Buds Blues and BBQ

2024-09-13 – 2024-09-14 · Columbia, MO · State championship

Reps: CLARA WILLIAMS, JONATHAN B WILLIAMS · Prize money: $8,500.00

Grand Champion: Shake 'N Bake BBQ (692.4800) · 16 teams

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Too Sauced BBQ

350.8344 · Backyard Series — Overall

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Hormonal Escape

347.4516 · Backyard Series — Overall

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T Daddys BBQ

346.2972 · Backyard Series — Overall

Entries

6 categories

Top score

350.8344

Winning margin

3.3828

GC over RC

Field average

335.75

median 342.83

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Tightest race

Pork

2.8456 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

313.6916

what a walk cost here

Field spread

37.1428

winner to last place

Prize money

$8,500.00

on the line

Most consistent

Pits and Grills

avg finish 4.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 3.4400 pts — THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE

How hot was the win?

Top 85%

beats 15% of 2715 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1586

avg power rating going in · stronger than 84% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SLAPS BBQ

rated 1865 pre-contest

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)

This contest over the years

Date	Where	Teams	High score	Grand Champion
2024-09-13 ← this one	Columbia, MO	16	692.4800	Shake 'N Bake BBQ
2024-09-13	Columbia, MO	5	177.7028	There's No Place Like Smoke
2025-09-05	Columbia, MO	9	697.0972	AMBITION QUE
2025-09-05	Columbia, MO	7	177.1428	ALL FIRED UP AND KICKIN ASH

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Backyard Series — Chicken

10 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.5714

#	Team	Score
1	Too Sauced BBQ	177.7028
2	Swine-O-Licious BBQ	177.1428
3	SmoQued On Main St	174.2972
4	Smoked By The Brooks	174.2856
5	T Daddys BBQ	171.4284
6	Hormonal Escape	169.7144
7	Bushwood BBQ	162.2512
8	BBQ To The Rescue	161.7028
9	Trophy Husbands BBQ	161.6572
10	Shooting the Breeze	147.4172

Backyard Series — Overall

10 entries · top 350.8344 · median 342.8342

#	Team	Score
1	Too Sauced BBQ	350.8344
2	Hormonal Escape	347.4516
3	T Daddys BBQ	346.2972
4	Smoked By The Brooks	345.1200
5	Swine-O-Licious BBQ	344.5600
6	Bushwood BBQ	341.1084
7	SmoQued On Main St	326.2860
8	BBQ To The Rescue	322.8572
9	Trophy Husbands BBQ	319.3144
10	Shooting the Breeze	313.6916

Backyard Series — Pork Ribs

10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1258

#	Team	Score
1	Bushwood BBQ	178.8572
2	Hormonal Escape	177.7372
3	T Daddys BBQ	174.8688
4	Too Sauced BBQ	173.1316
5	Smoked By The Brooks	170.8344
6	Swine-O-Licious BBQ	167.4172
7	Shooting the Breeze	166.2744
8	BBQ To The Rescue	161.1544
9	Trophy Husbands BBQ	157.6572
10	SmoQued On Main St	151.9888

Master Series — Brisket

16 entries · top 176.0000 · median 164.2342

#	Team	Score
1	SLAPS BBQ	176.0000
2	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	175.4172
3	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	173.1084
4	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	172.5600
5	Cook Shack BBQ	169.1200
6	Smoke This Drink That BBQ	166.8344
7	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	165.1084
8	Ambition Que	164.5256
9	WOOD HOOK BBQ	163.9428
10	Pits and Grills	163.4056
11	In Deep Sauce	162.8344
12	BUCKSHOTBBQ	162.2628
13	MEAT'S MY MISTRESS	162.2400
14	My Three Sons BBQ	161.6684
15	Uncle Bub's BBQ LLC	159.9656
16	Shear Smoke	139.3716

Master Series — Chicken

16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	180.0000 🔥
2	Pits and Grills	176.5600
3	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	175.4056
4	In Deep Sauce	173.1200
5	My Three Sons BBQ	170.8228
6	Shear Smoke	170.8228
7	SLAPS BBQ	170.8112
8	Smoke This Drink That BBQ	170.2628
9	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	167.9772
10	MEAT'S MY MISTRESS	167.9772
11	WOOD HOOK BBQ	166.8572
12	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	166.2400
13	Ambition Que	165.1200
14	Uncle Bub's BBQ LLC	164.5372
15	Cook Shack BBQ	163.9772
16	BUCKSHOTBBQ	159.9540

Master Series — Overall

16 entries · top 692.4800 · median 672.7598

#	Team	Score
1	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	692.4800
2	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	690.2172
3	SLAPS BBQ	690.2056
4	Pits and Grills	689.1200
5	Smoke This Drink That BBQ	680.5604
6	In Deep Sauce	675.3372
7	Ambition Que	675.3140
8	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	673.6112
9	My Three Sons BBQ	671.9084
10	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	669.5656
11	WOOD HOOK BBQ	666.1944
12	Cook Shack BBQ	665.0056
13	MEAT'S MY MISTRESS	663.9316
14	Uncle Bub's BBQ LLC	662.7312
15	Shear Smoke	628.9256
16	BUCKSHOTBBQ	628.3764

Master Series — Pork

16 entries · top 175.4056 · median 169.1028

#	Team	Score
1	My Three Sons BBQ	175.4056
2	Pits and Grills	174.8800
3	Ambition Que	173.7028
4	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	173.1200
5	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	172.5600
6	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	171.9772
7	SLAPS BBQ	170.8228
8	In Deep Sauce	169.6800
9	Uncle Bub's BBQ LLC	168.5256
10	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	167.4056
11	MEAT'S MY MISTRESS	166.2972
12	Smoke This Drink That BBQ	165.7604
13	Cook Shack BBQ	165.0856
14	WOOD HOOK BBQ	164.5372
15	Shear Smoke	161.0740
16	BUCKSHOTBBQ	161.0740

Master Series — Pork Ribs

16 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.2514

#	Team	Score
1	Smoke This Drink That BBQ	177.7028
2	Pits and Grills	174.2744
3	SLAPS BBQ	172.5716
4	Ambition Que	171.9656
5	WOOD HOOK BBQ	170.8572
6	Uncle Bub's BBQ LLC	169.7028
7	In Deep Sauce	169.7028
8	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	168.5372
9	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	167.9656
10	MEAT'S MY MISTRESS	167.4172
11	Cook Shack BBQ	166.8228
12	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	165.6800
13	My Three Sons BBQ	164.0116
14	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	162.8116
15	Shear Smoke	157.6572
16	BUCKSHOTBBQ	145.0856