Qlathe BBQ Championship

2022-03-18 – 2022-03-19 · Olathe, KS · 📍 21151 W. 167th St · State championship

Reps: FORREST BRUCE, LARRY HADLEY, PEG ROGERS · Prize money: $10,000.00

Grand Champion: Slaps BBQ (701.6456) · 71 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Fergolicious BBQ

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SLAPS BBQ

701.6456 · Master Series — Overall

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Fergolicious BBQ

698.8344 · Master Series — Overall

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LAST CALL HEROES BBQ

697.0856 · Master Series — Overall

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

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

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

$10,000.00

on the line

Most consistent

SLAPS BBQ

avg finish 7.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 1.7372 pts — Spitballs BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 27%

beats 73% of 4707 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

1589

avg power rating going in · stronger than 71% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SLAPS BBQ

rated 1941 pre-contest

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.

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

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 96% of the 5,410 contests in the data

71 teams made this a bigger field than 96% of every contest tracked.

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)

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
2019-03-15	Olathe, KS	1205 E Kansas RD	64	699.9540	Man Meats BBQ	HIGH i QUE
2022-03-18 ← 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

#	Team	Score
1	SLAPS BBQ	701.6456
2	Fergolicious BBQ	698.8344
3	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	697.0856
4	The Boys in Que	697.0512
5	GEO SMOKERS	696.5144
6	SONS OF A BRISKET	692.4912
7	WEEKEND BUM BBQ	691.3832
8	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	689.0632
9	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	687.9200
10	Free Range Friends BBQ	687.3372
11	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	686.8116
12	Spitballs BBQ	685.6572
13	Wildhouse BBQ	685.0284
14	Happy Grillmore	684.4800
15	HIGH i QUE	683.3368
16	BULL CREEK BBQ	682.7428
17	Dr. Squealgood BBQ	681.6116
18	UNFAMOUS DAVE'S	681.0856
19	MAD MUTT'S BBQ	680.4916
20	Who Dat BBQ	680.4456
21	KC Butt Smokers	679.3716
22	BOB'S BBQ	679.2912
23	Shark Q	678.8000
24	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	678.2512
25	GETTIN' SAUCED	678.2408
26	Smokin Brothers Pro Team	678.1716
27	IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ	677.6688
28	Hog Diesel BBQ	677.0056
29	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	675.8856
30	MAN MEAT BBQ	675.8744
31	Squealin N Dealin BBQ	675.8740
32	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	674.7200
33	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	674.7080
34	LOVE 2 Q	673.0744
35	WABASH BBQ	673.0516
36	THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS	673.0056
37	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	673.0056
38	Barking Dog BBQ	672.5260
39	Cow Creek BBQ	671.8852
40	PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY	669.0172
41	ROCK N BLUES BBQ	667.2912
42	Ambition Que	664.4916
43	Flying W North BBQ	663.9084
44	Knights of the Holy Grill	663.2800
45	Big Al and the Boys	662.7200
46	Hog's Plan BBQ	662.2284
47	777 BBQ	658.6628
48	Black Sail BBQ	658.1484
49	B and D BBQ	655.9772
50	Blackbeard BBQ	653.5768
51	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	647.8288
52	SMOKIN ELVISES	644.3888
53	Bovine Swine and Dine	643.8628
54	Three Legged Pig	642.7320
55	G'rillaQ	640.9372
56	The 28th Amendment	640.4808
57	IGY6	636.9604
58	Go Hog BBQ	633.5660
59	Low Budget BBQ	633.0632
60	END OF THE ROAD BBQ	631.2804
61	Smoke it Til' You Fork It	630.6512
62	Driveway Drinkers BBQ	626.0800
63	ProPork BBQ	622.1940
64	Just Smoked Your Butt	618.1944
65	Fat Guys BBQ 4.0	615.7492
66	LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ	615.2228
67	Smokey Mountain Boys	612.9488
68	SmOAKshow BBQ	594.0800
69	The BBQ Lab	593.6232
70	Mad Cow Angry Beaver	581.6116
71	Buntin Boyz Q	557.8628

