2016-04-22 – 2016-04-23 · Springfield, MO · 📍 Springfield, MO
Grand Champion: QUAU (693.0856) · 61 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
QUAU came in rated below the field's top team, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 100% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 338.8228 points — a wider margin than 100% of championships in the data.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 4 tracked editions
GETTIN' BASTED has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.0344 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 6–7: PORK N' CIDER and MO SMOKE & SPIRITS tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: K.C. CAN CREW and A GOOD RUB BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ and HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
QUAU took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.
BRICKHEAD BBQ turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 179.4400 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: GETTIN' BASTED (won 2013, 2015).
Bigger than 93% of the 5,410 contests in the data
61 teams made this a bigger field than 93% of every contest tracked.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-19 | Springfield, MO | Springfield, MO | 68 | 698.2858 | GETTIN' BASTED | BURNT FINGER BBQ |
| 2015-04-24 | Springfield, MO | Springfield, MO 65804 | 63 | 699.9544 | GETTIN' BASTED | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ |
| 2016-04-22 ← this one | Springfield, MO | Springfield, MO | 61 | 693.0856 | QUAU | HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE |
| 2019-04-26 | Springfield, MO | Ozarks Empire Fairgrounds | 40 | 693.0512 | R Butts R Smokin | THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.1428 | 171.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.7028 | 170.2860 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 173.1084 | 170.8344 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 173.7372 | 170.2628 |
66 entries · top 693.0856 · median 638.9884
61 entries · top 180.0000 · median 160.5828 · 🔥 perfect 180
61 entries · top 178.8572 · median 159.9772
61 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
61 entries · top 180.0000 · median 161.0856 · 🔥 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.
5 entries · top 174.2628 · median 157.0972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG WOODIE BBQ | |
| 2 | Hy-Vee, Inc | |
| 3 | TAILGATE GUYS RADIO/LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY | |
| 4 | HOGZILLA | |
| 5 | SOCK MONKEY BBQ |
5 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG WOODIE BBQ | |
| 2 | SOCK MONKEY BBQ | |
| 3 | HOGZILLA | |
| 4 | Hy-Vee, Inc | |
| 5 | TAILGATE GUYS RADIO/LUCAS OIL SPEEDWAY |