A day of perfect scores
3
perfect 180s
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- CLARK CREW BBQ · Brisket
- LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY · Chicken
- Fat&Dumb BBQ · Pork Ribs
National Head 2 Head Invitational Top 50 (Competitors Series)
Oct 18–19, 2019 · Great Bend, KS · 📍 10010 B-29 way
Reps: Kevin Rose, Michelle R Rose · Prize money: $20,000
CLARK CREW BBQ won Grand Champion at the National Head 2 Head Invitational Top 50 (Competitors Series) on October 18, 2019 in Great Bend, KS at 10010 B-29 way, scoring 711.9888 in a field of 7 teams. LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY took Reserve Grand Champion with 708.5716. Category winners: Chicken — LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Fat&Dumb BBQ (180.0000); Pork — CLARK CREW BBQ (177.7144); Brisket — CLARK CREW BBQ (180.0000).
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180 🔥
- Pork Ribs 180 🔥
- Pork 177.71
- Brisket 180 🔥
171.41
180
Entries
7
4 judged meats
Top score
711.9888
Winning margin
3.4172
GC over RC
Field average
702.91
690.78711.99
median 702.25 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Pork
1.7144 pts across the top 5
Field spread
21.2116
winner to last place
Prize money
$20,000
on the line
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 7 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 4–5: T-N-T QUE CREW and CLARK CREW BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: T-N-T QUE CREW and MAN MEAT BBQ tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: Fat&Dumb BBQ edged ALL FORKED UP FOR Q by 0.0116.
- Chicken 4–5 · tie
- Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
- Chicken 2–3 · 0.0116
- Pork Ribs 3–4 · 0.0116
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
CLARK CREW BBQ won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
CLARK CREW BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 5th.
- Chicken 5th
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
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
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 175.4172 | — |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 174.2744 | — |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 176 | — |
| Brisket | 180 | 173.1428 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
7 entries · top 711.9888 · median 702.2516 · out of 720, not the usual 720
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CLARK CREW BBQ | |
| 2 | LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | |
| 3 | Fat&Dumb BBQ | |
| 4 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 5 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 6 | T-N-T QUE CREW | |
| 7 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ |
Chicken
7 entries · top 180 · median 175.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | |
| 2 | Fat&Dumb BBQ | |
| 3 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 4 | T-N-T QUE CREW | |
| 5 | CLARK CREW BBQ | |
| 6 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 7 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ |
Pork Ribs
7 entries · top 180 · median 175.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fat&Dumb BBQ | |
| 2 | CLARK CREW BBQ | |
| 3 | LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | |
| 4 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 5 | T-N-T QUE CREW | |
| 6 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 7 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ |
Pork
7 entries · top 177.7144 · median 177.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CLARK CREW BBQ | |
| 2 | T-N-T QUE CREW | |
| 3 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 4 | LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | |
| 5 | Fat&Dumb BBQ | |
| 6 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 7 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ |
Brisket
7 entries · top 180 · median 174.8456 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CLARK CREW BBQ | |
| 2 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 3 | LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | |
| 4 | Fat&Dumb BBQ | |
| 5 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 6 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 7 | T-N-T QUE CREW |