Chicken

71 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8456

#	Team	Score
1	Spitballs BBQ	179.4400
2	SLAPS BBQ	177.7028
3	SONS OF A BRISKET	176.5600
4	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	176.5600
5	UNFAMOUS DAVE'S	175.4400
6	BULL CREEK BBQ	175.4172
7	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	174.8456
8	HIGH i QUE	174.2628
9	Happy Grillmore	174.2628
10	Shark Q	173.7028
11	Barking Dog BBQ	173.1544
12	Fergolicious BBQ	173.1428
13	GEO SMOKERS	173.1200
14	WEEKEND BUM BBQ	173.1200
15	MAN MEAT BBQ	173.1200
16	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	173.1200
17	GETTIN' SAUCED	172.5600
18	Flying W North BBQ	172.5600
19	KC Butt Smokers	172.0000
20	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	171.9888
21	THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS	171.9772
22	The Boys in Que	171.9656
23	Smokin Brothers Pro Team	170.8344
24	ROCK N BLUES BBQ	170.8344
25	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	170.8344
26	MAD MUTT'S BBQ	170.8228
27	Squealin N Dealin BBQ	170.2628
28	Free Range Friends BBQ	169.6916
29	IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ	169.1544
30	Blackbeard BBQ	169.1200
31	Dr. Squealgood BBQ	169.1084
32	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	168.5256
33	WABASH BBQ	167.3944
34	Wildhouse BBQ	167.3712
35	Hog Diesel BBQ	167.3712
36	Go Hog BBQ	166.8456
37	SMOKIN ELVISES	166.8344
38	BOB'S BBQ	166.8228
39	777 BBQ	166.8228
40	LOVE 2 Q	166.8112
41	Hog's Plan BBQ	166.2744
42	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	166.2628
43	Big Al and the Boys	166.2400
44	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	166.2284
45	Bovine Swine and Dine	165.7028
46	Who Dat BBQ	165.6800
47	Cow Creek BBQ	165.6568
48	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	165.6568
49	Low Budget BBQ	163.9888
50	PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY	163.9656
51	B and D BBQ	163.9656
52	Knights of the Holy Grill	162.8228
53	Just Smoked Your Butt	162.8228
54	Black Sail BBQ	162.2628
55	Ambition Que	162.2516
56	G'rillaQ	161.6572
57	IGY6	161.1088
58	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	160.5256
59	The 28th Amendment	158.8460
60	Three Legged Pig	157.6688
61	Fat Guys BBQ 4.0	157.1088
62	END OF THE ROAD BBQ	154.8116
63	Smoke it Til' You Fork It	154.7656
64	Buntin Boyz Q	154.2400
65	ProPork BBQ	153.7028
66	LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ	153.6684
67	SmOAKshow BBQ	149.6684
68	Driveway Drinkers BBQ	148.5372
69	Mad Cow Angry Beaver	148.0116
70	Smokey Mountain Boys	146.8572
71	The BBQ Lab	146.2516

