*East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival
2017-08-25 – 2017-08-26
Grand Champion: SLAPS BBQ (703.3712) · 57 teams
Contest preview (from past editions of this contest)
🏆 Defending champion
B & C SMOKERS won the most recent scored edition (2016-08-26).
🎪 Typical draw
This contest has averaged 66 teams across 4 scored editions.
📏 Contest record
The highest overall score here is 690.8228, set by B & C SMOKERS in 2016.
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
BIG WIGS BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-23 | 68 | 681.1200 | BIG WIGS BBQ | |
| 2014-08-22 | 69 | 685.7372 | DEAD LAST BBQ | |
| 2015-08-28 | 65 | 682.2860 | BIG WIGS BBQ | |
| 2016-08-26 | 61 | 690.8228 | B & C SMOKERS | |
| 2017-08-25 ← this one | 57 | 703.3712 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 2018-08-24 | 67 | 690.7996 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | |
| 2019-08-23 | Paola, KS | 66 | 696.4912 | Man Meat BBQ |
| 2022-08-26 | Paola, KS | 45 | 705.1428 | FERGOLICIOUS BBQ |
Official results are up on kcbs.us ↗ but haven’t been pulled here yet — they land with the nightly scrape.