May 6–7, 2016 · Lansing, KS
SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD won Grand Champion at the Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q on May 6, 2016 in Lansing, KS, scoring 692.5372 in a field of 30 teams. JAESTAR BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 687.3716. Category winners: Chicken — JAESTAR BBQ (176.5944); Pork Ribs — BOXER Q BBQ (176.5600); Pork — LOVE 2 Q (180.0000); Brisket — GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY (174.8456).
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100
SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD came in rated below the field's top team, JAESTAR BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 23rd tracked contest.
Chicken places 6–7: KC SMOKE DAWGS and BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: BOXER Q BBQ and SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: THE SMOKING HILLS edged KC SMOKE DAWGS by 0.0116.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5944 | 173.1316 | 169.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 173.1200 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 180 | 173.1200 | 169.1200 |
| Brisket | 174.8456 | 168.5600 | 163.9428 |
30 entries · top 692.5372 · median 654.1486
30 entries · top 176.5944 · median 163.3828
30 entries · top 176.5600 · median 163.9600
30 entries · top 180 · median 164.2742 · 🔥 perfect 180
30 entries · top 174.8456 · median 158.2628
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 179.4400 · median 175.1772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 2 | BULL CREEK BBQ | |
| 3 | SMALLEYWOOD BBQ | |
| 4 | BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW | |
| 5 | TOADS JUMPIN SMOKE | |
| 6 | MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE | |
| 7 | 2 HOT 2 HANDLE | |
| 8 | Ribbed for her Pleasure |