2013-04-19 – 2013-04-20 · Springfield, MO · 📍 Springfield, MO
Grand Champion: GETTIN' BASTED (698.2858) · 68 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BURNT FINGER BBQ
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 2016 — 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.
GETTIN' BASTED holds the KCBS record for closest championship — 0.0002 points between champion and reserve, over BURNT FINGER BBQ, set right here. 2 all-time records in the book were set at this contest.
Closer than 99% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0002 points — closer than 99% of every championship in the data.
This was GETTIN' BASTED's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 4th tracked contest.
Chicken places 7–8: COUNTRYSIDE BBQ PRO SHOP and DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES tied on 170.8570 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES and MIHAMI VICE tied on 170.8570 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: If She Smokes She Porks and BURNT FINGER BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
GETTIN' BASTED took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 15th.
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.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-19 ← this one | Springfield, MO | Springfield, MO | 68 | 698.2858 | GETTIN' BASTED | BURNT FINGER BBQ |
| 2014-05-09 | Springfield, MO | Springfield, MO 65804 | 57 | 688.5260 | K.C. CAN CREW | BURNT FINGER BBQ |
| 2016-04-22 | Springfield, MO | Springfield, MO | 61 | 693.0856 | QUAU | HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 172.0000 | 169.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.8572 | 172.0000 |
| Pork | 179.4286 | 173.1426 | 171.4284 |
| Brisket | 179.4286 | 173.7144 | 167.9998 |
67 entries · top 698.2858 · median 635.4284
63 entries · top 180.0000 · median 162.2854 · 🔥 perfect 180
67 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.2858
67 entries · top 179.4286 · median 162.2856
67 entries · top 179.4286 · median 156.0000