2021-06-04 – 2021-06-05 · Kansas City, MO · 📍 Rockhurst High School · State championship
Reps: KIM COLLIER, MARK COLLIER
Grand Champion: The Boys In Que (702.8800) · 55 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SLAPS BBQ
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, 2017 to 2021 — 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 77% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.2000 points — closer than 77% of every championship in the data.
702.8800 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 691.9312 SLAPS BBQ set in 2017.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 81 times in 100
The Boys in Que came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 1–2: END OF THE ROAD BBQ and 913 BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: LOVE 2 Q and No Money No Honey BBQ tied on 177.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB and SMOOTH SMOKE tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
The Boys in Que took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 9th.
END OF THE ROAD BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SLAPS BBQ (won 2017), SONS OF A BRISKET (won 2018).
Bigger than 90% of the 5,410 contests in the data
55 teams made this a bigger field than 90% of every contest tracked.
This contest was away for 3 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2018-06-01.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-02 | Kansas City, MO | 9301 State Line RD | 61 | 691.9312 | SLAPS BBQ | HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB |
| 2018-06-01 | Kansas City, MO | 9301 State Line RD | 48 | 690.2400 | SONS OF A BRISKET | SMACKDOWN BBQ |
| 2021-06-04 ← this one | Kansas City, MO | Rockhurst High School | 55 | 702.8800 | The Boys In Que | SLAPS BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.1544 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 175.4172 | 172.5828 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 171.9656 |
55 entries · top 702.8800 · median 645.2116
53 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
55 entries · top 177.7144 · median 162.8684
54 entries · top 178.8572 · median 163.1142
54 entries · top 178.8572 · median 159.7086