Mar 7–9, 2018 · Kansas CIty, MO · 📍 14th Grand
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB won Grand Champion at the Big 12 BIG Q (COMPETITORS SERIES) on March 7, 2018 in Kansas CIty, MO at 14th Grand, scoring 689.6800 in a field of 14 teams. THE SMOKING HILLS took Reserve Grand Champion with 687.9768. Category winners: Chicken — Powercat Smokers_Kansas State (177.1428); Pork Ribs — HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB (180.0000); Pork — SLAPS BBQ (177.1544); Brisket — THE SMOKING HILLS (170.8228). This is the 2nd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition came before it; the next was held in 2019.
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.
Pork places 8–9: Operation BBQ Relief and Smokin' X / Raider Red Meats _ Texas Tech tied on 166.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Dirt Road BBQ_ Iowa State edged Cool Blue Q _Kansas by 0.0112. Pork places 9–10: Smokin' X / Raider Red Meats _ Texas Tech edged GETTIN' BASTED by 0.0228.
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 8th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2017 | Kansas City, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 7, 2018 ← this one | Kansas CIty, MO | 14th Grand | 14 | 689.6800 | HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | THE SMOKING HILLS |
| Mar 14, 2019 | Kansas City, MO | Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship | 11 | 689.6800 | Oklahoma State_Shake N Bake | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 172 | 166.2744 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 169.7144 | 160.5488 |
| Pork | 177.1544 | 171.9656 | 166.8228 |
| Brisket | 170.8228 | 165.1200 | 155.9656 |
14 entries · top 689.6800 · median 665.1144
14 entries · top 177.1428 · median 170.2800
14 entries · top 180 · median 167.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180
14 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.4342
14 entries · top 170.8228 · median 162.8400