May 6–7, 2022 · Kansas City, MO · 📍 American Royal
Reps: Rich Tuttle, Rosemary Morrow
PARK AVENUE PORK won Grand Champion at the UMB Smokin Vault BBQ Contest - Competitor's Series on May 6, 2022 in Kansas City, MO at American Royal, scoring 683.9084 in a field of 12 teams. SUPER SWINE took Reserve Grand Champion with 682.7428. Category winners: Chicken — SUPER SWINE (176.5600); Pork Ribs — Smoker Bandits (177.7144); Pork — SUPER SWINE (173.1200); Brisket — Smoker Bandits (167.3828).
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 79% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1656 points — closer than 79% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 71 times in 100
PARK AVENUE PORK came in rated below the field's top team, Smoke-A-Holics, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
PARK AVENUE PORK won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Park Avenue Pork's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 40th tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 3–4: SUPER SWINE and Jurassic Pork tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: SUPER SWINE and PARK AVENUE PORK tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: ColoRADo and The Mi-Coal Scott Experience tied on 161.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SUPER SWINE won Chicken, Pork — a double.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 165.1316 | 147.3828 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 161.1084 | 149.6228 |
| Pork | 173.1200 | 162.8000 | 159.9656 |
| Brisket | 167.3828 | 161.0972 | 144.5260 |
12 entries · top 683.9084 · median 633.8746
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARK AVENUE PORK | |
| 2 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 3 | Smoker Bandits | |
| 4 | Jurassic Pork | |
| 5 | The Mi-Coal Scott Experience | |
| 6 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 7 | Porker Kai | |
| 8 | Lone Star Porkers | |
| 9 | ColoRADo | |
| 10 | Silence of the Hams | |
| 11 | Milwaukee Brew Que | |
| 12 | Tailgate Warriors |
12 entries · top 176.5600 · median 157.1430
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 2 | PARK AVENUE PORK | |
| 3 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 4 | Jurassic Pork | |
| 5 | Porker Kai | |
| 6 | The Mi-Coal Scott Experience | |
| 7 | ColoRADo | |
| 8 | Smoker Bandits | |
| 9 | Lone Star Porkers | |
| 10 | Tailgate Warriors | |
| 11 | Silence of the Hams | |
| 12 | Milwaukee Brew Que |
12 entries · top 177.7144 · median 158.5428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoker Bandits | |
| 2 | PARK AVENUE PORK | |
| 3 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 4 | Jurassic Pork | |
| 5 | The Mi-Coal Scott Experience | |
| 6 | Porker Kai | |
| 7 | ColoRADo | |
| 8 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 9 | Silence of the Hams | |
| 10 | Lone Star Porkers | |
| 11 | Tailgate Warriors | |
| 12 | Milwaukee Brew Que |
12 entries · top 173.1200 · median 161.1084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 2 | PARK AVENUE PORK | |
| 3 | Lone Star Porkers | |
| 4 | Milwaukee Brew Que | |
| 5 | Jurassic Pork | |
| 6 | ColoRADo | |
| 7 | The Mi-Coal Scott Experience | |
| 8 | Smoker Bandits | |
| 9 | Porker Kai | |
| 10 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 11 | Tailgate Warriors | |
| 12 | Silence of the Hams |
12 entries · top 167.3828 · median 159.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoker Bandits | |
| 2 | The Mi-Coal Scott Experience | |
| 3 | PARK AVENUE PORK | |
| 4 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 5 | Jurassic Pork | |
| 6 | Lone Star Porkers | |
| 7 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 8 | Silence of the Hams | |
| 9 | Milwaukee Brew Que | |
| 10 | Porker Kai | |
| 11 | ColoRADo | |
| 12 | Tailgate Warriors |