Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
2022-09-23 – 2022-09-24 · Shawnee, KS · 📍 11600 Johnson Drive · State championship
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, FORREST BRUCE, LARRY HADLEY, PEG ROGERS · Prize money: $6,350.00
Grand Champion: 913 BBQ (709.7256) · 87 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 KC SMOKE DAWGS
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👑 A dynasty in the making
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1656 points — closer than 77% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 6–7: Velvet Swine and Hog's Plan BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: Pine Tar BBQ and Shorthorn BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: KC SMOKE DAWGS and GEO SMOKERS tied on 179.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE (won 2015, 2016), Fat & Dumb BBQ (won 2019), Mad Mutt's BBQ (won 2021).
🃏 An upset on the books
913 BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-27 | Shawnee, KS | 114 | 685.6800 | 3 GUYS WITH WOOD | HOGGY STYLE | |
| 2014-09-26 | Shawnee, KS 66203 | 112 | 694.2856 | KC Q | MIDNIGHT STOKERS | |
| 2015-09-25 | Shawnee, KS 66216 | 112 | 709.1200 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | FUNNY FARM BBQ | |
| 2016-09-23 | Shawnee, KS | 111 | 686.2284 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | SKUNK RIVER BBQ | |
| 2019-09-27 | Shawnee, KS | Shawnee Town 1929 | 102 | 714.8572 | Fat & Dumb BBQ | 913 BBQ |
| 2021-09-24 | Shawnee, KS | Shawnee Town | 86 | 709.1316 | Mad Mutt's BBQ | 913 BBQ |
| 2022-09-23 ← this one | Shawnee, KS | 11600 Johnson Drive | 87 | 709.7256 | 913 BBQ | KC SMOKE DAWGS |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5944 | 175.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 176.5600 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 177.7028 | 174.2744 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
87 entries · top 709.7256 · median 655.3256
Chicken
87 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
87 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.4060
Pork
86 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.9542 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
87 entries · top 178.2972 · median 161.1428
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 — Chefs Choice
18 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.4228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shell Rock Smokers | |
| 2 | Right Time BBQ | |
| 3 | Jurassic Pork | |
| 4 | Rock Chalk Jayhawk BBQ | |
| 5 | Velvet Swine | |
| 6 | HAWG HEAVEN | |
| 7 | Why Not Smoke | |
| 8 | Silence of the Hams | |
| 9 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 10 | Overland Pig Committee | |
| 11 | YARDHOGS BBQ | |
| 12 | Smokeritaville | |
| 13 | RIB I'S | |
| 14 | F.O.M.S.B. | |
| 15 | Smokin' Beaver | |
| 16 | NachBarBQ | |
| 17 | LEGENDARY BARBEQUE | |
| 18 | BULLHORN BBQ |
Ancillary — Sausage
52 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.8342