May 8–9, 2015 · Abilene, KS
NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ won Grand Champion at the Wheatstock Grill Off on May 8, 2015 in Abilene, KS, scoring 696.5372 in a field of 32 teams. SMOKEAHOLICS took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.9316. Category winners: Chicken — GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY (180.0000); Pork Ribs — NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ (180.0000); Pork — WICHITA SWINEMEN (177.7144); Brisket — YARD TIME BBQ (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.
Closer than 87% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6056 points — closer than 87% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BURNT FINGER BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 5–6: NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ and WICHITA SWINEMEN tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: SMOKE N HOGS BBQ KS and INDIGO PIG tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: MANNY'S BBQ and BURNT FINGER BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 11th.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 173.1428 | 170.8112 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 173.1316 | 169.1544 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 173.7144 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 173.1428 | 170.8572 |
32 entries · top 696.5372 · median 670.7428
31 entries · top 180 · median 168 · 🔥 perfect 180
32 entries · top 180 · median 167.9542 · 🔥 perfect 180
32 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.6972
31 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.3712
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.
9 entries · top 178.8800 · median 169.7372
7 entries · top 177.7144 · median 173.1772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ | |
| 2 | INDIGO PIG | |
| 3 | BURNT FINGER BBQ | |
| 4 | PLUM CRAZY BBQ OF HOISINGTON, KS | |
| 5 | SECOND TO LAST BBQ IN KANSAS | |
| 6 | LUCKY D'S BBQ | |
| 7 | BARREL BOYS BBQ |