Jun 28–29, 2024 · Topeka, KS · 📍 510 SW 49th Street · State championship
Reps: Eugene Wickham, Sarah Wickham · Prize money: $4,210
MAN MEAT BBQ won Grand Champion at the Happy Basset 4th Annual BBQ Competition on June 28, 2024 in Topeka, KS at 510 SW 49th Street, scoring 706.2628 in a field of 28 teams. Smoke This Drink That BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 701.1088. Category winners: Chicken — MUNNY'S STOVE (180.0000); Pork Ribs — MAN MEAT BBQ (178.2972); Pork — Blaz'n Weazel BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — M2 Smokin' Q (180.0000).
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
MAN MEAT BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 5–6: SLAPS BBQ and Bourbon Bent tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: FINGER LEIKAM GOOD and Shark Q tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Go Pig or Go Home and 777 BBQ tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
MAN MEAT BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 16th.
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 | 175.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 180 | 176.0116 | 173.7028 |
28 entries · top 706.2628 · median 688.4570
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 3 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 4 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 5 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 6 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 7 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 8 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 9 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 10 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 11 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 12 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 13 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 14 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 15 | FAIRWAY SMOKERS | |
| 16 | Shark Q | |
| 17 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 18 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 19 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 20 | Blaz'n Weazel BBQ | |
| 21 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 22 | Bourbon Bent | |
| 23 | 777 BBQ | |
| 24 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 25 | THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS | |
| 26 | Swine Nine Family BBQ | |
| 27 | Deep Roots BBQ | |
| 28 | Beyond Q |
28 entries · top 180 · median 172.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 2 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 3 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 4 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 5 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 6 | Bourbon Bent | |
| 7 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 8 | Shark Q | |
| 9 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 10 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 11 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 12 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 13 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 14 | FAIRWAY SMOKERS | |
| 15 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 16 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 17 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 18 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 19 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 20 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 21 | THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS | |
| 22 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 23 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 24 | 777 BBQ | |
| 25 | Blaz'n Weazel BBQ | |
| 26 | Deep Roots BBQ | |
| 27 | Swine Nine Family BBQ | |
| 28 | Beyond Q |
28 entries · top 178.2972 · median 171.6856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 3 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 4 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 5 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 6 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 7 | FAIRWAY SMOKERS | |
| 8 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 9 | 777 BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 11 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 12 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 13 | Bourbon Bent | |
| 14 | THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS | |
| 15 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 16 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 17 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 18 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 19 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 20 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 21 | Shark Q | |
| 22 | Blaz'n Weazel BBQ | |
| 23 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 24 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 25 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 26 | Beyond Q | |
| 27 | Deep Roots BBQ | |
| 28 | Swine Nine Family BBQ |
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blaz'n Weazel BBQ | |
| 2 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 3 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 4 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 5 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 6 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 7 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 8 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 9 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 10 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 11 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 12 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 13 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 14 | FAIRWAY SMOKERS | |
| 15 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 16 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 17 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 18 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 19 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 20 | Shark Q | |
| 21 | THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS | |
| 22 | 777 BBQ | |
| 23 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 24 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 25 | Bourbon Bent | |
| 26 | Deep Roots BBQ | |
| 27 | Swine Nine Family BBQ |
27 entries · top 180 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 2 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 3 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 4 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 5 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 6 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 7 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 8 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 9 | Shark Q | |
| 10 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 11 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 13 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 14 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 15 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 16 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 17 | Blaz'n Weazel BBQ | |
| 18 | FAIRWAY SMOKERS | |
| 19 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 20 | Bourbon Bent | |
| 21 | 777 BBQ | |
| 22 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 23 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 24 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 25 | THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS | |
| 26 | Swine Nine Family BBQ | |
| 27 | Deep Roots BBQ |