Apr 5–6, 2019 · Overland Park, KS · State championship
Prize money: $4,000
MAN MEAT BBQ won Grand Champion at the VFW Post 846 Battle of the Pits on April 5, 2019 in Overland Park, KS, scoring 697.6800 in a field of 53 teams. 4 LEGS UP BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 697.6456. Category winners: Chicken — The Boys in Que (177.7028); Pork Ribs — HIGH i QUE (180.0000); Pork — MAN MEAT BBQ (178.2972); Brisket — Fat&Dumb BBQ (177.1428).
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.
Closer than 97% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0344 points — closer than 97% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
MAN MEAT BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, 913 BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5484 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 4–5: 4 LEGS UP BBQ and Fat&Dumb BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: SMOKE RINGERS and BONES BRIGADE KC tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: BONES BRIGADE KC and Smoke-A-Holics tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
MAN MEAT BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 175.4056 | 173.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 174.2972 | 170.8800 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 170.2744 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 174.2744 | 171.4172 |
53 entries · top 697.6800 · median 664.5028
52 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.6972
53 entries · top 180 · median 165.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180
53 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2400
53 entries · top 177.1428 · median 163.9656
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.
18 entries · top 178.3200 · median 166.8228