2013-08-23 – 2013-08-24 · Paola, KS · 📍 Paola, KS
Grand Champion: BIG WIGS BBQ (681.1200) · 68 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SWEET PETE'S SMOKIN' HOT MEAT
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, 2013 to 2022 — 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 76% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6572 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.
This was BIG WIGS BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 6th tracked contest.
2 of 8 tracked editions
BIG WIGS BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
SWEET PETE'S SMOKIN' HOT MEAT finished 2nd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 1–2: BIG WIGS BBQ and RUB'N WOOD tied on 178.8800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Rub-N-Tug BBQ and GETTIN' BASTED tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: Smoking R's and WHIMPYS tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BIG WIGS BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 31st.
Bigger than 95% of the 5,410 contests in the data
68 teams made this a bigger field than 95% of every contest tracked.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-23 ← this one | Paola, KS | Paola, KS | 68 | 681.1200 | BIG WIGS BBQ | SWEET PETE'S SMOKIN' HOT MEAT |
| 2014-08-22 | Paola, KS | Paola, KS 66071 | 69 | 685.7372 | DEAD LAST BBQ | SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 |
| 2015-08-28 | Paola, KS | Paola, KS 66071 | 65 | 682.2860 | BIG WIGS BBQ | SMOKIN' R'S |
| 2016-08-26 | Paola, KS | Park Square | 61 | 690.8228 | B & C SMOKERS | SMOKIN' R'S |
| 2017-08-25 | Paola, KS | Park Square | 57 | 703.3712 | SLAPS BBQ | JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 |
| 2018-08-24 | Paola, KS | Park Square | 67 | 690.7996 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | GETTIN' BASTED |
| 2019-08-23 | Paola, KS | Town Square | 66 | 696.4912 | Man Meat BBQ | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ |
| 2022-08-26 | Paola, KS | Town Square | 45 | 705.1428 | FERGOLICIOUS BBQ | HIGH i QUE |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 172.0228 | 169.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 174.3200 | 171.4400 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 170.8456 | 168.5600 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 173.1544 | 171.4056 |
68 entries · top 681.1200 · median 643.8686
68 entries · top 178.8800 · median 159.9886
68 entries · top 177.7372 · median 162.5886
68 entries · top 180.0000 · median 160.5314 · 🔥 perfect 180
68 entries · top 177.7028 · median 159.7086
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.
49 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.4628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OLD STYLE BBQ | |
| 2 | PORK 'N MINDY | |
| 3 | FUNNY FARM BBQ | |
| 4 | PORK FICTION | |
| 5 | SWEET PETE'S SMOKIN' HOT MEAT | |
| 6 | DOUBLE STACK BBQ | |
| 7 | B & C SMOKERS | |
| 8 | Rib Stars | |
| 9 | SMOKIN SUZY | |
| 10 | KC Butt-Rubbers | |
| 11 | Sausage Fest BBQ | |
| 12 | HALL OF FLAME | |
| 13 | RockYourBelly BBQ | |
| 14 | Bone 'N BBQ | |
| 15 | APORKALYPSE NOW | |
| 16 | KNIGHTS OF THE HOLY GRILL | |
| 17 | Smoking R's | |
| 18 | SWINE ENTHUSIAST BBQ | |
| 19 | BRO'S Q | |
| 20 | Two Fat Guys Burning Meat | |
| 21 | BLACK EYE BBQ | |
| 22 | Slabba Dabba Que BBQ | |
| 23 | Glazed and Confused | |
| 24 | BIG WIGS BBQ | |
| 25 | Rub You Long Time | |
| 26 | Blowin' Smoke BBQ | |
| 27 | II, II, XVII | |
| 28 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 29 | Bewildered BBQ | |
| 30 | BEAUX HAWG BBQ | |
| 31 | CHICKHOOVENSWINE BBQ | |
| 32 | 2 SONS AND THE BIG GUY | |
| 33 | PHARR MOORE BBQ | |
| 34 | KANSAS ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 35 | WHIMPYS | |
| 36 | Give Me All your Rubbin | |
| 37 | THESLABS.COM | |
| 38 | SMOKIN ASS BBQ | |
| 39 | THAT'S ALL SMOKES | |
| 40 | Big Stogie & The Smoke Rings | |
| 41 | SMOKE ON WHEELS | |
| 42 | SMOKIN BARNYARD BBQ | |
| 43 | RUB'N WOOD | |
| 44 | BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS | |
| 45 | Slow & Easy BBQ | |
| 46 | Royal Smoke | |
| 47 | THIS BUTTS FOR YOU | |
| 48 | Choke Em and Smoke Em | |
| 49 | Unleashed BBQ |