Smoke in the Spring

2024-04-05 – 2024-04-06 · Osage City, KS · 📍 517 South 1st Street · State championship

Reps: CAROLYN WELLS, DAVE ROGERS, FORREST BRUCE, LARRY HADLEY, LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH, PEG ROGERS · Prize money: $22,650.00

Grand Champion: Burnt Trees (706.2628) · 97 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Damn Fine Beef & Swine

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BURNT TREES BBQ

706.2628 · Master Series — Overall

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Damn Fine Beef & Swine

705.0972 · Master Series — Overall

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THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE

704.5488 · Master Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

587.84 median 683.30 706.26 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 180.00 🔥
Pork Ribs 180.00 🔥
Pork 180.00 🔥
Brisket 180.00 🔥

134.30 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2026 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

706.2628

Winning margin

1.1656

GC over RC

Field average

675.50

587.84706.26

median 683.30 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

9 🔥

SONS OF A BRISKET (Brisket), PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ (Brisket), Needs More Cowbell BBQ (Brisket) + 6 more

Tightest race

Chicken

1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

696.5028

587.84706.26

10th place overall

Field spread

118.4228

winner to last place

Prize money

$22,650.00

on the line

Most consistent

BURNT TREES BBQ

avg finish 12.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 1.1428 pts — FINGER LEIKAM GOOD

How hot was the win?

Top 10%

beats 90% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

55%

57 of 103 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.63 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1618

avg power rating going in · stronger than 87% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SLAPS BBQ

rated 1933 pre-contest

Storylines (8 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

A razor-thin finish

1.1656 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 79% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1656 points — closer than 79% of every championship in the data.

Burnt Trees
Damn Fine Beef & Swine

An upset on the books

16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 84 times in 100

BURNT TREES BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1641
top seed 1933

Won without a category win

1 of 4 meats called to the stage

BURNT TREES BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 1 call from 4 boards, best of them 5th. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 5th
Pork Ribs 14th
Pork 19th
Brisket 12th

A day of perfect scores

9 perfect 180s

9 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

SONS OF A BRISKET · Brisket
PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ · Brisket
Needs More Cowbell BBQ · Brisket

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 14 tracked editions

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 14 tracked editions.

2014
2015

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 25 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: B 3 BBQ and SCORE ONE SMOKIN' tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: SCORE ONE SMOKIN' and LAST CALL HEROES BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Mr. Dudes BBQ and BURNT TREES BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 1–2 · tie
Chicken 2–3 · tie
Chicken 4–5 · tie
Chicken 6–7 · tie

Back to defend

2 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Last Call Heroes BBQ (won 2022), Janky Leg BBQ (won 2023).

Last Call Heroes BBQ · 2022
Janky Leg BBQ · 2023

One of the big ones

97 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 99% of the 5,410 contests in the data

97 teams made this a bigger field than 99% of every contest tracked.

This contest's own records (3 in the KCBS record book)

Records held by every edition of this contest put together, not just this one afternoon.

#7 🧱 Deepest contest 95 average field across every edition · 13 editions · biggest 109 · 10 Apr 2026
#7 🏛️ Longest-running contest 14 editions on file · 2013 → 2026 · about 95 teams a year · 10 Apr 2026
#9 🎲 Most different champions 11 separate winners of one contest · from 13 editions with a champion on file · 10 Apr 2026

