A new contest record
708.0000
highest overall ever cooked here
708.0000 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 696.5028 SLAPS BBQ set in 2015.
- old record 696.5028
- set 2015 by SLAPS BBQ
Smokin' On The Summit 2017
Jun 2–3, 2017 · Lee's Summit, MO · 📍 Unity Village
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ won Grand Champion at the Smokin' On The Summit on June 2, 2017 in Lee's Summit, MO at Unity Village, scoring 708.0000 in a field of 65 teams. CHARCOAL MONKEY took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.2744. Category winners: Chicken — CRS BARBEQUE (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ (175.4172); Pork — DIRT ROAD BBQ (177.1428); Brisket — SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ (180.0000). This is the 4th of 5 editions of this contest on record; the 2015 edition was won by SLAPS BBQ; the next was held in 2019.
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.
566.29
median 649.60
708 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180 🔥
- Pork Ribs 175.42
- Pork 177.14
- Brisket 180 🔥
125.65
180
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2019 — this edition picked out.
Entries
65
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
708
Winning margin
17.7256
GC over RC
Field average
647.45
566.29708
median 649.60 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork
2.2628 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
678.1824
566.29708
10th place overall
Field spread
141.7148
winner to last place
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 6%
beats 94% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
35%
27 of 78 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.59 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,542
avg power rating going in · stronger than 32% of contests
Storylines (9 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 statement win
17.7256
points clear of the field
Wider than 98% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The champion won by 17.7256 points — a wider margin than 98% of championships in the data.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 6–7: LIVESPARKS and SONS OF A BRISKET tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: ALL FORKED UP FOR Q and CHEECH AND TONGS tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: JAESTAR BBQ and TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 6–7 · tie
- Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
- Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
- Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 5th.
- Chicken 2nd
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 5th
- Brisket 1st
A contest record in chicken
180.0000
best chicken ever cooked here
CRS BARBEQUE turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
- old best 177.7144
- across 3 past editions
Back to defend
2
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: THESLABS.COM (won 2013), SMOOTH SMOKE (won 2014).
- THESLABS.COM · 2013
- SMOOTH SMOKE · 2014
One of the big ones
65
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 94% of the 5,482 contests in the data
65 teams — bigger than 94% of the 5,482 contests in the data.
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.
- SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ · Brisket
- CRS BARBEQUE · Chicken
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2013 | Lees Summit, MO | Lees Summit, MO | 81 | 690.2858 | THESLABS.COM | COUNTY LINE SMOKERS |
| Jun 6, 2014 | Lee's Summit, MO | Lee's Summit, MO 64063 | 79 | 686.8004 | SMOOTH SMOKE | PELLET ENVY |
| Jun 5, 2015 | Lee's Summit, MO | Lee's Summit, MO 64063 | 78 | 696.5028 | SLAPS BBQ | TEAM GETTING SAUCED |
| Jun 2, 2017 ← this one | Lee's Summit, MO | Unity Village | 65 | 708 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | CHARCOAL MONKEY |
| Jun 1, 2018 | Lee's Summit, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 19, 2019 | Unity Village, MO | 1901 NW Blue Parkway | 35 | 705.6916 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | 4 LEGS UP BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 175.4172 | 172.0116 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 171.9772 | 170.8344 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 174.8800 | 171.4056 |
| Brisket | 180 | 175.4056 | 172 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
65 entries · top 708 · median 649.6000
Chicken
65 entries · top 180 · median 165.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
65 entries · top 175.4172 · median 162.2400
Pork
65 entries · top 177.1428 · median 166.2856
Brisket
65 entries · top 180 · median 160.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180
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 — Anything Goes
35 entries · top 180 · median 173.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Kids Que
11 entries · top 178.8800 · median 168.5828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Scheer | |
| 2 | CAMDEN TRESTON | |
| 3 | JACKSON JONES | |
| 4 | IRELAND TAYLOR | |
| 5 | WILL YORK | |
| 6 | Bogan Weikel | |
| 7 | Tatum Scheer | |
| 8 | HANNAH TAYLOR | |
| 9 | JORDON BRESETTE | |
| 10 | GABRIEL ARNETT | |
| 11 | COOPER WEIKEL |