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Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ)

May 31 – Jun 1, 2019 · Kansas City, MO · 📍 9301 State Line RD · State championship

Reps: Kim Collier, Mark Collier · Prize money: $10,000

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BOOMERANG BBQ
701.6800 · Master Series — Overall
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ALL FORKED UP FOR Q
700.5256 · Master Series — Overall
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SONS OF A BRISKET
695.3940 · Master Series — Overall

BOOMERANG BBQ won Grand Champion at the Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) on May 31, 2019 in Kansas City, MO at 9301 State Line RD, scoring 701.6800 in a field of 56 teams. ALL FORKED UP FOR Q took Reserve Grand Champion with 700.5256. Category winners: Chicken — Oak Park Boys BBQ (179.4400); Pork Ribs — HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB (180.0000); Pork — BOOMERANG BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — SLAPS BBQ (180.0000).

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.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 179.44
  • Pork Ribs 180 🔥
  • Pork 180 🔥
  • Brisket 180 🔥
128.53 180

Entries

56
4 judged meats

Top score

701.6800

Winning margin

1.1544
GC over RC

Field average

643.09
450.23701.68
median 648.74 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

4 🔥
SLAPS BBQ (Brisket), BOOMERANG BBQ (Pork), HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB (Pork Ribs) + 1 more

Tightest race

Pork
3.9656 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

682.1828
450.23701.68
10th place overall

Field spread

251.4520
winner to last place

Prize money

$10,000
on the line

Most consistent

SLAPS BBQ
avg finish 7 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 4 pts — SLAPS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 26%
beats 74% of 4714 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.6 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,542
avg power rating going in · stronger than 31% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BOOMERANG BBQ
rated 1991 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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.

A razor-thin finish

1.1544 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 80% of the 4,713 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1544 points — closer than 80% of every championship in the data.

  • Boomerang BBQ
  • ALL FORKED UP FOR Q

A day of perfect scores

4 perfect 180s

4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • SLAPS BBQ · Brisket
  • BOOMERANG BBQ · Pork
  • HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB · Pork Ribs

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 1–2: HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB and BOOMERANG BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: PORKERSTARS and SONS OF A BRISKET tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: BONES BRIGADE KC and The Boys in Que tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
  • Pork 3–4 · tie
  • Pork 6–7 · tie
  • Brisket 6–7 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BOOMERANG BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 16th.

  • Chicken 10th
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 16th

One of the big ones

56 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 90% of the 5,468 contests in the data

56 teams — bigger than 90% of the 5,468 contests in the data.

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)

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)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken179.4400174.8456172.5600
Pork Ribs180172.5828170.2744
Pork180176.0344172
Brisket180174.8800172

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

56 entries · top 701.6800 · median 648.7428

#TeamScore
1 BOOMERANG BBQ 701.6800
2 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 700.5256
3 SONS OF A BRISKET 695.3940
4 SLAPS BBQ 695.3596
5 The Boys in Que 694.2284
6 DROP THE MIKE 691.4400
7 T-N-T QUE CREW 691.3712
8 PORKERSTARS 690.7884
9 Smackdown BBQ 686.2172
10 ROADKILL BBQ 682.1828
11 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 681.0284
12 Go Pig or Go Home 679.3600
13 Smokin in the Ozarks 674.7884
14 NICKLE BOYS BBQ 673.6228
15 SMOOTH SMOKE 673.0284
16 Oak Park Boys BBQ 669.0400
17 The BBQ Mavens 664.4228
18 BONES BRIGADE KC 661.6116
19 Guy's 660.4340
20 Jack & Smoke 657.5656
21 End of the Road BBQ 655.9428
22 Stop Staring at my Rack 654.1824
23 S&S BBQ 653.5536
24 Blazing Cattles 652.4800
25 Hurricane Clayton 651.9544
26 SWINE ENTHUSIAST BBQ 651.3484
27 Gannon Brothers 1 649.6576
28 QUISINE 649.0512
29 PB&J SMOKIN OLD MEN 648.4344
30 B&D BBQ 647.9772
31 Boys In Blue Barbecue 647.9084
32 THE GANG STARTS A BBQ TEAM 645.6000
33 CHILLIN AND GRILLIN CREW 642.8232
34 Smokin' Bunz BBQ 642.0912
35 Big Bulls BBQ 640.5144
36 On The Sauce 635.3828
37 Panic BBQ 634.8000
38 Tamm Good Eatin 630.2172
39 Scheels 630.2172
40 WOODBROTHERS BBQ 628.5376
41 SLOW EXPECTATIONS BBQ 627.2916
42 Royally Forked 618.1716
43 Magnum Boar 617.1312
44 Franke 614.7768
45 BROWNIES BBQ 614.6628
46 Hawg Pen 613.0628
47 Not Last Place Barbecue 609.1888
48 Michael Kelley Q 609.1084
49 GOOD WOOD KC 608.9828
50 65 Sauce Power Trap 593.7144
51 Facility Pit Master 587.9656
52 fat-boyz bbq team 585.0512
53 Cotton Blossom 583.9544
54 KC Blues Rugby Club 582.2284
55 Off in the Woods BBQ 580.5256
56 Heartland Chevrolet Pork Pullers 450.2280

