Won without a category win
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
SLAPS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 2nd
- Pork Ribs 5th
- Pork 9th
- Brisket 6th
Brew, Blue & Bar-B-Q
May 3–4, 2019 · Lansing, KS · 📍 15650 Gilman RD · State championship
Reps: Clara Williams, Jonathan B Williams
SLAPS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Brew, Blue & Bar-B-Q on May 3, 2019 in Lansing, KS at 15650 Gilman RD, scoring 692.4800 in a field of 37 teams. DIRT ROAD BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.4800. Category winners: Chicken — The Real BBQ Wives of KC (178.8572); Pork Ribs — GETTIN' SAUCED (179.4400); Pork — MAD PIG BBQ (173.7028); Brisket — BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE (177.7028).
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
590.59
median 665.07
692.48 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 178.86
- Pork Ribs 179.44
- Pork 173.70
- Brisket 177.70
123.30
179.44
Entries
37
4 judged meats
Top score
692.4800
Winning margin
4
GC over RC
Field average
657.45
590.59692.48
median 665.07 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork
2.2972 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
669.5768
590.59692.48
10th place overall
Field spread
101.8860
winner to last place
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 64%
beats 36% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.81 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,592
avg power rating going in · stronger than 72% of contests
Storylines (2 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 1–2: The Real BBQ Wives of KC and SLAPS BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: SLAPS BBQ and DIRT ROAD BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Charcoal Roosters and AMERICAN FIRE BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 1–2 · tie
- Chicken 2–3 · tie
- Chicken 9–10 · tie
- Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176 | 170.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 173.1200 | 167.3944 |
| Pork | 173.7028 | 171.4056 | 169.1544 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 171.9772 | 167.3828 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
37 entries · top 692.4800 · median 665.0744
Chicken
37 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.7144
Pork Ribs
37 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.2400
Pork
37 entries · top 173.7028 · median 165.7144
Brisket
37 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.4056