Every sanctioned contest scored in November 2016 — 1 Nov to 30 Nov.
top 1% of every Master overall ever scored
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ put up 712.5828 at Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( Judges Full) — the highest overall of the month.
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ took 2 Grand Championships in November 2016.
DIG-IN COOKERS won their first Grand Championship at Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown, in their 39th contest in the data.
The ratings gave them a 17% chance
PALMETTO PITMASTERS won Bar-B-Cure over top-rated Organizer Portal as the ratings underdog.
Six judges, every card a 9: 12 perfect 180s were handed out in November 2016.
SWAMP BOYS edged UNCLE TOAD'S COMPETITION BBQ by 0.5256 at Plant City Pig Jam.
SWINE DINING GA gained 34 rating points across 3 contests — the biggest climb of the month.
FYC BBQ finished 10th at Que'n in Cumming (Day 1) — the first contest they appear in anywhere in the data.
World Barbecue Championship drew 89 teams, and CAJUN BLAZE won it.
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ cooked 4 contests in November 2016 — nobody hauled the rig further.
World Barbecue Championship ran for the first time on record, drawing 89 teams, and CAJUN BLAZE won it. Somebody put in the work to make a new contest happen.
5 sanctioned contests were cooked on 11 Nov alone.
| Category | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken ×6 💯 | WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL World Barbecue Championship |
180.0000 |
| Pork Ribs ×1 💯 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE Que'n in Cumming (Day 2) |
180.0000 |
| Pork ×2 💯 | Organizer Portal 2nd Annual Brew B-Q |
180.0000 |
| Brisket ×3 💯 | HARLAN CO. COAL BURNERS Roarin' Lions Smokin' BBQ (GBC Qualifier) |
180.0000 |
| Team | Rating | Nov 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| SWINE DINING GA #402 | 1,696 | +34 |
| SHADE TREE BBQ #2988 | 1,506 | +29 |
| K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ #1361 | 1,573 | +27 |
| 3N1 Q #64 | 1,829 | +24 |
| Bubba Q #860 | 1,620 | +21 |
| AWESOME Q #1341 | 1,575 | +20 |
| HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY #1057 | 1,598 | +20 |
| WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL #992 | 1,606 | +19 |
| FYC BBQ | 1,518 | +18 |
| J & B'S BBQ #407 | 1,695 | +18 |
| SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL #6296 | 1,398 | -14 |
| Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque #5697 | 1,445 | -15 |
| HICKORY PRIME #200 | 1,755 | -18 |
| SMOKE THIS #786 | 1,629 | -18 |
| HAMBONES BY THE FIRE #1196 | 1,586 | -20 |
| Team | Contests | GCs | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| CONTAGIOUS Q | 4 | — | 2 |
| SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | 4 | — | 2 |
| OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | 4 | — | 3 |
| K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ | 4 | — | 4 |
| SMOKE THIS | 4 | — | 4 |
| THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | 4 | — | 5 |
| 270 SMOKERS | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Killer B's BBQ | 3 | — | 2 |
| Under the Radar | 3 | — | 3 |
| SWINE DINING GA | 3 | — | 5 |
| Serial Griller | 3 | — | 5 |
| VICTORY LANE BBQ | 3 | — | 5 |
| ROAST BEAST BBQ | 3 | — | 9 |
| FYC BBQ | 3 | — | 10 |
| State/Prov. | Contests | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 3 | 110 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 78 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 59 |
| Alabama | 1 | 89 |
| Florida | 1 | 58 |
| California | 1 | 44 |
| Arizona | 1 | 31 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 25 |
| Contest | Teams | Won by |
|---|---|---|
| World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL |
89 | CAJUN BLAZE |
| Que'n in Cumming (Day 1) Cumming, GA |
47 | CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ |
| Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( Judges Full) Indio, CA |
38 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
| Roarin' Lions Smokin' BBQ (GBC Qualifier) Winder, GA |
33 | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N |
| World BBQ Festival Peoria, AZ |
31 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ |
| 2nd Annual Brew B-Q Nashville, TN |
25 | SMOKE ME SILLY |
| *Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off Mt. Pleasant, NC |
25 | CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ |
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