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2013-04-12	Osage City, KS	Osage City, KS	71	685.7142	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	PELLET ENVY
2014-04-11	Osage City, KS	Osage City, KS 66523	73	689.6916	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	CHICKHOOVENSWINE BBQ
2015-04-10	Osage City, KS	Osage City, KS 66523	97	698.2516	IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	SMOKE N BABES BBQ
2016-04-08	Osage City, KS	Osage City, KS	109	700.5144	CLARK CREW BBQ	LUCKY'S Q
2017-04-07	Osage City, KS	517 South 1st St (Jones Park)	100	700.0116	CLARK CREW BBQ	THE SMOKING HILLS
2018-04-06	Osage City, KS	517 South 1st St (Jones Park)	103	699.3712	HOGLINE	4 LEGS UP BBQ
2020-10-30	Osage City, KS	Jones Park (in Osage City)	93	706.2744	Tebo Creek BBQ	TRIPLE H BBQ
2021-04-09	Osage City, KS	Jones Park (in Osage City)	105	703.4400	Piggin Whiskey O.G.	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD
2022-04-08	Osage City, KS	517 South 1st Street	94	700.0228	Last Call Heroes BBQ	HIGH i QUE
2022-04-08	Osage City, KS	517 South 1st Street	—	—	—	—
2023-04-07	Osage City, KS	517 South 1st Street	103	707.9772	Janky Leg BBQ	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ
2024-04-05 ← this one	Osage City, KS	517 South 1st Street	97	706.2628	Burnt Trees	Damn Fine Beef & Swine
2025-04-11	Osage City, KS	517 South 1st Street	92	708.6060	Parts 'R' Smokin	Cow Creek BBQ
2026-04-10	Osage City, KS	517 South 1st Street	101	709.7028	Blind Fox BBQ	SLAPS BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	178.8572	177.7028
Pork Ribs	180.0000	177.7144	177.1544
Pork	180.0000	178.8572	176.5600
Brisket	180.0000	177.7144	176.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

97 entries · top 706.2628 · median 683.3028

#	Team	Score
1	BURNT TREES BBQ	706.2628
2	Damn Fine Beef & Swine	705.0972
3	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	704.5488
4	Dr. Squealgood BBQ	700.5260
5	WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ	698.8000
6	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	697.1088
7	Smokey Bey's Barbecue	697.0860
8	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	697.0856
9	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	697.0628
10	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	696.5028
11	Mr. Dudes BBQ	695.9200
12	WELL SAUCED BBQ	695.9200
13	Bohica BBQ	695.4060
14	ShowMeMoSmoke	694.8000
15	B 3 BBQ	694.7884
16	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	693.6916
17	LOVE 2 Q	693.6572
18	JANKY LEG BBQ	693.6572
19	ACES HIGH BBQ	693.6228
20	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	693.0512
