOOSIERS #1021 | 1,602 | +30 |
| IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ #417 | 1,693 | -24 |
| China Rainbow | 1,475 | -25 |
| SMOKE-N-PEPPERS #206 | 1,752 | -25 |
| SMOKE HOUND BBQ #1080 | 1,596 | -26 |
| Smoke Wagon #6233 | 1,411 | -29 |
| Team | Contests | GCs | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke-A-Holics | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| PELLET ENVY | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 LEGS UP BBQ | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| BOOTYQUE | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| KILLER HOGS | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| SLAPS BBQ | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| HICKORY PRIME | 5 | — | 2 |
| BUTCHER BBQ | 5 | — | 4 |
| SMOKERS PURGATORY | 5 | — | 4 |
| SMOKE ON THIS | 5 | — | 6 |
| YELLOW RIVER BBQ | 5 | — | 8 |
| SLIM D'S BBQ | 5 | — | 11 |
| State/Prov. | Contests | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 5 | 216 |
| Missouri | 4 | 240 |
| Tennessee | 4 | 167 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 163 |
| California | 3 | 108 |
| Indiana | 3 | 89 |
| Texas | 2 | 104 |
| Georgia | 2 | 90 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 79 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 77 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 67 |
| Iowa | 2 | 46 |
| Florida | 2 | 45 |
| Delaware | 1 | 89 |
| Virginia | 1 | 79 |
| Alabama | 1 | 59 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 54 |
| Maryland | 1 | 41 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 39 |
| New York | 1 | 35 |
| Contest | Teams | Won by |
|---|---|---|
| Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval Harrington, DE |
75 | APORKALYPSE NOW |
| 5th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arciadia, CA |
72 | ROOFTOP BBQ |
| Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK |
63 | SMOKEAHOLICS |
| Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Jackson, TN |
61 | GETTIN' BASTED |
| 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS |
60 | DIRT ROAD BBQ |
| Masters in May Appleton, WI |
59 | PELLET ENVY |
| Masters in May- The Classic Appleton, WI |
58 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
| Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off Lexington, NC |
54 | SMOKING BUTT HEADS |
| The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO |
53 | SLAPS BBQ |
| CCS Fest: CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition Indianapolis, IN |
49 | SMOKIN ACES@THEBBQSUPERSTORE.COM |
| 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin Lanexa, VA |
48 | APORKALYPSE NOW |
| Bynum School's Best of the Basin Midland, TX |
46 | CAN'T SMOKE THIS |
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