2025-06-13 – 2025-06-14 · Kansas City, KS · 📍 Our Lady of Unity · State championship
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, LARRY HADLEY · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Hefty Lefty BBQ (701.7032) · 30 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Smoke This Drink That BBQ
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 86% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6292 points — closer than 86% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 89 times in 100
HEFTY LEFTY BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Hefty Lefty BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 43rd tracked contest.
Chicken places 1–2: HEFTY LEFTY BBQ and Who's Cookin' tied on 179.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Electrified BBQ and SLAPS BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Split Borders BBQ and 913 BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
HEFTY LEFTY BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 8th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 177.1428 | 174.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.2744 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 174.2860 | 170.8460 |
| Brisket | 177.7144 | 174.2628 | 169.6800 |
30 entries · top 701.7032 · median 679.3026
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 3 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 4 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 5 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 6 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 7 | Electrified BBQ | |
| 8 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 9 | 913 BBQ | |
| 10 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 11 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 12 | BrewsCue | |
| 13 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 14 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 15 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 16 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 17 | Pits and Grills | |
| 18 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 19 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 20 | Badder Influence BBQ MO | |
| 21 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 22 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 23 | B&D BBQ | |
| 24 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 25 | Trophy Husbands BBQ | |
| 26 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 27 | Pit Crew BBQ | |
| 28 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 29 | Simple Q | |
| 30 | Smokey Bandits |
30 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.4000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 2 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 3 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 4 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 5 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 6 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 7 | Electrified BBQ | |
| 8 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 9 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 10 | 913 BBQ | |
| 11 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 12 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 13 | BrewsCue | |
| 14 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 15 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 16 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 17 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 18 | Pits and Grills | |
| 19 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 20 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 21 | Pit Crew BBQ | |
| 22 | Trophy Husbands BBQ | |
| 23 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 24 | Simple Q | |
| 25 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 26 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 27 | Badder Influence BBQ MO | |
| 28 | B&D BBQ | |
| 29 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 30 | Smokey Bandits |
30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 2 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 3 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 4 | 913 BBQ | |
| 5 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 6 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 7 | Trophy Husbands BBQ | |
| 8 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 9 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 10 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 11 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 12 | B&D BBQ | |
| 13 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 14 | Badder Influence BBQ MO | |
| 15 | Electrified BBQ | |
| 16 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 17 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 18 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 19 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 20 | BrewsCue | |
| 21 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 22 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 23 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 24 | Pits and Grills | |
| 25 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 26 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 27 | Simple Q | |
| 28 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 29 | Pit Crew BBQ | |
| 30 | Smokey Bandits |
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 2 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 3 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 4 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 5 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 6 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 7 | Badder Influence BBQ MO | |
| 8 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 9 | Pit Crew BBQ | |
| 10 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 11 | BrewsCue | |
| 12 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 13 | Pits and Grills | |
| 14 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 15 | Electrified BBQ | |
| 16 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 17 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 18 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 19 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 20 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 21 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 22 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 23 | B&D BBQ | |
| 24 | 913 BBQ | |
| 25 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 26 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 27 | Trophy Husbands BBQ | |
| 28 | Simple Q | |
| 29 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 30 | Smokey Bandits |
30 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.1314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 2 | Pits and Grills | |
| 3 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 4 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 5 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 6 | BrewsCue | |
| 7 | Electrified BBQ | |
| 8 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 9 | 913 BBQ | |
| 10 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 11 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 12 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 13 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 14 | Badder Influence BBQ MO | |
| 15 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 16 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 17 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 18 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 19 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 20 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 21 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 22 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 23 | B&D BBQ | |
| 24 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 25 | Smokey Bandits | |
| 26 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 27 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 28 | Pit Crew BBQ | |
| 29 | Simple Q | |
| 30 | Trophy Husbands BBQ |
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.
6 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 2 | BrewsCue | |
| 3 | Badder Influence BBQ MO | |
| 4 | Pit Crew BBQ | |
| 5 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 6 | Buds Boys BBQ |
9 entries · top 178.2972 · median 174.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 2 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 3 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 4 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 5 | Badder Influence BBQ MO | |
| 6 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 7 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 8 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 9 | Trophy Husbands BBQ |