Every sanctioned contest scored in May 2018 — 1 May to 31 May.
top 1% of every Master overall ever scored
GETTIN' BASTED put up 710.2972 at 23rd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort — the highest overall of the month.
GREY STREET BBQ took 3 Grand Championships in May 2018.
SCOTTS BBQ SHACK won their first Grand Championship at Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q, in their 44th contest in the data.
The ratings gave them a 6% chance
SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE won *Best Dam Barbeque over top-rated BIG POPPA SMOKERS as the ratings underdog.
Six judges, every card a 9: 36 perfect 180s were handed out in May 2018.
KANAK ATTACK gained 45 rating points across 4 contests — the biggest climb of the month.
Eggspert BBQ Minnesota finished 1st at Minnesota in May — the first contest they appear in anywhere in the data.
*Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival drew 72 teams, and THE SPECIALISTS won it.
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE cooked 7 contests in May 2018 — nobody hauled the rig further.
Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition ran for the first time on record, drawing 60 teams, and BBQ+ won it. Somebody put in the work to make a new contest happen.
14 sanctioned contests were cooked on 4 May alone.
| Category | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken ×14 💯 | 1709 BBQ The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ |
180.0000 |
| Pork Ribs ×5 💯 | FAT, DRUNK & STUPID The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ |
180.0000 |
| Pork ×11 💯 | DEAD BIRD BBQ *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival |
180.0000 |
| Brisket ×6 💯 | Organizer Portal The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ |
180.0000 |
…and 12 more in May 2018.
| Team | Rating | May 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| KANAK ATTACK #974 | 1,607 | +45 |
| BOOMERANG BBQ #10 | 1,921 | +40 |
| PARKSTAD SMOKERS #248 | 1,740 | +39 |
| 270 SMOKERS #176 | 1,765 | +34 |
| STILL WORKIN' ON IT BBQ #1433 | 1,569 | +29 |
| WHEN PIGS DIE #630 | 1,653 | +28 |
| CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE #444 | 1,689 | +28 |
| SMOKE AND FIRE #913 | 1,614 | +27 |
| FIREHOUSE BAR-B-QUE #2290 | 1,527 | +27 |
| Carrol Lou's Smokehouse #391 | 1,700 | +26 |
| Backwoods BBQ #1047 | 1,599 | -24 |
| BIG DADDY OOWEE SMOKIN BONES BBQ #6409 | 1,315 | -24 |
| QUAU #927 | 1,612 | -24 |
| SIN CIRCLE BBQ #437 | 1,690 | -25 |
| MASON'S FAT HAWG BBQ | 1,470 | -25 |
| Team | Contests | GCs | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | 7 | — | 2 |
| BUNCH OF SWINES | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Rogue Hog BBQ | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| CONTAGIOUS Q | 6 | — | 3 |
| LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW | 6 | — | 3 |
| IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | 6 | — | 4 |
| ROKENDE REGAHS | 6 | — | 6 |
| BOOMERANG BBQ | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| IQ - NETHERLANDS | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| DIRT ROAD BBQ | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| PORKY BUTTS BBQ | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| BIG "E" BBQ | 5 | — | 2 |
| SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | 5 | — | 2 |
| State/Prov. | Contests | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 5 | 179 |
| Georgia | 4 | 178 |
| Kansas | 4 | 123 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 96 |
| Illinois | 3 | 88 |
| Virginia | 3 | 68 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 67 |
| Alabama | 2 | 141 |
| North Carolina | 2 | 87 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 78 |
| California | 2 | 73 |
| Indiana | 2 | 57 |
| New York | 2 | 47 |
| Colorado | 2 | 38 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 70 |
| Arizona | 1 | 52 |
| Connecticut | 1 | 48 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 44 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 42 |
| Iowa | 1 | 39 |
| Contest | Teams | Won by |
|---|---|---|
| Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp , 2314CG |
60 | BBQ+ |
| *The Grasshopper '18 (formerly Kansas 10x10)(JUDGES FULL) De Soto, KS |
56 | HIGH i QUE II |
| *City of Show Low's 6th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ |
52 | THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ |
| *Shepherd's Smokin Summer Kick Off Branson, MO |
50 | DIRT ROAD BBQ |
| BBQ Jamboree Double Day 1 Fredericksburg, VA |
45 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA |
| 7th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE |
42 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ |
| Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA |
39 | DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS |
| BBQ Jamboree Double Day 2 Fredericksburg, VA |
38 | SAUCE THIS BBQ |
| Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1) Hasselt, 3800 |
37 | IQ - NETHERLANDS |
| 23rd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort Platte City, MO |
37 | GETTIN' BASTED |
| *Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Gettysburg, PA |
35 | BONE TO BARK BBQ |
| PigMania Lima State Championship BBQ & Music Festival Lima, OH |
32 | GREY STREET BBQ |
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