2013-06-07 – 2013-06-08 · Lees Summit, MO · 📍 Lees Summit, MO
Grand Champion: THESLABS.COM (690.2858) · 81 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 COUNTY LINE SMOKERS
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 2019 — 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.
VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY holds the KCBS record for highest pork ribs score — 180.0000 one meat, out of 180, won the category with it, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
THESLABS.COM won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was THESLABS.COM's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 8th tracked contest.
Chicken places 1–2: COUNTY LINE SMOKERS and Gen U Wine Swine tied on 173.7142 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: THESLABS.COM and VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY tied on 170.2858 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: SLABBA DABBA QUE and SONS OF A BRISKET tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Bigger than 97% of the 5,410 contests in the data
81 teams made this a bigger field than 97% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-06-07 ← this one | Lees Summit, MO | Lees Summit, MO | 81 | 690.2858 | THESLABS.COM | COUNTY LINE SMOKERS |
| 2014-06-06 | Lee's Summit, MO | Lee's Summit, MO 64063 | 79 | 686.8004 | SMOOTH SMOKE | PELLET ENVY |
| 2015-06-05 | Lee's Summit, MO | Lee's Summit, MO 64063 | 78 | 696.5028 | SLAPS BBQ | TEAM GETTING SAUCED |
| 2017-06-02 | Lee's Summit, MO | Unity Village | 65 | 708.0000 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | CHARCOAL MONKEY |
| 2018-06-01 | Lee's Summit, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019-07-19 | Unity Village, MO | 1901 NW Blue Parkway | 35 | 705.6916 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | 4 LEGS UP BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.7142 | 170.2858 | 168.5714 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 172.0000 | 169.7142 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 175.4288 | 169.1428 |
| Brisket | 176.5714 | 170.8572 | 168.5714 |
81 entries · top 690.2858 · median 635.4286
81 entries · top 173.7142 · median 161.1428
81 entries · top 180.0000 · median 159.4286 · 🔥 perfect 180
81 entries · top 177.7144 · median 159.9998
81 entries · top 176.5714 · median 157.1428