Pork Ribs

71 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.6800

#	Team	Score
1	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	178.2972
2	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	176.5716
3	GEO SMOKERS	176.0116
4	SLAPS BBQ	175.4172
5	Free Range Friends BBQ	175.4172
6	Big Al and the Boys	174.2972
7	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	174.2860
8	Happy Grillmore	174.2744
9	Fergolicious BBQ	174.2744
10	The Boys in Que	174.2628
11	THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS	173.7144
12	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	173.7144
13	WEEKEND BUM BBQ	173.7144
14	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	173.1316
15	GETTIN' SAUCED	173.1316
16	PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY	173.1200
17	Hog's Plan BBQ	172.5600
18	Knights of the Holy Grill	171.9772
19	Smokin Brothers Pro Team	171.9656
20	UNFAMOUS DAVE'S	171.4056
21	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	170.3088
22	Hog Diesel BBQ	170.2744
23	SONS OF A BRISKET	170.2628
24	Wildhouse BBQ	170.2628
25	BOB'S BBQ	169.6800
26	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	169.1316
27	MAD MUTT'S BBQ	168.5716
28	Cow Creek BBQ	168.5600
29	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	168.5256
30	Shark Q	168.0000
31	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	167.9772
32	Spitballs BBQ	167.4288
33	HIGH i QUE	167.3828
34	Three Legged Pig	166.8344
35	Who Dat BBQ	166.2400
36	Barking Dog BBQ	165.6800
37	IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ	165.1200
38	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	165.0972
39	BULL CREEK BBQ	165.0856
40	MAN MEAT BBQ	164.5372
41	Squealin N Dealin BBQ	164.5256
42	KC Butt Smokers	163.9428
43	Bovine Swine and Dine	162.8344
44	Dr. Squealgood BBQ	162.8116
45	777 BBQ	162.8116
46	Black Sail BBQ	162.2744
47	LOVE 2 Q	161.7032
48	G'rillaQ	161.6456
49	Ambition Que	161.1544
50	WABASH BBQ	161.1200
51	ROCK N BLUES BBQ	161.0856
52	B and D BBQ	160.5372
53	Low Budget BBQ	159.9656
54	Blackbeard BBQ	159.9656
55	END OF THE ROAD BBQ	159.9544
56	Driveway Drinkers BBQ	158.8000
57	Smoke it Til' You Fork It	157.7028
58	ProPork BBQ	157.6916
59	Go Hog BBQ	157.6916
60	IGY6	157.0744
61	LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ	156.5144
62	Flying W North BBQ	155.9544
63	SMOKIN ELVISES	155.9428
64	The 28th Amendment	155.4288
65	Smokey Mountain Boys	154.2172
66	Fat Guys BBQ 4.0	150.1944
67	SmOAKshow BBQ	148.5144
68	Just Smoked Your Butt	145.6800
69	Mad Cow Angry Beaver	144.5144
70	Buntin Boyz Q	143.9544
71	The BBQ Lab	142.8572

Pork

71 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.1200

#	Team	Score
1	WABASH BBQ	178.2972
2	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	177.7028
3	SONS OF A BRISKET	177.1428
4	Ambition Que	176.5600
5	GEO SMOKERS	176.5600
6	Who Dat BBQ	175.4172
7	The Boys in Que	174.2628
8	KC Butt Smokers	173.1200
9	Smokin Brothers Pro Team	172.5716
10	Fergolicious BBQ	172.5600
11	Cow Creek BBQ	172.5484
12	LOVE 2 Q	172.0000
13	Hog Diesel BBQ	171.9772
14	IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ	171.9772
15	Dr. Squealgood BBQ	171.9772
16	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	171.9772
17	Free Range Friends BBQ	171.9656
18	Smoke it Til' You Fork It	171.9656
19	Three Legged Pig	170.8344
20	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	170.8228
21	SLAPS BBQ	170.8228
22	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	170.8228
23	MAN MEAT BBQ	170.8228
24	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	170.8228
25	Barking Dog BBQ	170.8228
26	HIGH i QUE	169.7028
27	ROCK N BLUES BBQ	169.7028
28	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	169.6912
29	Black Sail BBQ	169.6684
30	B and D BBQ	169.1772
31	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	169.1428
32	UNFAMOUS DAVE'S	169.1428
33	WEEKEND BUM BBQ	169.1200
34	PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY	169.1200
35	MAD MUTT'S BBQ	169.1200
36	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	169.1200
37	Spitballs BBQ	169.1200
38	Squealin N Dealin BBQ	169.1200
39	Shark Q	168.5372
40	Wildhouse BBQ	168.5372
41	BOB'S BBQ	168.5256
42	BULL CREEK BBQ	167.9772
43	Happy Grillmore	167.9656
44	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	167.9656
45	Low Budget BBQ	166.2972
46	Flying W North BBQ	166.2628
47	SMOKIN ELVISES	165.0972
48	Knights of the Holy Grill	165.0972
49	IGY6	164.5600
50	Hog's Plan BBQ	164.5600
51	G'rillaQ	164.5372
52	THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS	163.9312
53	Big Al and the Boys	162.8228
54	777 BBQ	162.8000
55	GETTIN' SAUCED	162.2748
56	The 28th Amendment	162.2516
57	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	161.6572
58	Blackbeard BBQ	161.0972
59	END OF THE ROAD BBQ	160.5600
60	Driveway Drinkers BBQ	159.9428
61	Just Smoked Your Butt	158.2516
62	Go Hog BBQ	158.2400
63	ProPork BBQ	157.6912
64	The BBQ Lab	157.1200
65	Smokey Mountain Boys	157.0972
66	SmOAKshow BBQ	154.2400
67	Bovine Swine and Dine	151.9200
68	Fat Guys BBQ 4.0	151.9200
69	LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ	150.2284
70	Mad Cow Angry Beaver	147.4056
71	Buntin Boyz Q	146.7884

