May 1–2, 2015 · Lansing, KS
CAVEMAN CUISINE won Grand Champion at the Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff on May 1, 2015 in Lansing, KS, scoring 702.2972 in a field of 33 teams. BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.8800. Category winners: Chicken — CAVEMAN CUISINE (180.0000); Pork Ribs — PORK FICTION (177.7372); Pork — SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD (177.1772); Brisket — SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD (178.2972).
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Pork Ribs places 7–8: JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 and 3 pigs smokin tied on 173.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: 3 pigs smokin and BLOWIN SMOKE IN BASEHOR tied on 173.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: SMALLEYWOOD BBQ edged BOXER Q BBQ by 0.0112.
SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD won Pork, Brisket — a double.
CAVEMAN CUISINE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 10th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 171.9656 | 168.5484 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 175.4400 | 172.0116 |
| Pork | 177.1772 | 173.7028 | 170.2856 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 175.4172 | 171.4172 |
33 entries · top 702.2972 · median 662.2400
33 entries · top 180 · median 164.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180
33 entries · top 177.7372 · median 167.3944
33 entries · top 177.1772 · median 166.8800
33 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.5256
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.
10 entries · top 178.8800 · median 173.9942