Every sanctioned contest scored in September 2016 — 1 Sep to 30 Sep.
top 1% of every Master overall ever scored
VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY put up 712.5944 at Smoking in the Golden Valley — the highest overall of the month.
GREY STREET BBQ took 3 Grand Championships in September 2016.
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS won their first Grand Championship at Jim Beam BBQ Classic, in their 27th contest in the data.
The ratings gave them a 11% chance
Top Gun Barbecue won * Que by the Sea over top-rated 3 EYZ BBQ as the ratings underdog.
Six judges, every card a 9: 45 perfect 180s were handed out in September 2016.
JO-BAWB'S BBQ edged 4 LEGS UP BBQ by 0.0228 at Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest.
SMOKING BUTT HEADS gained 40 rating points across 5 contests — the biggest climb of the month.
TWISTED BLUE SMOKE finished 3rd at Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival — the first contest they appear in anywhere in the data.
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship drew 111 teams, and BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE won it.
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC cooked 5 contests in September 2016 — nobody hauled the rig further.
*Independence Fire & Ice BBQ ran for the first time on record, drawing 76 teams, and PORKY BUTTS BBQ won it. Somebody put in the work to make a new contest happen.
15 sanctioned contests were cooked on 16 Sep alone.
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY Smoking in the Golden Valley |
712.5944 |
| 2 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship |
711.9772 |
| 3 | ATLANTA BBQ STORE Rock'n Ribville (GBC Qualifier) |
709.7144 |
| 4 | GREY STREET BBQ Bands & BBQ at the Point |
707.9772 |
| 5 | IQ - NETHERLANDS Farm Meat |
707.4516 |
| 6 | Pot's BBQ Rock'n Ribville (GBC Qualifier) |
707.3828 |
| 7 | LUCKY'S Q Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) |
705.7144 |
| 8 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge |
705.6916 |
| 9 | GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE Rock'n Brews & BBQ Festival |
704.0116 |
| 10 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ Bikes Blues and BBQ |
703.9656 |
| 11 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ |
703.4056 |
| 12 | LUCKY'S Q Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship |
703.3944 |
| 13 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out |
703.3940 |
| 14 | THE UNIVERSITY OF QUE The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff |
703.3828 |
| 15 | Chairman of the Boar The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff |
702.8460 |
| Category | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken ×11 💯 | CAMP-BELL BBQ The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff |
180.0000 |
| Pork Ribs ×7 💯 | Organizer Portal Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest |
180.0000 |
| Pork ×10 💯 | WeQ4U Homecoming 2016 |
180.0000 |
| Brisket ×17 💯 | WICHITA SWINEMEN *Derby BBQ Festival |
180.0000 |
…and 21 more in September 2016.
| Team | Rating | Sep 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| SMOKING BUTT HEADS #197 | 1,757 | +40 |
| Totally Sauced #220 | 1,749 | +39 |
| White Squirrel BBQ #82 | 1,817 | +39 |
| TWISTED-Q #987 | 1,606 | +38 |
| SKUNK RIVER BBQ #148 | 1,776 | +36 |
| SMOKIN' BUTTS #3558 | 1,492 | +31 |
| GREY STREET BBQ #4 | 1,942 | +31 |
| THUMP & STRUM BBQ #286 | 1,725 | +31 |
| JAESTAR BBQ #23 | 1,873 | +30 |
| PATTERSONS TRU BLU BBQ #1460 | 1,567 | +29 |
| Boxer Q BBQ #721 | 1,637 | -20 |
| HICKORY PRIME #200 | 1,755 | -21 |
| Showtime BBQ | 1,478 | -22 |
| BUTTRUB.COM #1560 | 1,561 | -23 |
| GETTIN' BASTED #9 | 1,931 | -24 |
| Team | Contests | GCs | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| BUTCHER BBQ | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| CONTAGIOUS Q | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| DIRT ROAD BBQ | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| JAESTAR BBQ | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| PORKY BUTTS BBQ | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | 5 | — | 2 |
| SLAPS BBQ | 5 | — | 2 |
| SMOKE ON THIS | 5 | — | 2 |
| THE SMOKING HILLS | 5 | — | 2 |
| BOOTYQUE | 5 | — | 3 |
| HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | 5 | — | 3 |
| SMOKING BUTT HEADS | 5 | — | 3 |
| State/Prov. | Contests | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 8 | 250 |
| Arkansas | 5 | 170 |
| Kansas | 4 | 252 |
| North Carolina | 4 | 130 |
| Wisconsin | 4 | 113 |
| Kentucky | 4 | 102 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 92 |
| Virginia | 3 | 69 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 64 |
| Alabama | 2 | 104 |
| California | 2 | 96 |
| Illinois | 2 | 87 |
| New York | 2 | 80 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 76 |
| New Jersey | 2 | 74 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 65 |
| Georgia | 2 | 59 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 59 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 49 |
| Indiana | 2 | 42 |
| Contest | Teams | Won by |
|---|---|---|
| *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO |
76 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ |
| 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE |
67 | BUNCH OF SWINES |
| Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL |
64 | ONE2BBQ |
| 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA |
61 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ |
| Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff Clarence, NY |
54 | Priorville BBQ |
| Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO |
49 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS |
| Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE |
45 | DIRT ROAD BBQ |
| *Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR |
44 | TRIPLE 5 COMPETITION BBQ |
| Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off Ponca City, OK |
43 | BUTCHER BBQ |
| Bikes Blues and BBQ Fayetteville, AR |
43 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ |
| Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL |
41 | JIGGY PIGGY |
| Red White and Que Cresskill, NJ |
41 | INSANE SWINE BBQ |
Running a contest? The organizer tools →
Every month with scored results, back to the start of the data. Subscribe to the monthly feed and each one lands as it closes.