The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
2019-06-21 – 2019-06-22 · Lenexa, KS · 📍 Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park · State championship
Reps: FORREST BRUCE, KIM COLLIER, LARRY HADLEY, MARK COLLIER, SCOTT GRINSTEAD, STEVE GRINSTEAD · Prize money: $18,425.00
Grand Champion: Sublime BBQ (695.4400) · 183 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SLAPS BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Slaps BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6172 points — closer than 85% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 8–9: OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO and Bare Bones tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO and Stewey Magoos tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: FOUR MEN AND A PIG and Fergolicious BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
Sublime BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-21 ← this one | Lenexa, KS | Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park | 183 | 695.4400 | Sublime BBQ | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2021-06-25 | Lenexa, KS | Freedom Fields | 145 | 702.2628 | Slaps BBQ | KC Meat Sweats |
| 2023-06-23 | Lenexa, KS | 87th & Lackman | 167 | 700.6288 | Damn Fine Beef and Swine | HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB |
| 2024-06-21 | Lenexa, KS | 87th & Lackman | 172 | 704.0344 | Mulkey's BBQ | Smokey Bey's Barbecue |
| 2025-06-27 | Lenexa, KS | 87th & Lackman | 159 | 707.4400 | Slaps BBQ | Squealin N Dealin BBQ |
| 2026-06-26 | Lenexa, KS | 8801 Greenway Lane | 157 | 709.1200 | Gettin' Basted | Dr. Squealgood BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.0000 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 174.3088 | 173.1428 |
| Pork | 178.8800 | 176.0000 | 174.2628 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 174.2628 | 173.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
183 entries · top 695.4400 · median 641.7140
Chicken
183 entries · top 178.8572 · median 161.0972
Pork Ribs
182 entries · top 177.1428 · median 160.8228
Pork
183 entries · top 178.8800 · median 161.7256
Brisket
183 entries · top 179.4400 · median 160.0000
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Ancillary — Beefsteak
74 entries · top 180.0000 · median 162.8514 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Miscellaneous
105 entries · top 176.5600 · median 163.4172
Ancillary — Sausage
131 entries · top 178.8572 · median 161.7144