Jun 17–18, 2016 · Kansas City, KS · 📍 2646S 34 St.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE won Grand Champion at the Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off on June 17, 2016 in Kansas City, KS at 2646S 34 St., scoring 699.4056 in a field of 25 teams. SKUNK RIVER BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.8000. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKEN HOG RODS (172.5828); Pork Ribs — RJ'S BACKYARD COOKERS (174.3428); Pork — SKUNK RIVER BBQ (177.7028); Brisket — SKUNK RIVER BBQ (178.8572).
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 69 times in 100
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE came in rated below the field's top team, PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 8th tracked contest.
Chicken places 2–3: PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS and SKUNK RIVER BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: 3 PIGS SMOKIN and The Rivals BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Simple Q Barbeque and Knights of the Holy Smoker tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SKUNK RIVER BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 172.5828 | 170.8228 | 164.5716 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.3428 | 171.4056 | 163.4284 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 165.1200 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 170.2628 | 163.9888 |
25 entries · top 699.4056 · median 643.3716
25 entries · top 172.5828 · median 162.8688
25 entries · top 174.3428 · median 163.3828
25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 161.7028
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.8456
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.
8 entries · top 174.2856 · median 169.9828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 2 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKED CREATIONS BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKEN HOG RODS | |
| 5 | On the dotte smokers | |
| 6 | Knights of the Holy Smoker | |
| 7 | 2 DRUNK 2 QUE | |
| 8 | BALD BEAUTIES BBQ |
3 entries · top 180 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 2 | SMOKEN HOG RODS | |
| 3 | SMOKED CREATIONS BBQ |