Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ)

2019-05-31 – 2019-06-01 · Kansas City, MO · 📍 9301 State Line RD · State championship

Reps: KIM COLLIER, MARK COLLIER · Prize money: $10,000.00

Grand Champion: Boomerang BBQ (701.6800) · 56 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q

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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

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

701.6800

Winning margin

1.1544

GC over RC

Field average

643.09

median 648.74

Perfect 180s

4 🔥

SLAPS BBQ (Brisket), BOOMERANG BBQ (Pork), HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB (Pork Ribs), BOOMERANG BBQ (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Pork

3.9656 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

682.1828

10th place overall

Field spread

251.4520

winner to last place

Prize money

$10,000.00

on the line

Most consistent

SLAPS BBQ

avg finish 7.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 4.0000 pts — SLAPS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 40%

beats 60% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

38%

of the 56 teams with a home region came from outside MO

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.64 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1509

avg power rating going in · stronger than 14% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BOOMERANG BBQ

rated 1673 pre-contest

Storylines

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1544 points — closer than 79% of every championship in the data.

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

BOOMERANG BBQ took the Grand Championship home to KS.

🔥 A day of perfect scores

4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

📸 Photo finishes

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.

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)

Where the field came from (home regions on file)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	179.4400	174.8456	172.5600
Pork Ribs	180.0000	172.5828	170.2744
Pork	180.0000	176.0344	172.0000
Brisket	180.0000	174.8800	172.0000

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

56 entries · top 701.6800 · median 648.7428

#	Team	Score
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

#	Team	Score
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	140.0000
54	KC Blues Rugby Club	134.2400
55	Off in the Woods BBQ	128.5256

Pork Ribs

56 entries · top 180.0000 · median 161.1430 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	180.0000 🔥
2	BOOMERANG BBQ	180.0000 🔥
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	172.0000
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 180.0000 · median 162.2514 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	BOOMERANG BBQ	180.0000 🔥
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	172.0000
11	THE GANG STARTS A BBQ TEAM	172.0000
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	156.0000
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 180.0000 · median 159.9600 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	SLAPS BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	The Boys in Que	176.0000
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	172.0000
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

Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ)

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Traveled in

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines

🪒 A razor-thin finish

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

🔥 A day of perfect scores

📸 Photo finishes

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)

Where the field came from (home regions on file)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket