10th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life
2024-06-14 – 2024-06-15 · Kansas City, KS · State championship
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, LARRY HADLEY · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Piggin' Whiskey (706.8344) · 34 teams
Entries
34
6 categories
Top score
706.8344
Winning margin
8.5944
GC over RC
Field average
670.86
median 682.19
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Tightest race
Chicken
2.2972 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
689.0628
what a walk cost here
Field spread
97.8632
winner to last place
Prize money
$5,000.00
on the line
Double threats
8
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 11%
beats 89% of 2715 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1578
avg power rating going in · stronger than 79% of contests
Storylines
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🃏 An upset on the books
Piggin' Whiskey came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Ancillary — Dessert
6 entries · top 180.0000 · median 177.7086 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BrewsCue | |
| 2 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 3 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 4 | RAILYARD BBQ | |
| 5 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 6 | Crooked Que BBQ |
Ancillary — Sausage
10 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.7086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ManBearPig | |
| 2 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 3 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 4 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 5 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 6 | BALD BEAUTIES BBQ | |
| 7 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 8 | RAILYARD BBQ | |
| 9 | KC FINE SWINES | |
| 10 | Crooked Que BBQ |
Master Series — Brisket
34 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 2 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 3 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 4 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 5 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 6 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 7 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 8 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 9 | Boss Hog BBQ | |
| 10 | Pits and Grills | |
| 11 | RAILYARD BBQ | |
| 12 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 13 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 14 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 15 | Sudden Sams BBQ | |
| 16 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | GEO SMOKERS | |
| 18 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 19 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 20 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 21 | BrewsCue | |
| 22 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 23 | Crooked Que BBQ | |
| 24 | Flying W North BBQ | |
| 25 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 26 | KC FINE SWINES | |
| 27 | Sweat Ranch BBQ | |
| 28 | ManBearPig | |
| 29 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 30 | Simple Q Barbeque | |
| 31 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 32 | BALD BEAUTIES BBQ | |
| 33 | Ming Street Meats | |
| 34 | Buds Boys BBQ |
Master Series — Chicken
34 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 2 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 3 | RAILYARD BBQ | |
| 4 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 5 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 6 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 7 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 8 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 9 | Pits and Grills | |
| 10 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 11 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 12 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 13 | ManBearPig | |
| 14 | Simple Q Barbeque | |
| 15 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 16 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | Boss Hog BBQ | |
| 18 | GEO SMOKERS | |
| 19 | BrewsCue | |
| 20 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 21 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 22 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 23 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 24 | Sweat Ranch BBQ | |
| 25 | Sudden Sams BBQ | |
| 26 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 27 | KC FINE SWINES | |
| 28 | Flying W North BBQ | |
| 29 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 30 | Crooked Que BBQ | |
| 31 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 32 | Ming Street Meats | |
| 33 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 34 | BALD BEAUTIES BBQ |
Master Series — Overall
34 entries · top 706.8344 · median 682.1944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 2 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 3 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 4 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 5 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 6 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 7 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 8 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 9 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 10 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 11 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 12 | GEO SMOKERS | |
| 13 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 14 | Boss Hog BBQ | |
| 15 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 16 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 17 | RAILYARD BBQ | |
| 18 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 19 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 20 | BrewsCue | |
| 21 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 22 | Sudden Sams BBQ | |
| 23 | Pits and Grills | |
| 24 | Crooked Que BBQ | |
| 25 | ManBearPig | |
| 26 | Flying W North BBQ | |
| 27 | Sweat Ranch BBQ | |
| 28 | Ming Street Meats | |
| 29 | Simple Q Barbeque | |
| 30 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 31 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 32 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 33 | KC FINE SWINES | |
| 34 | BALD BEAUTIES BBQ |
Master Series — Pork
34 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.5428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 2 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 3 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 4 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | BrewsCue | |
| 6 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 7 | GEO SMOKERS | |
| 8 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 9 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 10 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 11 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 12 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 13 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 14 | Ming Street Meats | |
| 15 | Boss Hog BBQ | |
| 16 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 17 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 18 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 19 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 20 | RAILYARD BBQ | |
| 21 | Flying W North BBQ | |
| 22 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 23 | Pits and Grills | |
| 24 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 25 | ManBearPig | |
| 26 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 27 | Sudden Sams BBQ | |
| 28 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 29 | BALD BEAUTIES BBQ | |
| 30 | KC FINE SWINES | |
| 31 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 32 | Simple Q Barbeque | |
| 33 | Crooked Que BBQ | |
| 34 | Sweat Ranch BBQ |
Master Series — Pork Ribs
34 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 2 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 3 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 4 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 5 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 6 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 7 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 8 | GEO SMOKERS | |
| 9 | Crooked Que BBQ | |
| 10 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 11 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 12 | Sudden Sams BBQ | |
| 13 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 14 | Boss Hog BBQ | |
| 15 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 16 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 17 | Sweat Ranch BBQ | |
| 18 | Ming Street Meats | |
| 19 | RAILYARD BBQ | |
| 20 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 21 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 22 | ManBearPig | |
| 23 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 24 | Flying W North BBQ | |
| 25 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 26 | Smoke-A-Holics | |
| 27 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 28 | BrewsCue | |
| 29 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 30 | Simple Q Barbeque | |
| 31 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 32 | BALD BEAUTIES BBQ | |
| 33 | Pits and Grills | |
| 34 | KC FINE SWINES |