Aug 16–17, 2019 · Newton, KS · 📍 Athletic Park · State championship
Reps: Larry Voth, Lynda Voth · Prize money: $5,400
T-N-T QUE CREW won Grand Champion at the Sand Creek Summer Daze Festival Saucy and Glazed BBQ on August 16, 2019 in Newton, KS at Athletic Park, scoring 692.5256 in a field of 18 teams. SMOKIN ELVISES took Reserve Grand Champion with 691.9656. Category winners: Chicken — SMOKIN ELVISES (175.4056); Pork Ribs — T-N-T QUE CREW (174.8572); Pork — THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — R BUTTS R SMOKIN (174.2972).
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 91% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5600 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100
T-N-T Que Crew came in rated below the field's top team, THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Pork places 5–6: MAD MUTT'S BBQ and SMOKIN ELVISES tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: SMOKIN ELVISES edged R BUTTS R SMOKIN by 0.0228. Brisket places 5–6: SMOKE N HOGS BBQ KS edged SMOKIN ELVISES by 0.0228.
T-N-T QUE CREW took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 4th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4056 | 170.2628 | 164.5256 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 170.2860 | 164.5716 |
| Pork | 180 | 171.4172 | 165.6800 |
| Brisket | 174.2972 | 172.5828 | 168.5600 |
18 entries · top 692.5256 · median 661.9484
18 entries · top 175.4056 · median 165.6856
18 entries · top 174.8572 · median 165.1316
18 entries · top 180 · median 166.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
18 entries · top 174.2972 · median 169.1314