Mar 22–23, 2013 · Midland, TX
KCKing BBQ won Grand Champion at the Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship on March 22, 2013 in Midland, TX, scoring 668.5718 in a field of 59 teams. C-N-B BAR-B-Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 661.1434. Category winners: Chicken — Rays BBQ (171.4288); Pork Ribs — JUNIORS UP IN SMOKE (176.5714); Pork — KCKing BBQ (176.5716); Brisket — C-N-B BAR-B-Q (176.5716).
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Chicken places 5–6: KCKing BBQ and BARN DOOR & JHONNYS BBQ tied on 166.2858 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: MOE CASON BBQ and WEST TEXAS PIT MASTERS tied on 169.7142 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: BUFFALO'S BBQ edged SMOKIN WALLY'S BBQ by 0.0002.
KCKing BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 30th.
Bigger than 91% of the 5,469 contests in the data
59 teams — bigger than 91% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 171.4288 | 166.2858 | 162.2858 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5714 | 170.2856 | 162.2860 |
| Pork | 176.5716 | 171.4286 | 165.1430 |
| Brisket | 176.5716 | 169.1430 | 165.7142 |
59 entries · top 668.5718 · median 606.8562
59 entries · top 171.4288 · median 153.1428
59 entries · top 176.5714 · median 154.2858
59 entries · top 176.5716 · median 153.1428
59 entries · top 176.5716 · median 149.1428