Sep 27–28, 2019 · Shawnee, KS · State championship
Reps: Alfred T Bowen, Fran Bowen, Kim Collier, Mark Collier · Prize money: $6,175
Fat&Dumb BBQ won Grand Champion at the Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship on September 27, 2019 in Shawnee, KS, scoring 714.8572 in a field of 102 teams. 913 BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 705.6800. Category winners: Chicken — Fat&Dumb BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — 913 BBQ (178.2972); Pork — Fat&Dumb BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — Fat&Dumb BBQ (180.0000). This is the 5th of 7 editions of this contest on record; the 2016 edition was won by BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE; the next was held in 2021.
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.
Fat&Dumb BBQ holds the KCBS record for most perfect 180s in one day — 3 180s at a single contest, Brisket, Chicken, Pork, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
714.8572 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 709.1200 BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE set in 2015.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100
Fat&Dumb BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, 913 BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Wider than 85% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.1772 points — a wider margin than 85% of championships in the data.
Fat&Dumb BBQ won Chicken, Pork, Brisket — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 7 tracked editions
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.
Pork Ribs places 3–4: Fat&Dumb BBQ and IHC BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: SKY BLUE THIGHS and QUISINE tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: QUISINE and 913 BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Fat&Dumb BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 3 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 3rd.
Fat&Dumb BBQ turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 177.7600 that had stood across 4 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: 3 GUYS WITH WOOD (won 2013), KC Q (won 2014), BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE (won 2015, 2016).
Bigger than 98% of the 5,462 contests in the data
102 teams — bigger than 98% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
This contest was away for 3 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2016-09-23.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2013 | Shawnee, KS | Shawnee, KS | 114 | 685.6800 | 3 GUYS WITH WOOD | HOGGY STYLE |
| Sep 26, 2014 | Shawnee, KS | Shawnee, KS 66203 | 112 | 694.2856 | KC Q | MIDNIGHT STOKERS |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Shawnee, KS | Shawnee, KS 66216 | 112 | 709.1200 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | FUNNY FARM BBQ |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Shawnee, KS | Shawnee, KS | 111 | 686.2284 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | SKUNK RIVER BBQ |
| Sep 27, 2019 ← this one | Shawnee, KS | Shawnee Town 1929 | 102 | 714.8572 | Fat & Dumb BBQ | 913 BBQ |
| Sep 24, 2021 | Shawnee, KS | Shawnee Town | 86 | 709.1316 | Mad Mutt's BBQ | 913 BBQ |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Shawnee, KS | 11600 Johnson Drive | 87 | 709.7256 | 913 BBQ | KC SMOKE DAWGS |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 174.2972 | 172.5600 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 174.8456 |
| Brisket | 180 | 177.1544 | 173.1428 |
102 entries · top 714.8572 · median 650.7770
102 entries · top 180 · median 165.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
102 entries · top 178.2972 · median 161.9830
101 entries · top 180 · median 164.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
100 entries · top 180 · median 160.2400 · 🔥 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.
39 entries · top 180 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | F.O.M.S.B. | |
| 2 | SMF | |
| 3 | Why Not Smoke | |
| 4 | Overland Pig Committee | |
| 5 | Hawg Heaven | |
| 6 | EAST MEATS WEST | |
| 7 | QUISINE | |
| 8 | Right Time BBQ | |
| 9 | Smoke on Wheels | |
| 10 | BLOWIN' SMOKE | |
| 11 | Overland Pork BBQ | |
| 12 | Meat-A-Swinging | |
| 13 | Skunk River BBQ | |
| 14 | Ultimate Flippin Grillers | |
| 15 | Rock Chalk Jayhawk BBQ | |
| 16 | Smokin' in the Bushes | |
| 17 | SWEET ASH BBQ | |
| 18 | Red Mistress BBQ | |
| 19 | YARDHOGS BBQ | |
| 20 | ALMOST FLAMOUS BARBEQUE | |
| 21 | Fat&Dumb BBQ | |
| 22 | Wobbly Hog | |
| 23 | Pot-Bellies | |
| 24 | Last Years Left Overs | |
| 25 | Shorthorn | |
| 26 | Three Compadres | |
| 27 | Big Bang BBQ | |
| 28 | Mean Gene's BBQ | |
| 29 | The Whole Fam Damnly | |
| 30 | Mad Cow Angry Beaver | |
| 31 | 88 Miles Per Hour | |
| 32 | 3 Guys with Wood | |
| 33 | Big Fork | |
| 34 | LEGENDARY BARBEQUE | |
| 35 | Homestead BBQ | |
| 36 | Fat Elbow's BBQ | |
| 37 | Hoo-Haa Barbeque | |
| 38 | Hoelting Brats | |
| 39 | True B Que |
59 entries · top 180 · median 168.5828 · 🔥 perfect 180