Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1)
2024-07-26 – 2024-07-27 · Dodge City, KS · 📍 Wright Park · State championship
Reps: LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH · Prize money: $9,250.00
Grand Champion: Munny's Stove BBQ (711.9888) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Meat Candy Q
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 0.5716 points — closer than 89% of every championship in the data.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: Meat Candy Q and MUNNY'S STOVE tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: FINGER LEIKAM GOOD and Beef State BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Cities Edge BBQ and MUNNY'S STOVE tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
MUNNY'S STOVE came in rated below the field's top team, CHUNKY BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-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
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-26 ← this one | Dodge City, KS | Wright Park | 20 | 711.9888 | Munny's Stove BBQ | Meat Candy Q |
| 2024-07-27 | Dodge City, KS | Wright Park | 20 | 708.5256 | Finger Leikam Good | MAN MEAT BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 172.5600 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 174.2628 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 170.8112 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
20 entries · top 711.9888 · median 689.6344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 2 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 3 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 4 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 5 | Shark Q | |
| 6 | Mad Dog BBQ | |
| 7 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 8 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 9 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 10 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 11 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 12 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 13 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 14 | Beef State BBQ | |
| 15 | BrewsCue | |
| 16 | Mercer BBQ | |
| 17 | I'll Tell You Later BBQ | |
| 18 | Big Fig | |
| 19 | ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE | |
| 20 | Smoke Showing BBQ |
Chicken
20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 2 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 3 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 4 | Mad Dog BBQ | |
| 5 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 6 | Beef State BBQ | |
| 7 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 8 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 9 | Shark Q | |
| 10 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 11 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 12 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 13 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 14 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 15 | Big Fig | |
| 16 | BrewsCue | |
| 17 | Mercer BBQ | |
| 18 | Smoke Showing BBQ | |
| 19 | ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE | |
| 20 | I'll Tell You Later BBQ |
Pork Ribs
20 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.2686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 2 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 3 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 4 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 5 | Shark Q | |
| 6 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 7 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 8 | Beef State BBQ | |
| 9 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 10 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 11 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 12 | Mercer BBQ | |
| 13 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 14 | Mad Dog BBQ | |
| 15 | I'll Tell You Later BBQ | |
| 16 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 17 | Big Fig | |
| 18 | BrewsCue | |
| 19 | ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE | |
| 20 | Smoke Showing BBQ |
Pork
20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 2 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 3 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 4 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 5 | BrewsCue | |
| 6 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 7 | Mad Dog BBQ | |
| 8 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 9 | Mercer BBQ | |
| 10 | Shark Q | |
| 11 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 12 | I'll Tell You Later BBQ | |
| 13 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 14 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 15 | Beef State BBQ | |
| 16 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 17 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 18 | ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE | |
| 19 | Big Fig | |
| 20 | Smoke Showing BBQ |
Brisket
20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.5312 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 2 | Shark Q | |
| 3 | Mad Dog BBQ | |
| 4 | CHUNKY BBQ | |
| 5 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 6 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 7 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 8 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 9 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 10 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 11 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 12 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 13 | I'll Tell You Later BBQ | |
| 14 | BrewsCue | |
| 15 | Smoke Showing BBQ | |
| 16 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 17 | Beef State BBQ | |
| 18 | Big Fig | |
| 19 | ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE | |
| 20 | Mercer BBQ |
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.
Kids-Q — Kid'S Q Sliders 11-15
6 entries · top 177.1428 · median 170.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shark & Sauce | |
| 2 | Landon/Cafe Cue | |
| 3 | Zoe & Olivia | |
| 4 | Paige Ellis | |
| 5 | Sizzling Sassy Sisters/Maddi & Brynleigh | |
| 6 | Anabelle |
Kids-Q — Kid'S Q Sliders 5-10
5 entries · top 173.1428 · median 170.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny Schmidts/Payton | |
| 2 | Emalyn | |
| 3 | Sawyer/ Finger Leikam Good | |
| 4 | Logan | |
| 5 | Reagan/Mini Meat |
Kids-Q — Kid'S Q Steak 11-15
5 entries · top 177.1428 · median 172.0228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landon/Cafe Cue | |
| 2 | Shark & Sauce | |
| 3 | Sizzling Sassy Sisters/Maddi & Brynleigh | |
| 4 | Paige Ellis | |
| 5 | Van |
Kids-Q — Kid'S Q Steak 5-10
5 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny Schmidts/Payton | |
| 2 | Logan | |
| 3 | Sawyer/ Finger Leikam Good | |
| 4 | Zane | |
| 5 | Emalyn |
Ancillary — Misc
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180