Mar 10–11, 2017 · Great Bend, KS
JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 won Grand Champion at the Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off on March 10, 2017 in Great Bend, KS, scoring 693.7028 in a field of 34 teams. CLARK CREW BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 691.9312. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKEAHOLICS (178.8572); Pork Ribs — BUFFALO'S BBQ (176.5600); Pork — BUTCHER BBQ (174.2744); Brisket — JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 (177.1428).
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 89 times in 100
JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 came in rated below the field's top team, CLARK CREW BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Pork places 3–4: 4 LEGS UP BBQ and JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: CLARK CREW BBQ and WHEN PIGS DIE tied on 176.5828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: R BUTTS R SMOKIN and LAKERAT BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 13th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 174.2856 | 169.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 174.8572 | 167.4516 |
| Pork | 174.2744 | 170.8572 | 168.5600 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 174.2856 | 170.8344 |
34 entries · top 693.7028 · median 660.2400
34 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8914
34 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.2800
34 entries · top 174.2744 · median 166.2686
34 entries · top 177.1428 · median 166.8342