May 19–20, 2017 · Platte City, MO · 📍 15880 Interurban Rd Basswood Resort
GONNA GET MESSY won Grand Champion at the 22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort on May 19, 2017 in Platte City, MO at 15880 Interurban Rd Basswood Resort, scoring 694.8344 in a field of 59 teams. GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.7996. Category winners: Chicken — PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS (179.4400); Pork Ribs — GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS (180.0000); Pork — SMOKE THIS BBQ MO (178.2972); Brisket — GETTIN' SAUCED (178.2972).
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 82 times in 100
GONNA GET MESSY came in rated below the field's top team, R BUTTS R SMOKIN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
GONNA GET MESSY won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was GONNA GET MESSY's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 22nd tracked contest.
Chicken places 5–6: GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS and A BBQ TEAM - MO tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: GETTIN' SAUCED and SWEET BEAVER BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: WALDO BBQ and R BUTTS R SMOKIN tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Bigger than 91% of the 5,469 contests in the data
59 teams — bigger than 91% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 174.2628 | 172.5832 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 173.7144 | 171.9884 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 174.2972 | 171.4400 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 174.2856 | 170.8228 |
59 entries · top 694.8344 · median 663.8968
59 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.3944
58 entries · top 180 · median 166.2800 · 🔥 perfect 180
59 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.8228
59 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.5828
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.
13 entries · top 180 · median 175.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
8 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.2570
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Vincent | |
| 2 | Rylee Williams | |
| 3 | Corbin Dodson | |
| 4 | Tabiitha Barnes-Dobbeleare | |
| 5 | Ethan Fleetwood | |
| 6 | Jude Huntley | |
| 7 | Cooper Gray | |
| 8 | Danika DeVasher |
9 entries · top 176.0116 · median 175.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connan Dobson | |
| 2 | Zane Kirbakaran | |
| 3 | Zarren Kirbakaran | |
| 4 | Clare Mace | |
| 5 | Mako Groneman | |
| 6 | Quinn McSparin | |
| 7 | Reagan Viincent | |
| 8 | Luke Huntley | |
| 9 | Makenala Gray |