2023-05-12 – 2023-05-13 · Kansas City, MO · 📍 American Royal
Reps: PHIL MORROW PHB, ROSEMARY MORROW
Grand Champion: Tailgate Warriors (623.9772) · 5 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Smoke Show BBQ
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100
TAILGATE WARRIORS came in rated below the field's top team, Smoke-A-Holics, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Tailgate Warriors's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 7th tracked contest.
Pork places 2–3: Healthcare BBQ Crew and Smoke-A-Holics tied on 165.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: Milwaukee Brew Que and Smoke Show BBQ tied on 157.0856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Tailgate Warriors won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
Tailgate Warriors took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 5th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 155.9656 | 133.6800 | — |
| Pork Ribs | 161.1428 | 141.2004 | — |
| Pork | 176.5944 | 153.6912 | — |
| Brisket | 160.5828 | 145.6800 | — |
5 entries · top 623.9772 · median 620.4920
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tailgate Warriors | |
| 2 | Smoke Show BBQ | |
| 3 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 4 | Milwaukee Brew Que | |
| 5 | Healthcare BBQ Crew |
5 entries · top 155.9656 · median 145.6572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milwaukee Brew Que | |
| 2 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 3 | Healthcare BBQ Crew | |
| 4 | Smoke Show BBQ | |
| 5 | Tailgate Warriors |
5 entries · top 161.1428 · median 153.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoke Show BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 3 | Tailgate Warriors | |
| 4 | Milwaukee Brew Que | |
| 5 | Healthcare BBQ Crew |
5 entries · top 176.5944 · median 165.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tailgate Warriors | |
| 2 | Healthcare BBQ Crew | |
| 3 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 4 | Smoke Show BBQ | |
| 5 | Milwaukee Brew Que |
5 entries · top 160.5828 · median 157.0856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tailgate Warriors | |
| 2 | Milwaukee Brew Que | |
| 3 | Smoke Show BBQ | |
| 4 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 5 | Healthcare BBQ Crew |