A KCBS record was set here
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX holds the KCBS record for the 180 grand slam — 4 different meats scored perfect in, first in 2016 · 16 contests to complete the set, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
- The 180 grand slam
2017-09-01 – 2017-09-03 · Kansas City, KS · 📍 400 Speedway Blvd
Grand Champion: PORKY BUTTS BBQ (709.6800) · 407 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 REDNECK SCIENTIFIC
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX holds the KCBS record for the 180 grand slam — 4 different meats scored perfect in, first in 2016 · 16 contests to complete the set, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
709.6800 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 708.5600 CLARK CREW BBQ set in 2017.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
PORKY BUTTS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
13 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 1–2: WHO CARES BBQ and BOOMERANG BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: BOOMERANG BBQ and UTAH BBQ COMPANY tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: UTAH BBQ COMPANY and Boars Night Out---Operation BBQ Relief tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
PORKY BUTTS BBQ took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 83rd.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CLARK CREW BBQ (won 2017).
Bigger than 100% of the 5,410 contests in the data
407 teams made this a bigger field than 100% of every contest tracked.
129 of 129 teams from 2017-08-31 came back
129 of the 129 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-31 | Kansas City, KS | 400 Speedway Blvd | 129 | 708.5600 | CLARK CREW BBQ | HOGLINE |
| 2017-09-01 ← this one | Kansas City, KS | 400 Speedway Blvd | 407 | 709.6800 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 179.4400 | 177.7372 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 177.7372 | 177.1428 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 179.4400 | 178.2972 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 179.4400 | 176.5828 |
407 entries · top 709.6800 · median 661.6228
400 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8286 · 🔥 perfect 180
403 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1428 · 🔥 perfect 180
401 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2400 · 🔥 perfect 180
402 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.5256 · 🔥 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.
125 entries · top 534.2856 · median 485.5996
116 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.0056
94 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
94 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9770 · 🔥 perfect 180
197 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8800 · 🔥 perfect 180
131 entries · top 178.8800 · median 164.0116
97 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1428 · 🔥 perfect 180