A new contest record
695.9540 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 683.9540 HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS set in 2014.
- old record 683.9540
- set 2014 by HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS
2015-06-26 – 2015-06-27 · Lenexa, KS · 📍 Lenexa, KS 66215 · State championship
Grand Champion: PELLET ENVY (695.9540) · 183 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HIGH i QUE
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 100% of the 5,410 contests in the data
183 teams made this a bigger field than 100% of every contest tracked.
144 of 184 teams from 2014-06-27 came back
144 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-06-21 | Lenexa, KS | Lenexa, KS | 183 | 681.1432 | PORK 'N MINDY | HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB |
| 2014-06-27 | Lenexa, KS | Lenexa, KS 66215 | 184 | 683.9540 | HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS | FOUR MEN AND A PIG |
| 2015-06-26 ← this one | Lenexa, KS | Lenexa, KS 66215 | 183 | 695.9540 | PELLET ENVY | HIGH i QUE |
| 2016-06-24 | 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 180.0000 · 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 |