May 3–4, 2019 · St. Joseph, MO · 📍 3003 Frederick Av · State championship
Reps: Kim Collier, Mark Collier
GETTIN' BASTED won Grand Champion at the Apple Blossom BBQ Made with Uncommon Character on May 3, 2019 in St. Joseph, MO at 3003 Frederick Av, scoring 685.0284 in a field of 39 teams. PARROTHEAD SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 684.5256. Category winners: Chicken — Three Brothers Different Mothers (177.7144); Pork Ribs — RUBBIN IT & LOVIN IT BBQ (176.5944); Pork — WHEN PIGS DIE (178.2972); Brisket — Bears Backyard Q (177.7372).
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 95% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5028 points — closer than 95% of every championship in the data.
GETTIN' BASTED won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 7th. Consistency beat fireworks.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.9196 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Pork Ribs places 6–7: Bullets and Butts BBQ and WHEN PIGS DIE tied on 171.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: DROP THE MIKE and WABASH BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS edged WEEKEND BUM BBQ by 0.0112.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 175.4172 | 169.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5944 | 171.9772 | 170.2628 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 173.1200 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 177.7372 | 173.1200 | 169.6684 |
39 entries · top 685.0284 · median 666.1140
39 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.7028
39 entries · top 176.5944 · median 165.0740
39 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.8344
39 entries · top 177.7372 · median 166.8344