Jun 27–28, 2025 · Lenexa, KS · 📍 87th & Lackman · State championship
Reps: Dave Rogers, Forrest Bruce, Larry Hadley, Larry Voth, Lynda Voth, Peg Rogers · Prize money: $13,300
SLAPS BBQ won Grand Champion at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship on June 27, 2025 in Lenexa, KS at 87th & Lackman, scoring 707.4400 in a field of 159 teams. Squealin N Dealin BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 707.4288. Category winners: Chicken — Smokin Brothers Pro Team (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Three Brothers Different Mothers (180.0000); Pork — WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — GETTIN' BASTED (180.0000). This is the 6th of 7 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by Mulkey's BBQ; the next was held in 2026.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2019 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 99% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0112 points — closer than 99% of every championship in the data.
707.4400 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 704.0344 Mulkey's BBQ set in 2024.
SLAPS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 7 tracked editions
Slaps BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5600 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 1–2: Smokin Brothers Pro Team and Rusty Que tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Just Guys Being Dudes and Dr. Squealgood BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Dr. Squealgood BBQ and Full Boar BBQ KC tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Three Brothers Different Mothers turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 179.4400 that had stood across 5 earlier editions.
Bigger than 99% of the 5,462 contests in the data
159 teams — bigger than 99% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
121 of 172 teams from 2024-06-21 came back
121 of the 172 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2019 | Lenexa, KS | Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park | 183 | 695.4400 | Sublime BBQ | SLAPS BBQ |
| Jun 25, 2021 | Lenexa, KS | Freedom Fields | 145 | 702.2628 | Slaps BBQ | KC Meat Sweats |
| Jun 24, 2022 | Lenexa, KS | Sar-Ko-Par Trail Park | 164 | 700 | Love 2 Q | PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY |
| Jun 23, 2023 | Lenexa, KS | 87th & Lackman | 167 | 700.6288 | Damn Fine Beef and Swine | HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Lenexa, KS | 87th & Lackman | 172 | 704.0344 | Mulkey's BBQ | Smokey Bey's Barbecue |
| Jun 27, 2025 ← this one | Lenexa, KS | 87th & Lackman | 159 | 707.4400 | Slaps BBQ | Squealin N Dealin BBQ |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Lenexa, KS | 8801 Greenway Lane | 157 | 709.1200 | Gettin' Basted | Dr. Squealgood BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7144 | 176.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 178.2972 | 177.7028 |
| Pork | 180 | 178.2972 | 176.5944 |
| Brisket | 180 | 176.5600 | 174.8572 |
159 entries · top 707.4400 · median 657.6456
159 entries · top 180 · median 165.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
159 entries · top 180 · median 166.2400 · 🔥 perfect 180
158 entries · top 180 · median 165.1600 · 🔥 perfect 180
159 entries · top 180 · median 163.9544 · 🔥 perfect 180
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
67 entries · top 180 · median 170.3316 · 🔥 perfect 180
73 entries · top 180 · median 165.6912 · 🔥 perfect 180
113 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.3828