21	Lazy Butt BBQ	692.5260
22	Bocephus BBQ	691.9316
23	MACHETE BOYS BBQ	691.9084
24	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	690.7888
25	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	690.7540
26	Who's Cookin'	690.2288
27	Cow Creek BBQ	690.1944
28	Ambition Que	690.1828
29	IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ	689.6572
30	Can Country Outlaw BBQ	689.0400
31	MAN MEAT BBQ	688.5144
32	T-Rex BBQ	688.4800
33	Blaz'n Weazel BBQ	687.9432
34	SONS OF A BRISKET	687.9088
35	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	687.3372
36	FAIRWAY SMOKERS	687.3140
37	MAD MUTT'S BBQ	686.8004
38	PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY	686.7772
39	SMOKIN' OUTLAWS	686.1596
40	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	685.6228
41	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	685.6116
42	MadChad's BBQ	685.6116
43	Breaking Slabs BBQ	685.5884
44	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	685.5768
45	LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	684.4452
46	Hogline BBQ	684.4340
47	Barking Dog BBQ	683.3144
48	WEEKEND BUM BBQ	683.3028
49	BimboQ	683.3028
50	SLAPS BBQ	682.7544
51	GETTIN' SAUCED	681.0400
52	O.G. BANDITS	681.0056
53	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	680.9824
54	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	680.4572
55	Cities Edge BBQ	679.8972
56	Go Pig or Go Home	679.8856
57	BIGG SMOAK BBQ	679.2912
58	Smoked & Furious	678.7660
59	Sum' Buck BBQ	678.7084
60	Dirt Crüe BBQ	677.5884
61	Smoke This Drink That BBQ	677.0056
62	WABASH BBQ	677.0056
63	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	675.2916
64	KC MEAT SWEATS	675.2568
65	Odd Ball BBQ	674.7312
66	LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ	673.0400
67	KC Smoke Dawgs	672.9828
68	Shark Q	671.8516
69	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	670.7088
70	Matty Macks	670.6856
71	TORNADO BBQ	670.1600
72	Pine Tar BBQ	667.8744
73	ROCK N BLUES BBQ	666.7200
74	One Love BBQ	666.7088
75	Old Man Joes	666.1484
76	Mercer BBQ	665.6000
77	INDIGO PIG	665.0284
78	DAWGHOUSE BBQ	664.4344
79	Broken BBQ	662.1600
80	Burnt & Ernie	659.3256
81	M2 Smokin' Q	658.6628
82	Split Borders BBQ	656.4000
83	Smokin' Beaver BBQ	655.8516
84	Triple Ace's Bbq	655.7712
85	Big Nasty's BBQ	651.8968
86	Big Fig BBQ	650.6856
87	B TEAM BBQ	649.6000
88	Bourbon Bent BBQ	646.1028
89	YOU NEED A BBQ	644.9712
90	Texpat BBQ	638.1028
91	BBQ Bonanza	625.4516
92	Big Daddy and the Butt Rubbers	624.4116
93	Big E's KCQ & Smoke	623.2576
94	Big Foot BBQ	611.7600
95	Bart's BBQ	595.7256
96	Beyond BBQ	587.9316
97	JT Tailgates	587.8400

