UMB Smokin Vault BBQ Contest - Competitor's Series
2022-05-06 – 2022-05-07 · Kansas City, MO · 📍 American Royal
Reps: RICH TUTTLE, ROSEMARY MORROW
Grand Champion: Park Avenue Pork (683.9084) · 12 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SUPER SWINE
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1656 points — closer than 77% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
PARK AVENUE PORK took the Grand Championship home to KS.
🧹 A double category winner
SUPER SWINE won Chicken, Pork — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| 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 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
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 |
Chicken
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 |
Pork Ribs
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 |
Pork
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 |
Brisket
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 |