May 4–5, 2018 · Kansas City, MO · 📍 1701 American Royal Ct
DRUM DADDY BBQ won Grand Champion at the UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Only Series) on May 4, 2018 in Kansas City, MO at 1701 American Royal Ct, scoring 685.1084 in a field of 14 teams. PARK AVENUE PORK took Reserve Grand Champion with 665.0284. Category winners: Chicken — DRUM DADDY BBQ (173.1428); Pork Ribs — DRUM DADDY BBQ (173.7028); Pork — DRUM DADDY BBQ (172.5600); Brisket — KC SMOKIN' SPORTS (169.6684). This is the 4th of 4 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by SMOKER BANDITS.
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, 2015 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.
685.1084 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 682.8572 Bone Daddy's Mystic BBQ Crewe set in 2015.
This was DRUM DADDY BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 27th tracked contest.
Wider than 99% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The champion won by 20.0800 points — a wider margin than 99% of championships in the data.
DRUM DADDY BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pork — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
Brisket places 2–3: Game of Bones and Meat Rushmore tied on 167.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Still BBQ'N edged SMOKER BANDITS by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 5–6: SMOKER BANDITS edged MILWAUKEE BREW CREW by 0.0344.
DRUM DADDY BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 3 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 5th.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: KC SMOKIN' SPORTS (won 2016), SMOKER BANDITS (won 2017).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2015 | Kansas City, MO | Kansas City, MO 64102 | 23 | 682.8572 | Bone Daddy's Mystic BBQ Crewe | ParBQue |
| May 6, 2016 | Kansas City, MO | American Royal Complex | 24 | 669.6116 | KC SMOKIN' SPORTS | SMOKER BANDITS |
| May 5, 2017 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Ct | 17 | 666.8116 | SMOKER BANDITS | PARK AVENUE PORK |
| May 4, 2018 ← this one | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Ct | 14 | 685.1084 | DRUM DADDY BBQ | PARK AVENUE PORK |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.1428 | 166.8344 | 155.9540 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.7028 | 164.0116 | 156 |
| Pork | 172.5600 | 164.5600 | 157.1544 |
| Brisket | 169.6684 | 165.7028 | 149.6916 |
14 entries · top 685.1084 · median 640.7540
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DRUM DADDY BBQ | |
| 2 | PARK AVENUE PORK | |
| 3 | Meat Rushmore | |
| 4 | Game of Bones | |
| 5 | SMOKER BANDITS | |
| 6 | KC SMOKIN' SPORTS | |
| 7 | Still BBQ'N | |
| 8 | FAT CAT BBQ | |
| 9 | Meat Me in St. Louie | |
| 10 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 11 | Tailgate Warriors | |
| 12 | MILWAUKEE BREW CREW | |
| 13 | Men of Erin | |
| 14 | Grillaz in the Pits |
14 entries · top 173.1428 · median 162.2514
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DRUM DADDY BBQ | |
| 2 | Game of Bones | |
| 3 | PARK AVENUE PORK | |
| 4 | Meat Me in St. Louie | |
| 5 | Meat Rushmore | |
| 6 | Still BBQ'N | |
| 7 | SMOKER BANDITS | |
| 8 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 9 | MILWAUKEE BREW CREW | |
| 10 | FAT CAT BBQ | |
| 11 | KC SMOKIN' SPORTS | |
| 12 | Men of Erin | |
| 13 | Tailgate Warriors | |
| 14 | Grillaz in the Pits |
14 entries · top 173.7028 · median 161.3714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DRUM DADDY BBQ | |
| 2 | PARK AVENUE PORK | |
| 3 | Meat Rushmore | |
| 4 | Still BBQ'N | |
| 5 | SMOKER BANDITS | |
| 6 | MILWAUKEE BREW CREW | |
| 7 | KC SMOKIN' SPORTS | |
| 8 | Tailgate Warriors | |
| 9 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 10 | Game of Bones | |
| 11 | Meat Me in St. Louie | |
| 12 | FAT CAT BBQ | |
| 13 | Men of Erin | |
| 14 | Grillaz in the Pits |
14 entries · top 172.5600 · median 160.8400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DRUM DADDY BBQ | |
| 2 | FAT CAT BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKER BANDITS | |
| 4 | KC SMOKIN' SPORTS | |
| 5 | Game of Bones | |
| 6 | Men of Erin | |
| 7 | Meat Rushmore | |
| 8 | Still BBQ'N | |
| 9 | PARK AVENUE PORK | |
| 10 | Meat Me in St. Louie | |
| 11 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 12 | MILWAUKEE BREW CREW | |
| 13 | Tailgate Warriors | |
| 14 | Grillaz in the Pits |
14 entries · top 169.6684 · median 158.2856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KC SMOKIN' SPORTS | |
| 2 | Game of Bones | |
| 3 | Meat Rushmore | |
| 4 | PARK AVENUE PORK | |
| 5 | DRUM DADDY BBQ | |
| 6 | Still BBQ'N | |
| 7 | SMOKER BANDITS | |
| 8 | FAT CAT BBQ | |
| 9 | Meat Me in St. Louie | |
| 10 | Tailgate Warriors | |
| 11 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 12 | Men of Erin | |
| 13 | MILWAUKEE BREW CREW | |
| 14 | Grillaz in the Pits |
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.
8 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.8514
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FAT CAT BBQ | |
| 2 | Tailgate Warriors | |
| 3 | KC SMOKIN' SPORTS | |
| 4 | Still BBQ'N | |
| 5 | PARK AVENUE PORK | |
| 6 | Men of Erin | |
| 7 | Meat Rushmore | |
| 8 | MILWAUKEE BREW CREW |