Chicken

97 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	B 3 BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	180.0000 🔥
3	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	180.0000 🔥
4	Mr. Dudes BBQ	178.8572
5	BURNT TREES BBQ	178.8572
6	ShowMeMoSmoke	177.7144
7	Who's Cookin'	177.7144
8	ACES HIGH BBQ	177.7028
9	KC MEAT SWEATS	177.7028
10	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	177.7028
11	Damn Fine Beef & Swine	177.7028
12	Lazy Butt BBQ	176.5716
13	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	176.5716
14	WEEKEND BUM BBQ	176.5600
15	LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	176.5600
16	BimboQ	176.5600
17	Smoked & Furious	176.5600
18	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	176.5600
19	LOVE 2 Q	176.5600
20	Bohica BBQ	176.0116
21	T-Rex BBQ	176.0000
22	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	175.4400
23	Odd Ball BBQ	175.4172
24	Shark Q	175.4172
25	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	174.8572
26	Cow Creek BBQ	174.2744
27	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	174.2744
28	WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ	174.2628
29	Ambition Que	174.2628
30	MAD MUTT'S BBQ	174.2628
31	MACHETE BOYS BBQ	174.2628
32	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	174.2628
33	SLAPS BBQ	173.7028
34	ROCK N BLUES BBQ	173.7028
35	Go Pig or Go Home	173.7028
36	MadChad's BBQ	173.1316
37	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	173.1200
38	WABASH BBQ	173.1200
39	JANKY LEG BBQ	173.1084
40	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	172.5716
41	Cities Edge BBQ	172.5716
42	Dr. Squealgood BBQ	171.9772
43	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	171.9772
44	Smokey Bey's Barbecue	171.9656
45	O.G. BANDITS	171.9656
46	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	171.4172
47	Can Country Outlaw BBQ	170.8228
48	WELL SAUCED BBQ	170.8228
49	SMOKIN' OUTLAWS	170.8228
50	Breaking Slabs BBQ	170.8228
51	Blaz'n Weazel BBQ	170.2860
52	TORNADO BBQ	169.7028
53	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	169.6800
54	SONS OF A BRISKET	169.6800
55	B TEAM BBQ	169.1316
56	Dirt Crüe BBQ	169.1200
57	Old Man Joes	168.5484
58	PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY	168.5372
59	Bocephus BBQ	168.5256
60	Pine Tar BBQ	168.5256
61	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	168.5140
62	Broken BBQ	167.4400
63	KC Smoke Dawgs	167.3944
64	Mercer BBQ	167.3828
65	Smoke This Drink That BBQ	167.3828
66	Split Borders BBQ	167.3828
67	Matty Macks	167.3828
68	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	166.2400
69	Burnt & Ernie	166.2284
70	Hogline BBQ	166.2284
71	Texpat BBQ	166.2284
72	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	165.6800
73	IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ	165.6800
74	INDIGO PIG	165.1084
75	Barking Dog BBQ	165.0972
76	BIGG SMOAK BBQ	165.0856
77	MAN MEAT BBQ	165.0856
78	LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ	165.0856
79	FAIRWAY SMOKERS	165.0856
80	GETTIN' SAUCED	164.5372
81	Big Fig BBQ	164.5256
82	Sum' Buck BBQ	163.9428
83	DAWGHOUSE BBQ	163.3828
84	Bourbon Bent BBQ	162.8000
85	One Love BBQ	162.8000
86	M2 Smokin' Q	162.2284
87	Big Nasty's BBQ	160.5712
88	Big Daddy and the Butt Rubbers	160.5600
89	Triple Ace's Bbq	159.3600
90	YOU NEED A BBQ	157.1084
91	Big Foot BBQ	157.0628
92	Smokin' Beaver BBQ	155.3600
93	BBQ Bonanza	154.7772
94	Bart's BBQ	149.6800
95	Beyond BBQ	146.2628
96	Big E's KCQ & Smoke	146.2516
97	JT Tailgates	142.8000

