2019-05-10 – 2019-05-11 · DeSoto, KS · 📍 33440 W 79th · State championship
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, FORREST BRUCE, PEG ROGERS · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: Man Meat BBQ (713.7372) · 53 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SLAPS 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 86 times in 100
MAN MEAT BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 14-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
MAN MEAT BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Brisket — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
Chicken places 1–2: MAN MEAT BBQ and 2 DRUNK 2 QUE tied on 179.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: GETTIN' BASTED and SLAPS BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ and WHIMPY'S BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
MAN MEAT BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 3 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 7th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 177.7028 | 176.0228 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 176.5716 | 173.7372 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 174.8572 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 175.4056 | 174.2628 |
53 entries · top 713.7372 · median 674.1828
53 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.2628
53 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1200
53 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
53 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6684