2017-06-02 – 2017-06-03 · Kansas City, MO · 📍 9301 State Line RD
Grand Champion: SLAPS BBQ (691.9312) · 61 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2017 to 2021 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
SLAPS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Pork places 5–6: BLAZING CATTLES BBQ and AMERICAN FIRE BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: SMOKIN SUZY and JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: UNFAMOUS DAVE'S edged GETTIN' SAUCED by 0.0116.
Bigger than 93% of the 5,410 contests in the data
61 teams made this a bigger field than 93% of every contest tracked.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-02 ← this one | Kansas City, MO | 9301 State Line RD | 61 | 691.9312 | SLAPS BBQ | HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB |
| 2018-06-01 | Kansas City, MO | 9301 State Line RD | 48 | 690.2400 | SONS OF A BRISKET | SMACKDOWN BBQ |
| 2021-06-04 | Kansas City, MO | Rockhurst High School | 55 | 702.8800 | The Boys In Que | SLAPS BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 173.7372 | 170.2972 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 173.7144 | 170.2856 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 173.7028 | 170.8456 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 171.4056 | 167.4056 |
61 entries · top 691.9312 · median 638.1024
60 entries · top 177.7028 · median 160.2744
61 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.2400
61 entries · top 180.0000 · median 156.5828 · 🔥 perfect 180
61 entries · top 177.1428 · median 156.5600