2018-07-13 – 2018-07-14 · Mayetta, KS · 📍 12305 150th Rd
Grand Champion: SPITFIRE (697.0968) · 48 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BOOM CHICKA COW COW
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, 2016 to 2021 — 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 85% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.0968 points — closer than 85% of every championship in the data.
697.0968 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 695.3944 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB set in 2017.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100
SPITFIRE came in rated below the field's top team, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SPITFIRE won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Pork places 7–8: LAZY BUTT BBQ and HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: Fat&Dumb BBQ and WHITE MOOSE BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: LAZY BUTT BBQ and HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BOOM CHICKA COW COW won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
BOOM CHICKA COW COW turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 178.8800 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB (won 2017).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-03 | Mayetta, KS | 12305 150th RD | 55 | 691.4172 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | THUMP & STRUM BBQ |
| 2017-07-14 | Mayetta, KS | 12305 150th Rd | 58 | 695.3944 | HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | SMOOTH SMOKE |
| 2018-07-13 ← this one | Mayetta, KS | 12305 150th Rd | 48 | 697.0968 | SPITFIRE | BOOM CHICKA COW COW |
| 2019-07-12 | Mayetta, KS | Prairie Band Casino | 59 | 706.8344 | Boomerang BBQ | HIGH i QUE |
| 2020-07-10 | Mayetta, KS | Prairie Band Casino | 61 | 698.8684 | Smokin Timbers BBQ | MAN MEAT BBQ |
| 2021-07-09 | Mayetta, KS | Prairie Band Casino | 43 | 713.1316 | Happy Grillmore | SLAPS BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.8916 | 172.5828 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 173.7028 | 170.8456 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 174.2972 | 172.5828 |
| Brisket | 176.0000 | 173.1428 | 170.8228 |
48 entries · top 697.0968 · median 658.4572
48 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.3770 · 🔥 perfect 180
48 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
48 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.8228
48 entries · top 176.0000 · median 163.3886
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.
15 entries · top 177.1544 · median 169.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAZY BUTT BBQ | |
| 2 | OVERLAND PORK BBQ | |
| 3 | Smokin Co BBQ | |
| 4 | Smoking Pallet | |
| 5 | BEER GUT BAR-B-QUE | |
| 6 | JOE'S CAROLINA STYLE BBQ | |
| 7 | Showtime | |
| 8 | BOOM CHICKA COW COW | |
| 9 | BLOWIN' SMOKE | |
| 10 | ROCK N BLUES BBQ | |
| 11 | CRAZY BONES BBQ | |
| 12 | PETE'S BACK ALLEY BBQ | |
| 13 | B & C SMOKERS | |
| 14 | BLOWIN SMOKE IN BASEHOR | |
| 15 | LICKITY SPLIT BBQ |