Aug 25–26, 2017 · Paola, KS · 📍 Park Square
SLAPS BBQ won Grand Champion at the East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival on August 25, 2017 in Paola, KS at Park Square, scoring 703.3712 in a field of 57 teams. JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 took Reserve Grand Champion with 702.2284. Category winners: Chicken — BIG WIGS BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SLAPS BBQ (178.8572); Pork — STUCK PIGS BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — Broken Bottle BBQ (178.8800). This is the 5th of 8 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by B & C SMOKERS; 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 2022 — 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 81% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1428 points — closer than 81% of every championship in the data.
703.3712 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 690.8228 B & C SMOKERS set in 2016.
2 of 8 tracked editions
BIG WIGS BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
Chicken places 7–8: B & C SMOKERS and SMOKE THIS BBQ MO tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: SMOKE THIS BBQ MO and LIL' SUMPIN BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: DOUBLE STACK BBQ and BLACK EYE BBQ tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SLAPS BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 13th.
BIG WIGS BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 178.8800 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BIG WIGS BBQ (won 2013, 2015), DEAD LAST BBQ (won 2014), B & C SMOKERS (won 2016).
Bigger than 90% of the 5,482 contests in the data
57 teams — bigger than 90% of the 5,482 contests in the data.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2013 | Paola, KS | Paola, KS | 68 | 681.1200 | BIG WIGS BBQ | SWEET PETE'S SMOKIN' HOT MEAT |
| Aug 22, 2014 | Paola, KS | Paola, KS 66071 | 69 | 685.7372 | DEAD LAST BBQ | SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 |
| Aug 28, 2015 | Paola, KS | Paola, KS 66071 | 65 | 682.2860 | BIG WIGS BBQ | SMOKIN' R'S |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Paola, KS | Park Square | 61 | 690.8228 | B & C SMOKERS | SMOKIN' R'S |
| Aug 25, 2017 ← this one | Paola, KS | Park Square | 57 | 703.3712 | SLAPS BBQ | JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 |
| Aug 24, 2018 | Paola, KS | Park Square | 67 | 690.7996 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | GETTIN' BASTED |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Paola, KS | Town Square | 66 | 696.4912 | Man Meat BBQ | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Paola, KS | Town Square | 45 | 705.1428 | FERGOLICIOUS BBQ | HIGH i QUE |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 174.8456 | 173.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 171.4172 |
| Pork | 180 | 174.8800 | 172.0572 |
| Brisket | 178.8800 | 174.8456 | 171.9772 |
57 entries · top 703.3712 · median 647.3144
57 entries · top 180 · median 161.0972 · 🔥 perfect 180
57 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.2972
57 entries · top 180 · median 165.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
57 entries · top 178.8800 · median 161.7028
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.
30 entries · top 180 · median 170.8628 · 🔥 perfect 180