Pork Ribs

97 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Mr. Dudes BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	180.0000 🔥
3	JANKY LEG BBQ	178.2972
4	WELL SAUCED BBQ	177.7144
5	ShowMeMoSmoke	177.7144
6	Smokey Bey's Barbecue	177.7144
7	WEEKEND BUM BBQ	177.7028
8	IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ	177.1544
9	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	177.1544
10	GETTIN' SAUCED	177.1544
11	Dr. Squealgood BBQ	176.5716
12	Lazy Butt BBQ	176.5600
13	Odd Ball BBQ	176.5600
14	BURNT TREES BBQ	176.5600
15	Who's Cookin'	176.5600
16	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	176.0000
17	B 3 BBQ	175.4400
18	Ambition Que	175.4172
19	Damn Fine Beef & Swine	175.4172
20	Burnt & Ernie	174.8572
21	Smokin' Beaver BBQ	174.2972
22	Smoke This Drink That BBQ	174.2744
23	LOVE 2 Q	174.2744
24	Blaz'n Weazel BBQ	174.2628
25	Breaking Slabs BBQ	174.2628
26	Barking Dog BBQ	174.2628
27	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	174.2628
28	BIGG SMOAK BBQ	174.2628
29	Cities Edge BBQ	174.2628
30	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	173.1544
31	Bocephus BBQ	173.1316
32	O.G. BANDITS	173.1316
33	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	173.1200
34	Old Man Joes	172.5600
35	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	171.9772
36	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	171.9772
37	Pine Tar BBQ	171.9772
38	Sum' Buck BBQ	171.9772
39	T-Rex BBQ	171.9772
40	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	171.9772
41	FAIRWAY SMOKERS	171.9656
42	MACHETE BOYS BBQ	171.4172
43	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	171.4172
44	MAN MEAT BBQ	170.8572
45	ACES HIGH BBQ	170.8344
46	One Love BBQ	170.8344
47	Cow Creek BBQ	170.8344
48	Can Country Outlaw BBQ	170.8228
49	DAWGHOUSE BBQ	169.7144
50	MadChad's BBQ	169.6800
51	Triple Ace's Bbq	169.6800
52	KC MEAT SWEATS	169.6800
53	WABASH BBQ	169.6800
54	Hogline BBQ	169.6684
55	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	169.6684
56	WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ	169.1200
57	PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY	168.5600
58	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	168.5488
59	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	168.5372
60	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	168.5372
61	Bohica BBQ	168.5372
62	MAD MUTT'S BBQ	168.5372
63	Big E's KCQ & Smoke	167.9772
64	SMOKIN' OUTLAWS	167.9540
65	Bourbon Bent BBQ	167.4056
66	Big Fig BBQ	167.3944
67	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	167.3828
68	Dirt Crüe BBQ	167.3828
69	Broken BBQ	166.8344
70	KC Smoke Dawgs	166.2400
71	B TEAM BBQ	166.2400
72	ROCK N BLUES BBQ	166.2400
73	INDIGO PIG	165.7028
74	Smoked & Furious	165.6916
75	SONS OF A BRISKET	165.1088
76	SLAPS BBQ	165.0972
77	Split Borders BBQ	165.0972
78	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	165.0856
79	LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	165.0856
80	Go Pig or Go Home	164.5372
81	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	163.9544
82	M2 Smokin' Q	163.9544
83	TORNADO BBQ	163.3828
84	YOU NEED A BBQ	162.2628
85	LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ	162.2400
86	Big Nasty's BBQ	162.2400
87	Texpat BBQ	161.1200
88	BimboQ	159.3716
89	BBQ Bonanza	159.3600
90	Shark Q	159.3600
91	Matty Macks	159.3484
92	Mercer BBQ	157.6572
93	Beyond BBQ	157.1772
94	JT Tailgates	154.8000
95	Big Daddy and the Butt Rubbers	153.6572
96	Big Foot BBQ	146.2400
97	Bart's BBQ	144.5028

