2023-10-07 – 2023-10-08 · Harper, KS · 📍 Harper, KS 67058 · State championship
Reps: LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH · Prize money: $4,960.00
Grand Champion: SUPER SWINE (701.1316) · 9 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS 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 97% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0344 points — closer than 97% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
SUPER SWINE came in rated below the field's top team, Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was SUPER SWINE's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 63rd tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 8–9: MUNNY'S STOVE and Royal Schmidt tied on 167.3944 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: Smoked & Furious and MUNNY'S STOVE tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: SUPER SWINE edged Smoked & Furious by 0.0112.
SUPER SWINE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 6th.
BARREL BOYS BBQ turned in 178.8572 in brisket — past the 174.2744 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-05 | Harper, KS | Harper County Fair Barn | 9 | 702.8232 | Smoked And Furious | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ |
| 2023-10-07 ← this one | Harper, KS | Harper, KS 67058 | 9 | 701.1316 | SUPER SWINE | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ |
| 2024-10-19 | Harper, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | — |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 173.1316 | — |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 171.4288 | — |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.2744 | — |
9 entries · top 701.1316 · median 694.2288
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 2 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 3 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 4 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 5 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 6 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 7 | BrewsCue | |
| 8 | Royal Schmidt | |
| 9 | BARREL BOYS BBQ |
9 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 2 | Royal Schmidt | |
| 3 | BrewsCue | |
| 4 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 5 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 6 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 7 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 8 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 9 | BARREL BOYS BBQ |
9 entries · top 177.7144 · median 173.1316
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 2 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 3 | BrewsCue | |
| 4 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 5 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 6 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 7 | BARREL BOYS BBQ | |
| 8 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 9 | Royal Schmidt |
9 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.4288
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 2 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 3 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 4 | Royal Schmidt | |
| 5 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 6 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 7 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 8 | BrewsCue | |
| 9 | BARREL BOYS BBQ |
9 entries · top 178.8572 · median 174.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BARREL BOYS BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 3 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 4 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 5 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 6 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 7 | Royal Schmidt | |
| 8 | BrewsCue | |
| 9 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ |