A new contest record
701.6456
highest overall ever cooked here
701.6456 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 699.9540 Man Meats BBQ set in 2019.
- old record 699.9540
- set 2019 by Man Meats BBQ
Qlathe BBQ Championship 2022
Mar 18–19, 2022 · Olathe, KS · 📍 21151 W. 167th St · State championship
Reps: Forrest Bruce, Larry Hadley, Peg Rogers · Prize money: $10,000
SLAPS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Qlathe BBQ Championship on March 18, 2022 in Olathe, KS at 21151 W. 167th St, scoring 701.6456 in a field of 71 teams. Fergolicious BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.8344. Category winners: Chicken — Spitballs BBQ (179.4400); Pork Ribs — LAST CALL HEROES BBQ (178.2972); Pork — WABASH BBQ (178.2972); Brisket — Wildhouse BBQ (178.8572). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2019 edition was won by Man Meats BBQ.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
557.86
median 673.01
701.65 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 179.44
- Pork Ribs 178.30
- Pork 178.30
- Brisket 178.86
112.88
179.44
Entries
71
4 judged meats
Top score
701.6456
Winning margin
2.8112
GC over RC
Field average
661.32
557.86701.65
median 673.01 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork
1.7372 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
687.3372
557.86701.65
10th place overall
Field spread
143.7828
winner to last place
Prize money
$10,000
on the line
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 27%
beats 73% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
33%
21 of 64 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.67 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,589
avg power rating going in · stronger than 70% of contests
Storylines (6 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.
Won without a category win
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
SLAPS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
- Chicken 2nd
- Pork Ribs 4th
- Pork 21st
- Brisket 4th
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 3–4: SONS OF A BRISKET and AMERICAN FIRE BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: HIGH i QUE and Happy Grillmore tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: SLAPS BBQ and Free Range Friends BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 3–4 · tie
- Chicken 8–9 · tie
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
- Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
A contest record in brisket
178.8572
best brisket ever cooked here
Wildhouse BBQ turned in 178.8572 in brisket — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
- old best 177.7028
- across 1 past editions
One of the big ones
71
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 95% of the 5,482 contests in the data
71 teams — bigger than 95% of the 5,482 contests in the data.
The contest returns
3 yrs
since the last edition
This contest was away for 3 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2019-03-15.
- previous edition 2019-03-15
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
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2019 | Olathe, KS | 1205 E Kansas RD | 64 | 699.9540 | Man Meats BBQ | HIGH i QUE |
| Mar 18, 2022 ← this one | Olathe, KS | 21151 W. 167th St | 71 | 701.6456 | Slaps BBQ | Fergolicious BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 175.4400 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 175.4172 | 174.2628 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 176.5600 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 173.1428 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
71 entries · top 701.6456 · median 673.0056
Chicken
71 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8456
Pork Ribs
71 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.6800
Pork
71 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.1200
Brisket
71 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.1200