Jun 26–27, 2015 · Lenexa, KS · State championship
PELLET ENVY won Grand Champion at the Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship on June 26, 2015 in Lenexa, KS, scoring 695.9540 in a field of 183 teams. HIGH i QUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 687.4284. Category winners: Chicken — RIB I'S (177.7028); Pork Ribs — SUBLIME BBQ (178.8572); Pork — Big Sausage BBQ (177.1428); Brisket — B & C SMOKERS (179.4400). This is the 3rd of 4 editions of this contest on record; the 2014 edition was won by HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS; the next was held in 2016.
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.
695.9540 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 683.9540 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS set in 2014.
PELLET ENVY won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 1–2: RIB I'S and Big Sausage BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB and MIDNIGHT STOKERS tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: HIGH i QUE and JAESTAR BBQ tied on 176.5828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SUBLIME BBQ turned in 178.8572 in pork ribs — past the 176.5828 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PORK 'N MINDY (won 2013), HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS (won 2014).
Bigger than 99% of the 5,482 contests in the data
183 teams — bigger than 99% of the 5,482 contests in the data.
145 of 184 teams from 2014-06-27 came back
145 of the 184 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, 2013 | Lenexa, KS | Lenexa, KS | 183 | 681.1432 | PORK 'N MINDY | HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Lenexa, KS | Lenexa, KS 66215 | 184 | 683.9540 | HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS | FOUR MEN AND A PIG |
| Jun 26, 2015 ← this one | Lenexa, KS | Lenexa, KS 66215 | 183 | 695.9540 | PELLET ENVY | HIGH i QUE |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Lenexa, KS | Lenexa, KS | 183 | 697.1084 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | HIGH i QUE |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 174.2856 | 171.4400 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.7144 | 172.5944 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 174.2744 | 171.4056 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 176.0228 | 173.7028 |
183 entries · top 695.9540 · median 633.7368
182 entries · top 177.7028 · median 159.9886
183 entries · top 178.8572 · median 159.4056
182 entries · top 177.1428 · median 160.0170
183 entries · top 179.4400 · median 157.1316
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.
120 entries · top 180 · median 162.2800 · 🔥 perfect 180
145 entries · top 177.7028 · median 160.5484
4 entries · top 167.9884 · median 166.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KNIGHTS OF THE HOLY GRILL | |
| 2 | B & C SMOKERS | |
| 3 | GRILL ON GRILL ACTION | |
| 4 | Ford Motor Company |