A day of perfect scores
6
perfect 180s
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- SMOKER BANDITS · Pork
- KC Q · Pork
- SKUNK RIVER BBQ · Pork Ribs
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
2017-09-22 – 2017-09-23 · Shawnee, KS · 📍 11600 Johnson Dr · State championship
Grand Champion: 913 BBQ (698.8572) · 112 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
446.74
median 647.68
698.86 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 179.44
- Pork Ribs 180.00 🔥
- Pork 180.00 🔥
- Brisket 176.62
131.31
180.00
Entries
112
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
698.8572
Winning margin
6.3088
GC over RC
Field average
645.21
446.74698.86
median 647.68 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Brisket
2.9144 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
676.4456
446.74698.86
10th place overall
Field spread
252.1144
winner to last place
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 37%
beats 63% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.54 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1505
avg power rating going in · stronger than 4% of contests
Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
A dynasty in the making
2×
wins at this contest
2 of 2 tracked editions
913 BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 2 tracked editions.
- 2017
- 2018
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 15 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 3–4: Swine-O-Mite and BAM BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: SMOKIN VAN NORMAN and RUB'N WOOD tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: SKUNK RIVER BBQ and SMOKER BANDITS tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 3–4 · tie
- Chicken 8–9 · tie
- Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
- Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
913 BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 50th.
- Chicken 2nd
- Pork Ribs 4th
- Pork 50th
- Brisket 1st
One of the big ones
112
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 99% of the 5,410 contests in the data
112 teams made this a bigger field than 99% of every contest tracked.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-22 ← this one | Shawnee, KS | 11600 Johnson Dr | 112 | 698.8572 | 913 BBQ | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE |
| 2018-09-21 | Shawnee, KS | 11600 Johnson Dr | 107 | 708.5600 | 913 BBQ | SMOKIN VAN NORMAN |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 174.8572 | 172.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 176.5716 | 173.7028 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 176.6172 | 173.7028 | 172.0000 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
112 entries · top 698.8572 · median 647.6802
Chicken
112 entries · top 179.4400 · median 162.2570
Pork Ribs
112 entries · top 180.0000 · median 162.8114 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
112 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
111 entries · top 176.6172 · median 161.1544
Ancillary categories
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.
Master Series — Chefs Choice
32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.8342 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KC Q | |
| 2 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 3 | ALMOST FLAMOUS BARBEQUE | |
| 4 | Smoke Showin | |
| 5 | 88 Miles Per Hour | |
| 6 | BLOWIN' SMOKE | |
| 7 | Pot Bellies BBQ | |
| 8 | OVERLAND PORK BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN IN THE BUSHES | |
| 10 | SKUNK RIVER BBQ | |
| 11 | 3 GUYS WITH WOOD | |
| 12 | WHEN PIGS FLY | |
| 13 | Big Fork BBQ | |
| 14 | Stewey Magoos | |
| 15 | Shorthorn BBQ | |
| 16 | GRILL CRAZY | |
| 17 | Red Mistress | |
| 18 | YARDHOGS BBQ | |
| 19 | Meat-A-Swinging | |
| 20 | Black Sail BBQ | |
| 21 | BBQWEISER | |
| 22 | BORDER WAR BBQ | |
| 23 | BBJ BBQ | |
| 24 | SMF | |
| 25 | BAM BBQ | |
| 26 | Why Not Smoke | |
| 27 | LAST YEAR'S LEFTOVERS | |
| 28 | Wobbly Hog | |
| 29 | Oink! Oink! | |
| 30 | MOST WANTED BBQ | |
| 31 | Smoke Monster | |
| 32 | Beer Bones BBQ |
Master Series — Sausage
66 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.3942 · 🔥 perfect 180