Pork

97 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2512 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	180.0000 🔥
2	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	178.8572
3	MadChad's BBQ	178.8572
4	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	178.8572
5	Dr. Squealgood BBQ	178.8572
6	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	177.7144
7	WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ	177.7144
8	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	177.7028
9	IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ	177.7028
10	Damn Fine Beef & Swine	176.5600
11	GETTIN' SAUCED	176.5600
12	JANKY LEG BBQ	176.5600
13	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	176.5600
14	Bohica BBQ	176.0000
15	LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ	175.4400
16	ShowMeMoSmoke	175.4400
17	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	175.4172
18	BimboQ	175.4056
19	BURNT TREES BBQ	175.4056
20	Blaz'n Weazel BBQ	174.2744
21	WELL SAUCED BBQ	174.2744
22	Cow Creek BBQ	174.2628
23	MACHETE BOYS BBQ	174.2628
24	Smokey Bey's Barbecue	173.1316
25	MAN MEAT BBQ	173.1316
26	SONS OF A BRISKET	173.1200
27	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	173.1200
28	Matty Macks	173.1200
29	ACES HIGH BBQ	173.1084
30	BIGG SMOAK BBQ	172.5600
31	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	172.5600
32	FAIRWAY SMOKERS	172.5600
33	Bocephus BBQ	172.5600
34	Hogline BBQ	171.9772
35	T-Rex BBQ	171.9772
36	Can Country Outlaw BBQ	171.9772
37	SMOKIN' OUTLAWS	171.9656
38	PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY	171.9656
39	MAD MUTT'S BBQ	171.4288
40	Who's Cookin'	171.4172
41	One Love BBQ	171.4172
42	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	170.8344
43	SLAPS BBQ	170.8344
44	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	170.8228
45	Cities Edge BBQ	170.8228
46	KC Smoke Dawgs	170.8228
47	Big Nasty's BBQ	170.8228
48	INDIGO PIG	170.8228
49	LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	170.2512
50	Breaking Slabs BBQ	169.6800
51	Mr. Dudes BBQ	169.6800
52	Barking Dog BBQ	169.6800
53	Sum' Buck BBQ	169.6800
54	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	169.6684
55	Smoked & Furious	168.5372
56	TORNADO BBQ	168.5372
57	O.G. BANDITS	168.5256
58	Split Borders BBQ	168.5256
59	Burnt & Ernie	167.9772
60	Lazy Butt BBQ	167.4172
61	Go Pig or Go Home	167.3828
62	Ambition Que	167.3828
63	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	167.3712
64	Smoke This Drink That BBQ	166.8228
65	LOVE 2 Q	166.8228
66	Mercer BBQ	166.2628
67	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	166.2400
68	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	166.2400
69	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	166.2400
70	Triple Ace's Bbq	166.2400
71	WEEKEND BUM BBQ	166.2284
72	B 3 BBQ	166.2284
73	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	166.2284
74	Dirt Crüe BBQ	165.6800
75	BBQ Bonanza	165.6800
76	Shark Q	165.0972
77	KC MEAT SWEATS	165.0856
78	DAWGHOUSE BBQ	163.9544
79	Odd Ball BBQ	163.9428
80	Broken BBQ	163.9428
81	WABASH BBQ	163.3828
82	ROCK N BLUES BBQ	163.3828
83	Pine Tar BBQ	162.8344
84	Big Fig BBQ	162.8228
85	YOU NEED A BBQ	162.8000
86	Smokin' Beaver BBQ	162.2516
87	Big Daddy and the Butt Rubbers	159.3600
88	Big Foot BBQ	158.8228
89	Old Man Joes	157.6456
90	Bart's BBQ	157.0856
91	M2 Smokin' Q	157.0628
92	JT Tailgates	155.9428
93	Texpat BBQ	153.6344
94	B TEAM BBQ	151.3484
95	Big E's KCQ & Smoke	149.6344
96	Bourbon Bent BBQ	147.9200
97	Beyond BBQ	142.2744

