BBQ & Fly-In on the River
2024-08-16 – 2024-08-17 · Excelsior Springs, MO · 📍 201 E. Broadway · State championship
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, FORREST BRUCE, LARRY HADLEY · Prize money: $8,450.00
Grand Champion: Machete Boys BBQ (703.9660) · 65 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Ambition Que
Entries
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Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
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Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
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Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Triple H BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1432 points — closer than 79% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
MACHETE BOYS BBQ took the Grand Championship home to MN.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
7 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: TRIPLE H BBQ and Bears Backyard Q tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Bears Backyard Q and Blind Fox BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Blind Fox BBQ and KC MEAT SWEATS tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Triple H BBQ (won 2022).
🃏 An upset on the books
MACHETE BOYS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, JANKY LEG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-14 | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E Broadway | 55 | 703.3828 | Shake 'n Bake BBQ | GETTIN' SAUCED |
| 2022-08-19 | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E. Broadway | 54 | 707.4056 | Triple H BBQ | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2023-08-18 | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E. Broadway | 57 | 706.8344 | Gettin' Basted | MACHETE BOYS BBQ |
| 2024-08-16 ← this one | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E. Broadway | 65 | 703.9660 | Machete Boys BBQ | Ambition Que |
| 2025-08-15 | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E. Broadway | 62 | 710.8572 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ |
| 2026-08-14 | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E. Broadway | 83 | 711.9772 | Triple H BBQ | BBQ Maestros |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 176.5716 | 175.4056 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 179.4400 | 177.1428 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.5716 | 175.4172 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
65 entries · top 703.9660 · median 680.4916
Chicken
65 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
65 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
65 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
65 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1312 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
Ancillary — Dessert
17 entries · top 180.0000 · median 178.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Pasta
21 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5484 · 🔥 perfect 180
Turkey Smoke Series — Turkey Smoke
51 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180