2018-10-12 – 2018-10-13 · Desoto, KS · 📍 33440 W 79th
Grand Champion: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ (703.9772) · 69 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BOOMERANG BBQ
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.
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 94% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1645 power rating going in — stronger than 94% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 3–4: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ and UNFAMOUS DAVE'S tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: SLAPS BBQ and 913 BBQ tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: PELLET ENVY and CLARK CREW BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Bigger than 95% of the 5,410 contests in the data
69 teams made this a bigger field than 95% of every contest tracked.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 178.2972 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 177.1544 | 176.0000 |
| Pork | 178.8800 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.1428 | 176.5600 |
69 entries · top 703.9772 · median 677.6684
69 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1316 · 🔥 perfect 180
68 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.1430
68 entries · top 178.8800 · median 169.1200
69 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 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.
40 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.4000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKING UNDER THE BRIDGE | |
| 3 | THREE LEGGED PIG BBQ | |
| 4 | TIMBONE BARBECUE | |
| 5 | RJ'S BACKYARD COOKERS | |
| 6 | LUCKY D'S BBQ | |
| 7 | HOUSE'S BAR-B-QUE | |
| 8 | BLACK EYE BBQ | |
| 9 | KC RIB DOCTOR | |
| 10 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 11 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 12 | SWINEDOTTE CO BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKIN REEFER BBQ | |
| 14 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 15 | OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO | |
| 16 | BF Bodyworks Poultry in Motion | |
| 17 | Wildhouse BBQ | |
| 18 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 19 | Smokin' Blind | |
| 20 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 21 | Smokin' Blind KSU | |
| 22 | NELSON FAMILY BARBEQUE | |
| 23 | SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 | |
| 24 | Summa Dat Que | |
| 25 | MEATS VAN DER ROHE | |
| 26 | RBQ BBQ KS | |
| 27 | DUNN UP BBQ | |
| 28 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 29 | SLOW EXPECTATIONS BBQ | |
| 30 | WHIMPY'S BBQ | |
| 31 | M.T. POCKETS | |
| 32 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 33 | SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE | |
| 34 | GO PIG....OR GO HOME | |
| 35 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 36 | GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY | |
| 37 | Geo Smokers | |
| 38 | PORK PULLERS | |
| 39 | KC MEAT SWEATS | |
| 40 | FIRE & SPICE |