Brisket

71 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.1200

#	Team	Score
1	Wildhouse BBQ	178.8572
2	Fergolicious BBQ	178.8572
3	Dr. Squealgood BBQ	177.7144
4	SLAPS BBQ	177.7028
5	The Boys in Que	176.5600
6	WEEKEND BUM BBQ	175.4288
7	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	174.8572
8	BOB'S BBQ	174.2628
9	BULL CREEK BBQ	174.2628
10	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	173.1428
11	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	173.1200
12	Who Dat BBQ	173.1084
13	LOVE 2 Q	172.5600
14	HIGH i QUE	171.9884
15	MAD MUTT'S BBQ	171.9772
16	Squealin N Dealin BBQ	171.9656
17	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	171.9656
18	IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ	171.4172
19	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	170.8228
20	GEO SMOKERS	170.8228
21	KC Butt Smokers	170.3088
22	GETTIN' SAUCED	170.2744
23	Free Range Friends BBQ	170.2628
24	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	170.2628
25	Spitballs BBQ	169.6684
26	Flying W North BBQ	169.1312
27	Shark Q	168.5600
28	SONS OF A BRISKET	168.5256
29	Happy Grillmore	167.9772
30	MAN MEAT BBQ	167.3944
31	Hog Diesel BBQ	167.3828
32	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	166.8228
33	WABASH BBQ	166.2400
34	777 BBQ	166.2284
35	ROCK N BLUES BBQ	165.6684
36	Cow Creek BBQ	165.1200
37	UNFAMOUS DAVE'S	165.0972
38	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	164.5256
39	Ambition Que	164.5256
40	The 28th Amendment	163.9544
41	Black Sail BBQ	163.9428
42	Bovine Swine and Dine	163.4056
43	Blackbeard BBQ	163.3940
44	THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS	163.3828
45	Knights of the Holy Grill	163.3828
46	Barking Dog BBQ	162.8688
47	PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY	162.8116
48	Smokin Brothers Pro Team	162.8000
49	B and D BBQ	162.2972
50	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	159.9312
51	Big Al and the Boys	159.3600
52	Hog's Plan BBQ	158.8340
53	Driveway Drinkers BBQ	158.8000
54	Fat Guys BBQ 4.0	156.5260
55	SMOKIN ELVISES	156.5144
56	END OF THE ROAD BBQ	155.9544
57	LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ	154.8116
58	Smokey Mountain Boys	154.7772
59	IGY6	154.2172
60	ProPork BBQ	153.1084
61	G'rillaQ	153.0972
62	Just Smoked Your Butt	151.4400
63	Go Hog BBQ	150.7888
64	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	148.5144
65	Three Legged Pig	147.3944
66	The BBQ Lab	147.3944
67	Smoke it Til' You Fork It	146.2172
68	Low Budget BBQ	142.8116
69	Mad Cow Angry Beaver	141.6800
70	SmOAKshow BBQ	141.6572
71	Buntin Boyz Q	112.8800

Qlathe BBQ Championship

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (6 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

Won without a category win

Photo finishes

A contest record in brisket

One of the big ones

The contest returns

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 →

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket