2015-05-23 – 2015-05-24 · Mound City, KS · 📍 Mound City, KS
Grand Champion: GETTIN' SAUCED (691.4516) · 62 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY
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 96% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0572 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100
GETTIN' SAUCED came in rated below the field's top team, THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.6632 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 3–4: CAVEMAN CUISINE and BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: KC Q and SMOKIN O BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ and HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
GETTIN' SAUCED took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 26th.
4 LEGS UP BBQ turned in 177.1772 in pork ribs — past the 176.0000 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SMOKE THIS BBQ MO (won 2014).
Bigger than 93% of the 5,410 contests in the data
62 teams made this a bigger field than 93% of every contest tracked.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-24 | Mound City, KS | Mound City, KS 66056 | 87 | 691.9200 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ |
| 2015-05-23 ← this one | Mound City, KS | Mound City, KS | 62 | 691.4516 | GETTIN' SAUCED | VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 174.2744 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1772 | 174.2628 | 172.0228 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 173.7028 |
| Brisket | 177.1772 | 173.7028 | 171.9772 |
62 entries · top 691.4516 · median 666.1828
62 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.5486
62 entries · top 177.1772 · median 166.5544
62 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.1086
62 entries · top 177.1772 · median 165.6800
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 180.0000 · median 175.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KC Q | |
| 2 | INDIGO PIG | |
| 3 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 4 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 5 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 6 | RED HOT POPS | |
| 7 | B & C SMOKERS | |
| 8 | BURNT FINGER BBQ | |
| 9 | VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY | |
| 10 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 11 | HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | |
| 12 | JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 | |
| 13 | BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS | |
| 14 | PHAT BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 15 | Phat Guys | |
| 16 | F.O.M.S.B. | |
| 17 | SMOKING AND THE BANDITS | |
| 18 | SQUEAL OF APPROVAL | |
| 19 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 20 | Rub'Em Dry Serve'Em Wet |
10 entries · top 170.9144 · median 164.8742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Lawson | |
| 2 | Jakob Hammond | |
| 3 | Elizabeth Kratochvil | |
| 4 | Jordan Bresette | |
| 5 | Tristen Hoisington | |
| 6 | Sam Kratochvil | |
| 7 | Macie Elder | |
| 8 | Nick Kelly | |
| 9 | Morgan Boles | |
| 10 | Madysen Bresette |
11 entries · top 170.8684 · median 164.0456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Elder | |
| 2 | Brett Backerman | |
| 3 | Annabelle Hathaway | |
| 4 | Cole Backerman | |
| 5 | Bryson Dickey | |
| 6 | Hunter Hoisington | |
| 7 | Andrew Mackey | |
| 8 | Grace Hathaway | |
| 9 | Jackson Finner | |
| 10 | Jackson Northcutt | |
| 11 | Jaxon Moore |