2016-08-26 – 2016-08-27 · Paola, KS · 📍 Park Square
Grand Champion: B & C SMOKERS (690.8228) · 61 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN' R'S
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 2022 — 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.
690.8228 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 685.7372 DEAD LAST BBQ set in 2014.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100
B & C SMOKERS came in rated below the field's top team, PELLET ENVY, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was B & C SMOKERS's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 51st tracked contest.
2 of 8 tracked editions
BIG WIGS BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
Pork Ribs places 7–8: HITTIN' THE GAS and SMOKIN SUZY tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: PELLET ENVY and PORK ME PURPLE tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: BIG WIGS BBQ and BULL CREEK BBQ tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
B & C SMOKERS took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 10th.
WHIMPY'S BBQ turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BIG WIGS BBQ (won 2013, 2015), DEAD LAST BBQ (won 2014).
Bigger than 93% of the 5,410 contests in the data
61 teams made this a bigger field than 93% of every contest tracked.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-23 | Paola, KS | Paola, KS | 68 | 681.1200 | BIG WIGS BBQ | SWEET PETE'S SMOKIN' HOT MEAT |
| 2014-08-22 | Paola, KS | Paola, KS 66071 | 69 | 685.7372 | DEAD LAST BBQ | SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 |
| 2015-08-28 | Paola, KS | Paola, KS 66071 | 65 | 682.2860 | BIG WIGS BBQ | SMOKIN' R'S |
| 2016-08-26 ← this one | Paola, KS | Park Square | 61 | 690.8228 | B & C SMOKERS | SMOKIN' R'S |
| 2017-08-25 | Paola, KS | Park Square | 57 | 703.3712 | SLAPS BBQ | JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 |
| 2018-08-24 | Paola, KS | Park Square | 67 | 690.7996 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | GETTIN' BASTED |
| 2019-08-23 | Paola, KS | Town Square | 66 | 696.4912 | Man Meat BBQ | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ |
| 2022-08-26 | Paola, KS | Town Square | 45 | 705.1428 | FERGOLICIOUS BBQ | HIGH i QUE |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 172.5944 | 169.6916 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 172.5716 | 169.7372 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 173.7028 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 173.1428 | 169.7028 |
61 entries · top 690.8228 · median 645.6112
61 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.7028
61 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.3944
61 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.4172
61 entries · top 180.0000 · median 160.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
35 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.6912
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Smoke | |
| 2 | BIG WIGS BBQ | |
| 3 | PORK FICTION | |
| 4 | FUNNY FARM BBQ | |
| 5 | BULL CREEK BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' R'S | |
| 7 | RUSTY QUE | |
| 8 | Shart Tank BBQ | |
| 9 | Bewildered BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN SUZY | |
| 11 | SWEET PETE'S SMOKIN' HOT MEAT | |
| 12 | RESERVOIR HOGS | |
| 13 | DOUBLE STACK BBQ | |
| 14 | Big Bulls BBQ Bunch | |
| 15 | DEAD LAST BBQ | |
| 16 | DUNN UP BBQ | |
| 17 | ABS OF SQUEAL | |
| 18 | SMOKIN ASS BBQ | |
| 19 | KNIGHTS OF THE HOLY GRILL | |
| 20 | B & C SMOKERS | |
| 21 | Slow & Easy BBQ | |
| 22 | Beer Belly BBQ | |
| 23 | Smokehouse Mafia | |
| 24 | TopherDrew BBQ | |
| 25 | COOP DE GRILLE | |
| 26 | GRISWOLD GRILLERS | |
| 27 | High On The Hog | |
| 28 | SMOKESIDE BBQ | |
| 29 | BEAUX HAWG BBQ | |
| 30 | PORK PULLERS | |
| 31 | PORK 'N MINDY | |
| 32 | BACKWOODS HOGBREATH QUE | |
| 33 | BURNT BUTTS-N-BUNS | |
| 34 | KC Butt-Rubbers | |
| 35 | Stuck Pigs |