Chicken

55 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.5256

#TeamScore
1 Oak Park Boys BBQ 179.4400
2 NICKLE BOYS BBQ 177.7028
3 B&D BBQ 175.4628
4 SLAPS BBQ 175.4056
5 T-N-T QUE CREW 174.8456
6 Smackdown BBQ 174.2860
7 DROP THE MIKE 174.2856
8 Big Bulls BBQ 174.2744
9 The BBQ Mavens 173.1084
10 BOOMERANG BBQ 172.5600
11 SONS OF A BRISKET 172.5484
12 SMOOTH SMOKE 171.4056
13 The Boys in Que 170.8456
14 ROADKILL BBQ 170.8228
15 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 170.2628
16 Go Pig or Go Home 169.7028
17 QUISINE 169.7028
18 Boys In Blue Barbecue 169.6912
19 Hurricane Clayton 169.1544
20 SWINE ENTHUSIAST BBQ 169.1316
21 PORKERSTARS 169.1200
22 Smokin in the Ozarks 169.1200
23 Blazing Cattles 168.6172
24 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 167.4172
25 Smokin' Bunz BBQ 166.8456
26 S&S BBQ 165.6684
27 Panic BBQ 165.1428
28 Guy's 164.5256
29 Stop Staring at my Rack 162.2628
30 Jack & Smoke 162.2400
31 On The Sauce 161.6800
32 Not Last Place Barbecue 161.1544
33 Gannon Brothers 1 161.1316
34 Scheels 161.0856
35 Tamm Good Eatin 158.8228
36 SLOW EXPECTATIONS BBQ 158.7884
37 Hawg Pen 157.7256
38 fat-boyz bbq team 156.5372
39 End of the Road BBQ 155.4172
40 WOODBROTHERS BBQ 155.3828
41 Magnum Boar 154.8572
42 THE GANG STARTS A BBQ TEAM 154.8228
43 GOOD WOOD KC 154.8228
44 Facility Pit Master 154.2516
45 BONES BRIGADE KC 154.2516
46 Michael Kelley Q 154.2400
47 Royally Forked 153.7256
48 PB&J SMOKIN OLD MEN 153.0972
49 CHILLIN AND GRILLIN CREW 150.8344
50 Franke 150.2400
51 Cotton Blossom 150.2284
52 BROWNIES BBQ 145.0972
53 65 Sauce Power Trap 140
54 KC Blues Rugby Club 134.2400
55 Off in the Woods BBQ 128.5256

Pork Ribs

56 entries · top 180 · median 161.1430 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 180 🔥
2 BOOMERANG BBQ 180 🔥
3 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 177.1428
4 Smackdown BBQ 174.2856
5 SONS OF A BRISKET 172.5828
6 SLAPS BBQ 172.5484
7 DROP THE MIKE 172
8 The Boys in Que 171.9772
9 End of the Road BBQ 171.4172
10 Hurricane Clayton 170.2744
11 T-N-T QUE CREW 170.2628
12 PORKERSTARS 170.2628
13 Stop Staring at my Rack 170.2512
14 On The Sauce 169.7028
15 Gannon Brothers 1 168.5372
16 ROADKILL BBQ 167.9772
17 Guy's 167.4172
18 SMOOTH SMOKE 166.8344
19 The BBQ Mavens 166.2516
20 Smokin in the Ozarks 166.2400
21 S&S BBQ 165.1428
22 CHILLIN AND GRILLIN CREW 164.5600
23 Boys In Blue Barbecue 163.4172
24 PB&J SMOKIN OLD MEN 163.3828
25 Franke 162.2856
26 Go Pig or Go Home 162.2516
27 Panic BBQ 161.1544
28 Big Bulls BBQ 161.1544
29 BONES BRIGADE KC 161.1316
30 Jack & Smoke 161.1200
31 THE GANG STARTS A BBQ TEAM 159.3944
32 GOOD WOOD KC 159.3828
33 SLOW EXPECTATIONS BBQ 159.3828
34 KC Blues Rugby Club 158.8916
35 NICKLE BOYS BBQ 158.8000
36 SWINE ENTHUSIAST BBQ 158.2400
37 Off in the Woods BBQ 157.7028
38 Scheels 157.1316
39 BROWNIES BBQ 155.3944
40 Oak Park Boys BBQ 155.3600
41 Magnum Boar 153.7256
42 QUISINE 153.6916
43 Smokin' Bunz BBQ 153.6456
44 Blazing Cattles 153.0628
45 B&D BBQ 152.5144
46 Royally Forked 152.5144
47 Heartland Chevrolet Pork Pullers 151.4056
48 65 Sauce Power Trap 151.4056
49 Tamm Good Eatin 150.3088
50 WOODBROTHERS BBQ 149.1316
51 Michael Kelley Q 145.7028
52 Facility Pit Master 145.1428
53 Hawg Pen 145.1316
54 fat-boyz bbq team 145.1200
55 Cotton Blossom 143.9428
56 Not Last Place Barbecue 141.1316

