Dragon Smoke BBQ Competition
2023-10-13 – 2023-10-14 · Osage Beach, MO · 📍 1000 City Parkway · State championship
Reps: PHIL MORROW PHB, ROSEMARY MORROW · Prize money: $7,500.00
Grand Champion: Meat Me In St. Louis (709.6800) · 18 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Mulkey's BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5600 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
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)
Score distribution
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 175.4516 | 171.4172 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.0000 | 170.8456 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 177.7144 | 172.0116 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
18 entries · top 709.6800 · median 691.0800
Chicken
18 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.9828 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.9656
Pork
18 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8570 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
18 entries · top 179.4400 · median 173.1372