The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
2022-06-24 – 2022-06-25 · Lenexa, KS · 📍 Sar-Ko-Par Trail Park · State championship
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, FORREST BRUCE, LARRY HADLEY, PEG ROGERS · Prize money: $13,300.00
Grand Champion: Love 2 Q (700.0000) · 164 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: SMOKEY JOKERS and Grill on Grill Action tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Grill on Grill Action and Loto Smokers tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Coach's Decision BBQ and PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY tied on 177.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
LOVE 2 Q came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-24 ← this one | Lenexa, KS | Sar-Ko-Par Trail Park | 164 | 700.0000 | Love 2 Q | PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY |
| 2023-06-23 | Lenexa, KS | 87th & Lackman | 167 | 700.6288 | Damn Fine Beef and Swine | HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB |
| 2024-06-21 | Lenexa, KS | 87th & Lackman | 172 | 704.0344 | Mulkey's BBQ | Smokey Bey's Barbecue |
| 2025-06-27 | Lenexa, KS | 87th & Lackman | 159 | 707.4400 | Slaps BBQ | Squealin N Dealin BBQ |
| 2026-06-26 | Lenexa, KS | 8801 Greenway Lane | 157 | 709.1200 | Gettin' Basted | Dr. Squealgood BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 174.8572 | 173.7256 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 175.4288 | 173.1772 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 177.7028 | 176.0228 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 176.0228 | 173.7028 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
164 entries · top 700.0000 · median 650.5486
Chicken
163 entries · top 177.1428 · median 162.8456
Pork Ribs
162 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.8572
Pork
163 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.1428
Brisket
161 entries · top 177.1428 · median 161.6912
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Ancillary — Beefsteak
74 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.5428
Ancillary — Miscellaneous
76 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Sausage
120 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180