Pork

56 entries · top 180 · median 162.2514 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 BOOMERANG BBQ 180 🔥
2 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 178.8572
3 PORKERSTARS 176.5600
4 SONS OF A BRISKET 176.5600
5 CHILLIN AND GRILLIN CREW 176.0344
6 BONES BRIGADE KC 175.4056
7 The Boys in Que 175.4056
8 ROADKILL BBQ 173.1200
9 Smackdown BBQ 172.5600
10 Go Pig or Go Home 172
11 THE GANG STARTS A BBQ TEAM 172
12 T-N-T QUE CREW 171.4172
13 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 170.8228
14 DROP THE MIKE 170.2744
15 NICKLE BOYS BBQ 168.5484
16 B&D BBQ 167.4400
17 SLAPS BBQ 167.4056
18 Blazing Cattles 167.3944
19 SMOOTH SMOKE 167.3828
20 QUISINE 166.2512
21 S&S BBQ 166.2284
22 WOODBROTHERS BBQ 165.1544
23 Stop Staring at my Rack 165.0856
24 Oak Park Boys BBQ 164.5600
25 End of the Road BBQ 164.5484
26 Smokin in the Ozarks 163.9656
27 Royally Forked 163.4172
28 Jack & Smoke 163.3828
29 Hawg Pen 161.1200
30 The BBQ Mavens 161.0972
31 Smokin' Bunz BBQ 161.0856
32 SWINE ENTHUSIAST BBQ 160.5484
33 Big Bulls BBQ 159.9656
34 PB&J SMOKIN OLD MEN 159.9544
35 Scheels 159.4400
36 Panic BBQ 159.3828
37 Guy's 158.8112
38 BROWNIES BBQ 158.7884
39 Gannon Brothers 1 158.3088
40 SLOW EXPECTATIONS BBQ 158.2744
41 Michael Kelley Q 157.7600
42 Hurricane Clayton 157.6916
43 KC Blues Rugby Club 157.1084
44 Boys In Blue Barbecue 156
45 Magnum Boar 154.8456
46 Not Last Place Barbecue 154.8228
47 Tamm Good Eatin 154.2512
48 Franke 151.9428
49 Off in the Woods BBQ 151.4628
50 Heartland Chevrolet Pork Pullers 150.8112
51 65 Sauce Power Trap 148.5716
52 Cotton Blossom 147.4400
53 Facility Pit Master 145.1540
54 GOOD WOOD KC 143.9772
55 On The Sauce 142.3200
56 fat-boyz bbq team 136.5484

Brisket

56 entries · top 180 · median 159.9600 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SLAPS BBQ 180 🔥
2 The Boys in Que 176
3 Smokin in the Ozarks 175.4628
4 Go Pig or Go Home 175.4056
5 DROP THE MIKE 174.8800
6 PORKERSTARS 174.8456
7 T-N-T QUE CREW 174.8456
8 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 174.2628
9 SONS OF A BRISKET 173.7028
10 PB&J SMOKIN OLD MEN 172
11 Jack & Smoke 170.8228
12 BONES BRIGADE KC 170.8228
13 ROADKILL BBQ 170.2628
14 Oak Park Boys BBQ 169.6800
15 Guy's 169.6800
16 BOOMERANG BBQ 169.1200
17 NICKLE BOYS BBQ 168.5716
18 SMOOTH SMOKE 167.4056
19 Tamm Good Eatin 166.8344
20 Smackdown BBQ 165.0856
21 End of the Road BBQ 164.5600
22 The BBQ Mavens 163.9656
23 SWINE ENTHUSIAST BBQ 163.4284
24 Blazing Cattles 163.4056
25 HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 162.7884
26 On The Sauce 161.6800
27 Gannon Brothers 1 161.6800
28 Smokin' Bunz BBQ 160.5144
29 QUISINE 159.4056
30 THE GANG STARTS A BBQ TEAM 159.3828
31 WOODBROTHERS BBQ 158.8688
32 Boys In Blue Barbecue 158.8000
33 Stop Staring at my Rack 156.5828
34 S&S BBQ 156.5140
35 BROWNIES BBQ 155.3828
36 Hurricane Clayton 154.8340
37 65 Sauce Power Trap 153.7372
38 Magnum Boar 153.7028
39 B&D BBQ 152.5600
40 Scheels 152.5600
41 Not Last Place Barbecue 152.0800
42 Michael Kelley Q 151.4056
43 CHILLIN AND GRILLIN CREW 151.3944
44 SLOW EXPECTATIONS BBQ 150.8460
45 GOOD WOOD KC 150.8000
46 Franke 150.3084
47 Panic BBQ 149.1200
48 Hawg Pen 149.0856
49 Royally Forked 148.5144
50 Heartland Chevrolet Pork Pullers 148.0112
51 fat-boyz bbq team 146.8456
52 Big Bulls BBQ 145.1200
53 Facility Pit Master 143.4172
54 Off in the Woods BBQ 142.8344
55 Cotton Blossom 142.3432
56 KC Blues Rugby Club 131.9884

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