Sep 13–14, 2024 · Columbia, MO · 📍 6401 Highway 40 W · State championship
Reps: Clara Williams, Jonathan B Williams · Prize money: $8,500
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ won Grand Champion at the Buds Blues and BBQ on September 13, 2024 in Columbia, MO at 6401 Highway 40 W, scoring 692.4800 in a field of 16 teams. THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.2172. Category winners: Chicken — THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Smoke This Drink That BBQ (177.7028); Pork — My Three Sons BBQ (175.4056); Brisket — SLAPS BBQ (176.0000). The Backyard Series standings were won by Too Sauced BBQ with 350.8344. This is the 1st of 4 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2024.
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2024 to 2025 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Stronger than 91% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1631 power rating going in — stronger than 91% of every contest tracked.
Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: My Three Sons BBQ and Shear Smoke tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 9–10: AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW and MEAT'S MY MISTRESS tied on 167.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 6–7: Uncle Bub's BBQ LLC and In Deep Sauce tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2024 ← this one | Columbia, MO | 6401 Highway 40 W | 16 | 692.4800 | Shake 'N Bake BBQ | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Columbia, MO | 6401 Highway 40 W | 5 | 177.7028 | There's No Place Like Smoke | — |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Columbia, MO | 6401 Highway 40 W | 9 | 697.0972 | AMBITION QUE | OnlyCans Competition BBQ |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Columbia, MO | 6401 Highway 40 W | 7 | 177.1428 | ALL FIRED UP AND KICKIN ASH | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180 | 170.8228 | 167.9772 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 170.8572 | 167.4172 |
| Master Series — Pork | 175.4056 | 172.5600 | 167.4056 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 176 | 169.1200 | 163.4056 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 177.7028 | 171.4284 | 147.4172 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 170.8344 | 151.9888 |
16 entries · top 692.4800 · median 672.7598
16 entries · top 180 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
16 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.2514
16 entries · top 175.4056 · median 169.1028
16 entries · top 176 · median 164.2342
10 entries · top 350.8344 · median 342.8342
10 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.5714
10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1258