Aug 23–24, 2019 · Paola, KS · 📍 Town Square · State championship
Reps: Kim Collier, Larry Hadley, Mark Collier · Prize money: $4,300
MAN MEAT BBQ won Grand Champion at the East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival on August 23, 2019 in Paola, KS at Town Square, scoring 696.4912 in a field of 66 teams. SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.4288. Category winners: Chicken — OLD STYLE BBQ (178.8800); Pork Ribs — SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ (177.7144); Pork — LOVE 2 Q (177.1544); Brisket — AMERICAN FIRE BBQ (180.0000). This is the 7th of 8 editions of this contest on record; the 2018 edition was won by DIRT ROAD BBQ; the next was held in 2022.
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2022 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 85% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.0624 points — closer than 85% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 81 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 19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
MAN MEAT BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
2 of 8 tracked editions
BIG WIGS BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
Chicken places 3–4: GETTIN' SAUCED and KC FINE SWINES tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: KC SMOKE DAWGS and B & C SMOKERS tied on 174.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: OLD STYLE BBQ and BOXER Q BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BIG WIGS BBQ (won 2013, 2015), DEAD LAST BBQ (won 2014), B & C SMOKERS (won 2016), SLAPS BBQ (won 2017), DIRT ROAD BBQ (won 2018).
Bigger than 94% of the 5,462 contests in the data
66 teams — bigger than 94% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2013 | Paola, KS | Paola, KS | 68 | 681.1200 | BIG WIGS BBQ | SWEET PETE'S SMOKIN' HOT MEAT |
| Aug 22, 2014 | Paola, KS | Paola, KS 66071 | 69 | 685.7372 | DEAD LAST BBQ | SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 |
| Aug 28, 2015 | Paola, KS | Paola, KS 66071 | 65 | 682.2860 | BIG WIGS BBQ | SMOKIN' R'S |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Paola, KS | Park Square | 61 | 690.8228 | B & C SMOKERS | SMOKIN' R'S |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Paola, KS | Park Square | 57 | 703.3712 | SLAPS BBQ | JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 |
| Aug 24, 2018 | Paola, KS | Park Square | 67 | 690.7996 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | GETTIN' BASTED |
| Aug 23, 2019 ← this one | Paola, KS | Town Square | 66 | 696.4912 | Man Meat BBQ | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Paola, KS | Town Square | 45 | 705.1428 | FERGOLICIOUS BBQ | HIGH i QUE |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 174.8456 | 172.5944 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 174.8456 | 173.7028 |
| Pork | 177.1544 | 175.4172 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 180 | 175.4172 | 174.2972 |
66 entries · top 696.4912 · median 662.7486
65 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.8344
66 entries · top 177.7144 · median 165.7028
66 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.5484
66 entries · top 180 · median 162.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
31 entries · top 177.1428 · median 170.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 2 | Big Al and the Boys | |
| 3 | Sausage Fest BBQ | |
| 4 | Piggin' Whiskey KCMO | |
| 5 | BEAUX HAWG BBQ | |
| 6 | Jay Hogs BBQ | |
| 7 | ABS of Squeal | |
| 8 | SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 | |
| 9 | Pork 'N Mindy | |
| 10 | Chase Brothers BBQ | |
| 11 | BIG WIGS BBQ | |
| 12 | Smokin Ass BBQ | |
| 13 | Royal Smoke | |
| 14 | Big D's Smoking Pit | |
| 15 | FUNNY FARM BBQ | |
| 16 | Smokey Bottom Boys BBQ | |
| 17 | Beer Belly BBQ | |
| 18 | The Brisketbones | |
| 19 | Bewildered BBQ | |
| 20 | She'za Smokin | |
| 21 | Bare Bones | |
| 22 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 23 | Hog Pirates | |
| 24 | Happy Grillmore - KS | |
| 25 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 26 | DUNN UP BBQ | |
| 27 | B & C SMOKERS | |
| 28 | KC FINE SWINES | |
| 29 | Porky Butts Drive Me Nuts Sausage | |
| 30 | Meat Slingers | |
| 31 | PORKY BUTTS DRIVE ME NUTS |