A new contest record
707.9772
highest overall ever cooked here
707.9772 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 701.7144 SONS OF A BRISKET set in 2016.
- old record 701.7144
- set 2016 by SONS OF A BRISKET
2017 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q
Oct 20–21, 2017 · Independence, MO · 📍 2100 S Swope Drive
SLAPS BBQ won Grand Champion at the 2017 Greenbriar Blaze Off and Senior Q on October 20, 2017 in Independence, MO at 2100 S Swope Drive, scoring 707.9772 in a field of 25 teams. GETTIN' BASTED took Reserve Grand Champion with 702.8572. Category winners: Chicken — DIRT ROAD BBQ (179.4400); Pork Ribs — LIVESPARKS (176.5600); Pork — SLAPS BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB (177.7028). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by SONS OF A BRISKET.
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.
620.43
median 682.79
707.98 🏆
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 176.56
- Pork 180 🔥
- Brisket 177.70
143.36
180
Entries
25
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
707.9772
Winning margin
5.1200
GC over RC
Field average
676.32
620.43707.98
median 682.79 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Brisket
1.7028 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
689.1200
620.43707.98
10th place overall
Field spread
87.5428
winner to last place
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 7%
beats 93% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
27%
4 of 15 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.88 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,626
avg power rating going in · stronger than 89% of contests
Storylines (6 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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point
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.
- Pork 1–2 · tie
- Pork 9–10 · tie
- Brisket 5–6 · tie
- Brisket 8–9 · tie
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
SLAPS BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 4th.
- Chicken 4th
- Pork Ribs 3rd
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 4th
A contest record in chicken
179.4400
best chicken ever cooked here
DIRT ROAD BBQ turned in 179.4400 in chicken — past the 177.1428 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
- old best 177.1428
- across 1 past editions
Back to defend
1
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SONS OF A BRISKET (won 2016).
- SONS OF A BRISKET · 2016
A perfect score on the table
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- SLAPS BBQ · Pork
- JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 · Pork
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2016 | Independence, MO | 2100 S swope Dr | 15 | 701.7144 | SONS OF A BRISKET | JAESTAR BBQ |
| Oct 20, 2017 ← this one | Independence, MO | 2100 S Swope Drive | 25 | 707.9772 | SLAPS BBQ | GETTIN' BASTED |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Independence, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 176.5944 | 174.2972 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 173.1544 | 171.4172 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 173.7028 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 176 | 173.7028 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
25 entries · top 707.9772 · median 682.7888
Chicken
25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 172.5600
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.2744
Pork
25 entries · top 180 · median 172.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.2400
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 — Dessert
10 entries · top 173.1316 · median 160.5542