2015-06-05 – 2015-06-06 · Lee's Summit, MO · 📍 Lee's Summit, MO 64063
Grand Champion: SLAPS BBQ (696.5028) · 78 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 TEAM GETTING SAUCED
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 2019 — 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.
696.5028 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 690.2858 THESLABS.COM set in 2013.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100
SLAPS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, DIRT ROAD BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was SLAPS BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 31st tracked contest.
Wider than 89% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 10.7884 points — a wider margin than 89% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 7–8: CHARLIE-Q and RUBBIN RACKS & SMOKIN BUTTS tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: ABS OF SQUEAL and TEAM GETTING SAUCED tied on 170.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: WATT'S SMOKIN! and DIRT ROAD BBQ tied on 173.1316 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SLAPS BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 12th.
SMOOTH SMOKE turned in 178.8572 in brisket — past the 176.5714 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: THESLABS.COM (won 2013), SMOOTH SMOKE (won 2014).
Bigger than 97% of the 5,410 contests in the data
78 teams made this a bigger field than 97% of every contest tracked.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-06-07 | Lees Summit, MO | Lees Summit, MO | 81 | 690.2858 | THESLABS.COM | COUNTY LINE SMOKERS |
| 2014-06-06 | Lee's Summit, MO | Lee's Summit, MO 64063 | 79 | 686.8004 | SMOOTH SMOKE | PELLET ENVY |
| 2015-06-05 ← this one | Lee's Summit, MO | Lee's Summit, MO 64063 | 78 | 696.5028 | SLAPS BBQ | TEAM GETTING SAUCED |
| 2017-06-02 | Lee's Summit, MO | Unity Village | 65 | 708.0000 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | CHARCOAL MONKEY |
| 2018-06-01 | Lee's Summit, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019-07-19 | Unity Village, MO | 1901 NW Blue Parkway | 35 | 705.6916 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | 4 LEGS UP BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 174.8572 | 170.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 173.1316 | 169.7600 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 173.1772 | 170.2628 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 172.0000 | 170.3200 |
78 entries · top 696.5028 · median 635.6172
78 entries · top 177.7144 · median 162.7998
78 entries · top 177.7144 · median 157.9772
78 entries · top 177.7028 · median 161.6628
77 entries · top 178.8572 · median 160.5488
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.
48 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.1314 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WOODBROTHERS BBQ | |
| 2 | THESLABS.COM | |
| 3 | BURNT FINGER BBQ | |
| 4 | NICKLE BOYS BBQ | |
| 5 | BAD NEWS BEER 'N' QUE | |
| 6 | Killer B'Z BBQ | |
| 7 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 8 | Q'ING & BREWING | |
| 9 | HAWG WYLD | |
| 10 | MULLET BROTHERS | |
| 11 | COCK-N-BULL SMOKERS | |
| 12 | RED TIP LETTUCE GANG | |
| 13 | DUNN UP BBQ | |
| 14 | TAMM GOOD EATIN | |
| 15 | ABS OF SQUEAL | |
| 16 | BRASS NUCKOLLS | |
| 17 | MUDHOLE BBQ | |
| 18 | PANCHO, CISCO, THE KID & CO | |
| 19 | BUILDING SMOKE | |
| 20 | RUBBIN' BUTTS & RACKS | |
| 21 | SLAB AND TICKLE BBQ | |
| 22 | POLITICAL PORK | |
| 23 | EBQ EQUITY BANK 'Q QREW | |
| 24 | DEADWOOD BBQ | |
| 25 | BUTT BROS BBQ | |
| 26 | GOLDEN HOGS | |
| 27 | CHARLIE-Q | |
| 28 | SMKN Q MO | |
| 29 | SECOND PLACE | |
| 30 | The Few That Que | |
| 31 | GO PIG....OR GO HOME | |
| 32 | REDNECK BBQ | |
| 33 | THE SMORKERS | |
| 34 | BOTTOMS UP BBQ | |
| 35 | SEABRISKET | |
| 36 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 37 | FATBACK AND THE SMOKE APOSTLES | |
| 38 | SKIN 'R' BUTTS | |
| 39 | Sticks & Bones | |
| 40 | COUNTRY GOLD AND A BLOODY MARY | |
| 41 | BBQ ANARCHY | |
| 42 | PARTY ON THE PATIO | |
| 43 | OINK-N-MOO BBQ | |
| 44 | BLIND SWINE | |
| 45 | PAVLOV'S HOG | |
| 46 | SUMMIT GI/KC UROLOGY BUTTSNWEINERZ | |
| 47 | E.R. BBQ | |
| 48 | SMOKIN ASS BAR-B-QUE |
15 entries · top 178.2972 · median 170.8456
5 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.2972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZARREN/THUMPIN STRUM BBQ 2 | |
| 2 | NATHAN HAYES/COUNTY LINE SMOKERS. | |
| 3 | BURNT FINGER BBQ/MADYSEN BRESSETTE | |
| 4 | ALEX, DIANA, AND PIERCE/DEADWOD BBQ | |
| 5 | BURNT FINGER BBQ JORDON BRESSETTE |