May 1–2, 2015 · Kansas City, MO
Bone Daddy's Mystic BBQ Crewe won Grand Champion at the UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitor's Series) on May 1, 2015 in Kansas City, MO, scoring 682.8572 in a field of 23 teams. ParBQue took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.1944. Category winners: Chicken — Meat Me in St. Louie (174.8572); Pork Ribs — PARK AVENUE PORK (174.8572); Pork — ParBQue (178.8572); Brisket — ParBQue (175.4056). This is the 1st of 4 editions of this contest on record; 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, 2015 to 2018 — 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100
Bone Daddy's Mystic BBQ Crewe came in rated below the field's top team, Smoke-A-Holics, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Bone Daddy's Mystic BBQ Crewe won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Bone Daddy's Mystic BBQ Crewe's first Grand Championship in the data.
Bone Daddy's Mystic BBQ Crewe finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 7–8: Milwaukee Brew 'Que edged PARK AVENUE PORK by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 5–6: Sauce Optional edged Still BBQ'N by 0.0228. Chicken places 4–5: Men of Erin edged ParBQue by 0.0344.
ParBQue won Pork, Brisket — a double.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2015 ← this one | Kansas City, MO | Kansas City, MO 64102 | 23 | 682.8572 | Bone Daddy's Mystic BBQ Crewe | ParBQue |
| May 6, 2016 | Kansas City, MO | American Royal Complex | 24 | 669.6116 | KC SMOKIN' SPORTS | SMOKER BANDITS |
| May 5, 2017 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Ct | 17 | 666.8116 | SMOKER BANDITS | PARK AVENUE PORK |
| May 4, 2018 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Ct | 14 | 685.1084 | DRUM DADDY BBQ | PARK AVENUE PORK |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.8572 | 165.1200 | 159.3828 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 159.4400 | 156.6056 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 167.3944 | 157.6568 |
| Brisket | 175.4056 | 160 | 153.1656 |
23 entries · top 682.8572 · median 618.1940
23 entries · top 174.8572 · median 154.8344
23 entries · top 174.8572 · median 153.0856
22 entries · top 178.8572 · median 157.1428
23 entries · top 175.4056 · median 151.9544
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.
20 entries · top 171.9656 · median 159.9714