Brisket

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

#	Team	Score
1	SONS OF A BRISKET	180.0000 🔥
2	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	180.0000 🔥
3	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	180.0000 🔥
4	MAN MEAT BBQ	179.4400
5	Bocephus BBQ	177.7144
6	PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY	177.7144
7	FAIRWAY SMOKERS	177.7028
8	WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ	177.7028
9	Hogline BBQ	176.5600
10	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	176.5600
11	LOVE 2 Q	176.0000
12	BURNT TREES BBQ	175.4400
13	SMOKIN' OUTLAWS	175.4172
14	Can Country Outlaw BBQ	175.4172
15	M2 Smokin' Q	175.4172
16	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	175.4172
17	Damn Fine Beef & Swine	175.4172
18	Dirt Crüe BBQ	175.4056
19	Bohica BBQ	174.8572
20	Mercer BBQ	174.2972
21	Barking Dog BBQ	174.2744
22	Smokey Bey's Barbecue	174.2744
23	Go Pig or Go Home	174.2628
24	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	174.2628
25	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	173.7028
26	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	173.7028
27	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	173.1428
28	SLAPS BBQ	173.1200
29	Ambition Que	173.1200
30	B 3 BBQ	173.1200
31	Dr. Squealgood BBQ	173.1200
32	Sum' Buck BBQ	173.1084
33	WELL SAUCED BBQ	173.1084
34	MAD MUTT'S BBQ	172.5716
35	LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	172.5484
36	Lazy Butt BBQ	171.9772
37	ACES HIGH BBQ	171.9772
38	Shark Q	171.9772
39	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	171.9656
40	BimboQ	171.9656
41	MACHETE BOYS BBQ	171.9656
42	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	171.4056
43	Matty Macks	170.8344
44	Breaking Slabs BBQ	170.8228
45	Cow Creek BBQ	170.8228
46	WABASH BBQ	170.8228
47	LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ	170.2744
48	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	169.6684
49	IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ	169.1200
50	Blaz'n Weazel BBQ	169.1200
51	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	168.5372
52	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	168.5372
53	TORNADO BBQ	168.5372
54	KC Smoke Dawgs	168.5256
55	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	168.5256
56	Smoke This Drink That BBQ	168.5256
57	T-Rex BBQ	168.5256
58	Bourbon Bent BBQ	167.9772
59	Smoked & Furious	167.9772
60	Old Man Joes	167.3944
61	BIGG SMOAK BBQ	167.3828
62	O.G. BANDITS	167.3828
63	Mr. Dudes BBQ	167.3828
64	DAWGHOUSE BBQ	167.3828
65	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	166.2284
66	JANKY LEG BBQ	165.6916
67	Who's Cookin'	164.5372
68	Pine Tar BBQ	164.5372
69	MadChad's BBQ	163.9428
70	Smokin' Beaver BBQ	163.9428
71	Broken BBQ	163.9428
72	ShowMeMoSmoke	163.9312
73	ROCK N BLUES BBQ	163.3944
74	INDIGO PIG	163.3944
75	B TEAM BBQ	162.8800
76	WEEKEND BUM BBQ	162.8116
77	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	162.8116
78	YOU NEED A BBQ	162.8000
79	GETTIN' SAUCED	162.7884
80	KC MEAT SWEATS	162.7884
81	Cities Edge BBQ	162.2400
82	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	161.6572
83	One Love BBQ	161.6572
84	Triple Ace's Bbq	160.4912
85	Big E's KCQ & Smoke	159.3944
86	Odd Ball BBQ	158.8112
87	Big Nasty's BBQ	158.2628
88	Texpat BBQ	157.1200
89	Big Fig BBQ	155.9428
90	Split Borders BBQ	155.3944
91	Big Daddy and the Butt Rubbers	150.8344
92	Burnt & Ernie	150.2628
93	Big Foot BBQ	149.6344
94	BBQ Bonanza	145.6344
95	Bart's BBQ	144.4572
96	Beyond BBQ	142.2172
97	JT Tailgates	134.2972

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.

Turkey Smoke Series — Turkey Smoke

44 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	180.0000 🔥
2	WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ	178.2972
3	Matty Macks	177.7144
4	Cities Edge BBQ	177.7144
5	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	177.7144
6	M2 Smokin' Q	177.7028
7	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	177.7028
8	MAN MEAT BBQ	176.0000
9	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	173.1200
10	Go Pig or Go Home	173.1200
11	Bocephus BBQ	173.1084
12	Damn Fine Beef & Swine	171.9656
13	Can Country Outlaw BBQ	171.4400
14	WABASH BBQ	171.4056
15	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	170.8456
16	PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ	170.2628
17	WEEKEND BUM BBQ	169.6800
18	Big Daddy and the Butt Rubbers	169.6684
19	PIGGIN' WHISKEY	169.1200
20	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	169.1084
21	Blaz'n Weazel BBQ	168.5256
22	Big Fig BBQ	168.0344
23	Mercer BBQ	167.9656
24	Bohica BBQ	167.4172
25	ShowMeMoSmoke	167.3944
26	Shark Q	166.8112
27	MadChad's BBQ	166.2400
28	WELL SAUCED BBQ	165.6800
29	IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ	165.1200
30	Pine Tar BBQ	164.5372
31	Ambition Que	163.9428
32	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	163.9428
33	Triple Ace's Bbq	163.3828
34	Split Borders BBQ	161.7028
35	Who's Cookin'	161.6800
36	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	161.6456
37	Smokin' Beaver BBQ	160.5600
38	Smokey Bey's Barbecue	160.4912
39	Beyond BBQ	160.0344
40	Big E's KCQ & Smoke	159.3944
41	YOU NEED A BBQ	158.8456
42	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	158.2172
43	B TEAM BBQ	154.2172
44	Bart's BBQ	151.3600

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