2017-10-20 – 2017-10-21 · Independence, MO · 📍 2100 S Swope Drive
Grand Champion: SLAPS BBQ (707.9772) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 GETTIN' BASTED
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.
707.9772 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 701.7144 SONS OF A BRISKET set in 2016.
Stronger than 90% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1626 power rating going in — stronger than 90% of every contest tracked.
Pork places 1–2: SLAPS BBQ and JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: B TEAM BBQ MO and THUMP & STRUM BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: DIRT ROAD BBQ and SONS OF A BRISKET tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SLAPS BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 4th.
DIRT ROAD BBQ turned in 179.4400 in chicken — past the 177.1428 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SONS OF A BRISKET (won 2016).
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-21 | Independence, MO | 2100 S swope Dr | 15 | 701.7144 | SONS OF A BRISKET | JAESTAR BBQ |
| 2017-10-20 ← this one | Independence, MO | 2100 S Swope Drive | 25 | 707.9772 | SLAPS BBQ | GETTIN' BASTED |
| 2018-10-19 | Independence, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 176.5944 | 174.2972 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 173.1544 | 171.4172 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 173.7028 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 176.0000 | 173.7028 |
25 entries · top 707.9772 · median 682.7888
25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 172.5600
25 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.2744
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.2400
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.
10 entries · top 173.1316 · median 160.5542