Jul 28–29, 2017 · Lee's Summit, MO · 📍 NE Campground RD
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO won Grand Champion at the Racing for the BBQ on July 28, 2017 in Lee's Summit, MO at NE Campground RD, scoring 697.7028 in a field of 54 teams. 3 PIGS SMOKIN took Reserve Grand Champion with 697.6456. Category winners: Chicken — BURNT FINGER BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SMOKIN WILLE'S BARBECUE (178.8572); Pork — GETTIN' BASTED (177.7144); Brisket — SLAPS BBQ (180.0000). This is the 5th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by SLAPS BBQ; the next was held in 2018.
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, 2013 to 2018 — 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.
Closer than 96% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0572 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.
697.7028 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 696.0344 Smoke Masters Mafia set in 2015.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
2 of 6 tracked editions
SLAPS BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Chicken places 5–6: FARM TO FIRE and BUCKSHOT'S BREW N' QUE tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: IN DEEP SAUCE and 50 SHADES OF QUE tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: BURNT FINGER BBQ and SONS OF A BRISKET tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: GETTIN' SAUCED (won 2013), SLAPS BBQ (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2013 | Lee's Summit, MO | Lee's Summit, MO | 58 | 695.9656 | GETTIN' SAUCED | BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ |
| Jul 25, 2014 | Lee's Summit, MO | Lee's Summit, MO 64086 | 54 | 687.3368 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | GETTIN' SAUCED |
| Jul 24, 2015 | Lees Summit, MO | Lees Summit, MO 64126 | 63 | 696.0344 | Smoke Masters Mafia | GETTIN' BASTED |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Lee's Summit, MO | NE Campground RD | 54 | 695.9540 | SLAPS BBQ | VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY |
| Jul 28, 2017 ← this one | Lee's Summit, MO | NE Campground RD | 54 | 697.7028 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | 3 PIGS SMOKIN |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Lee's Summit, MO | NE Campground RD | 66 | 701.1200 | SLAPS BBQ | DIRT ROAD BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 175.4172 | 173.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 173.7028 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 176 | 173.7028 |
| Brisket | 180 | 174.2628 | 172.0228 |
54 entries · top 697.7028 · median 670.7426
53 entries · top 180 · median 168.5484 · 🔥 perfect 180
54 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5256
54 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.9942
54 entries · top 180 · median 166.2856 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
4 entries · top 175.4056 · median 168.2800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HANG 'EM' HIGH | |
| 2 | SMKN Q MO | |
| 3 | A Slew of Sows and a Smoker | |
| 4 | Bushwacker Cooking Corp. |
11 entries · top 180 · median 173.1428 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rylee Williams | |
| 2 | Will York and Keithon Conway | |
| 3 | Hank Day | |
| 4 | Tanner Hicks | |
| 5 | Landon Elliott | |
| 6 | Collin Caarucci | |
| 7 | Jack Samborn | |
| 8 | GABRIEL ARNETT | |
| 9 | Isaac Schmidt | |
| 10 | Elli Dolly | |
| 11 | Ame Elam |