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Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1

2023-10-06 – 2023-10-07 · Harper, KS · 📍 Harper, KS 67058 · State championship

Reps: LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH · Prize money: $4,960.00

Grand Champion: SMOKED & FURIOUS (706.2860) · 11 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS

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706.2860 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
698.8228 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
695.3944 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

11
6 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

706.2860

Winning margin

7.4632
GC over RC

Field average

680.57
median 686.74

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Tightest race

Chicken
3.9884 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

663.8860
10th place overall

Field spread

84.8576
winner to last place

Prize money

$4,960.00
on the line

Most consistent

avg finish 2.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

11
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 6.2856 pts — Curly Bird BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 17%
beats 83% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

43%
of the 14 teams with a home region came from outside KS

Came back for more

40%
4 of 10 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.43 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1564
avg power rating going in · stronger than 68% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1744 pre-contest

Storylines

🧹 A double category winner

THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double.

📸 Photo finishes

Master Series — Pork Ribs places 5–6: BURNIN' SANDS BBQ and Smoked & Furious tied on 170.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 4–5: MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ and BURNIN' SANDS BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 9–10: THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS and MUNNY'S STOVE tied on 165.0856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Meat RushmoreBBQ (won 2022).

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)

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 →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2022-11-04 Harper, KS Harper County Fair Barn 10 693.6460 Meat RushmoreBBQ Smoked & Furious
2023-10-06 ← this one Harper, KS Harper, KS 67058 11 706.2860 SMOKED & FURIOUS THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS
2024-10-18 Harper, KS

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken180.0000174.2628163.3944
Master Series — Pork Ribs176.0344170.2744164.5600
Master Series — Pork179.4400171.9772165.0856
Master Series — Brisket180.0000174.2628162.2516
Backyard Series — Chicken171.9656
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs175.4172

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

11 entries · top 706.2860 · median 686.7428

#TeamScore
1 Smoked & Furious 706.2860
2 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 698.8228
3 SUPER SWINE 695.3944
4 BrewsCue 690.2056
5 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 688.4800
6 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 686.7428
7 BURNIN' SANDS BBQ 683.3372
8 MUNNY'S STOVE 677.0172
9 Royal Schmidt 674.7196
10 SIX KILLER BBQ 663.8860
11 ALWAYS SAUCED 621.4284

Chicken

11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 SUPER SWINE 180.0000 🔥
2 Smoked & Furious 177.7144
3 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 177.7028
4 BrewsCue 177.1428
5 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 174.2628
6 BURNIN' SANDS BBQ 173.7028
7 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 173.1084
8 Royal Schmidt 171.4056
9 MUNNY'S STOVE 164.5372
10 SIX KILLER BBQ 163.3944
11 ALWAYS SAUCED 162.8228

Pork Ribs

11 entries · top 176.0344 · median 170.2744

#TeamScore
1 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 176.0344
2 MUNNY'S STOVE 173.1316
3 BrewsCue 173.1084
4 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 170.8228
5 BURNIN' SANDS BBQ 170.2744
6 Smoked & Furious 170.2744
7 SIX KILLER BBQ 169.1200
8 Royal Schmidt 166.2628
9 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 165.0972
10 SUPER SWINE 164.5600
11 ALWAYS SAUCED 141.6000

Pork

11 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.8344

#TeamScore
1 Smoked & Furious 179.4400
2 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 177.1428
3 SUPER SWINE 176.5600
4 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 171.9772
5 BURNIN' SANDS BBQ 171.9772
6 BrewsCue 170.8344
7 SIX KILLER BBQ 169.1200
8 Royal Schmidt 168.5256
9 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 165.0856
10 MUNNY'S STOVE 165.0856
11 ALWAYS SAUCED 155.3484

Brisket

11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 180.0000 🔥
2 Smoked & Furious 178.8572
3 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 176.5600
4 SUPER SWINE 174.2744
5 MUNNY'S STOVE 174.2628
6 BrewsCue 169.1200
7 Royal Schmidt 168.5256
8 BURNIN' SANDS BBQ 167.3828
9 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 166.2516
10 SIX KILLER BBQ 162.2516
11 ALWAYS SAUCED 161.6572

Backyard Series

Overall

3 entries · top 345.0856 · median 341.0972

#TeamScore
1 Curly Bird BBQ 345.0856
2 The Meatsy Boys 341.0972
3 BOGEY BBQ 328.4800

Chicken

3 entries · top 171.9656 · median 169.6684

#TeamScore
1 The Meatsy Boys 171.9656
2 Curly Bird BBQ 169.6684
3 BOGEY BBQ 167.9772

Pork Ribs

3 entries · top 175.4172 · median 169.1316

#TeamScore
1 Curly Bird BBQ 175.4172
2 The Meatsy Boys 169.1316
3 BOGEY BBQ 160.5028

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 — Dessert

3 entries · top 180.0000 · median 180.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 BrewsCue 180.0000 🔥
2 Royal Schmidt 180.0000 🔥
3 Curly Bird BBQ 177.7028

Kids-Q — Kid'S Q 5-10

2 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.5542 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 LITTLE SCHMIDTS KIDS Q 180.0000 🔥
2 LITTLE BARREL BOYS Q 169.1084

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