Oct 13–14, 2023 · Osage Beach, MO · 📍 1000 City Parkway · State championship
Reps: Phil Morrow Phb, Rosemary Morrow · Prize money: $7,500
MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS won Grand Champion at the Dragon Smoke BBQ Competition on October 13, 2023 in Osage Beach, MO at 1000 City Parkway, scoring 709.6800 in a field of 18 teams. Mulkey's BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 709.1200. Category winners: Chicken — Ambition Que (180.0000); Pork Ribs — PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (179.4400); Pork — Mulkey's BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — The Burnt Crow (179.4400).
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 92% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5600 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.
MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 4–5: MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS and THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS and Mulkey's BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: PARTS 'R' SMOKIN and UNFAMOUS DAVE'S tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7028 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 175.4516 | 171.4172 |
| Pork | 180 | 176 | 170.8456 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 177.7144 | 172.0116 |
18 entries · top 709.6800 · median 691.0800
18 entries · top 180 · median 173.9828 · 🔥 perfect 180
17 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.9656
18 entries · top 180 · median 170.8570 · 🔥 perfect 180
18 entries · top 179.4400 · median 173.1372