Jul 29–30, 2016 · Lee's Summit, MO · 📍 NE Campground RD
SLAPS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Racing for the BBQ on July 29, 2016 in Lee's Summit, MO at NE Campground RD, scoring 695.9540 in a field of 54 teams. VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.8116. Category winners: Chicken — Fubar-B-Q (180.0000); Pork Ribs — VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY (178.8572); Pork — LOVE 2 Q (180.0000); Brisket — BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ (175.4400). This is the 4th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2015 edition was won by Smoke Masters Mafia; the next was held in 2017.
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 2018 — 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.
Closer than 82% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1424 points — closer than 82% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
SLAPS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SLAPS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
2 of 6 tracked editions
SLAPS BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Chicken places 2–3: END OF THE ROAD BBQ and SMOKE ON THE WATER tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 and SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ and VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
LOVE 2 Q turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 178.2972 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: GETTIN' SAUCED (won 2013), SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ (won 2014), Smoke Masters Mafia (won 2015).
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2013 | Lee's Summit, MO | Lee's Summit, MO | 58 | 695.9656 | GETTIN' SAUCED | BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ |
| Jul 25, 2014 | Lee's Summit, MO | Lee's Summit, MO 64086 | 54 | 687.3368 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | GETTIN' SAUCED |
| Jul 24, 2015 | Lees Summit, MO | Lees Summit, MO 64126 | 63 | 696.0344 | Smoke Masters Mafia | GETTIN' BASTED |
| Jul 29, 2016 ← this one | Lee's Summit, MO | NE Campground RD | 54 | 695.9540 | SLAPS BBQ | VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Lee's Summit, MO | NE Campground RD | 54 | 697.7028 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | 3 PIGS SMOKIN |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Lee's Summit, MO | NE Campground RD | 66 | 701.1200 | SLAPS BBQ | DIRT ROAD BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 176.5600 | 174.2856 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 174.8572 |
| Pork | 180 | 177.7028 | 173.1428 |
| Brisket | 175.4400 | 174.2628 | 172 |
54 entries · top 695.9540 · median 667.8626
54 entries · top 180 · median 168.8286 · 🔥 perfect 180
54 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.5486
54 entries · top 180 · median 168.5370 · 🔥 perfect 180
54 entries · top 175.4400 · median 164.5428
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.
3 entries · top 174.2628 · median 173.7256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carter Hammond | |
| 2 | Gwedolyn Miller | |
| 3 | Tanner Hicks |