Sep 20–21, 2024 · Kearney, MO · 📍 3001 N 33 Hwy · State championship
Reps: Clara Williams, Jonathan B Williams · Prize money: $5,950
CASUAL SMOKERS won Grand Champion at the 36th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out on September 20, 2024 in Kearney, MO at 3001 N 33 Hwy, scoring 703.9428 in a field of 32 teams. Damn Fine Beef & Swine took Reserve Grand Champion with 701.6456. Category winners: Chicken — RUB MY RACK (178.8572); Pork Ribs — Bocephus BBQ (180.0000); Pork — Blind Fox BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — RUB MY RACK (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 80 times in 100
Casual Smokers came in rated below the field's top team, Damn Fine Beef & Swine, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
CASUAL SMOKERS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Casual Smokers's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 54th tracked contest.
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5712 points.
Chicken places 4–5: CASUAL SMOKERS and KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON and A BBQ TEAM - MO tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES and Dr. Squealgood BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
RUB MY RACK won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 173.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 174.2628 | 172.5600 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 180 | 176.5600 | 171.9656 |
32 entries · top 703.9428 · median 676.9940
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 2 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 3 | RUB MY RACK | |
| 4 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 5 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 6 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 7 | Ambition Que | |
| 8 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 9 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 10 | Hog Tuah | |
| 11 | Sons of a Brisket | |
| 12 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 13 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 14 | A BBQ TEAM - MO | |
| 15 | KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON | |
| 16 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 17 | Wabash BBQ | |
| 18 | The Dogs Liked It | |
| 19 | GRILLAS | |
| 20 | Absolute Bull | |
| 21 | Burnt Ends Bumetts | |
| 22 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 23 | 33 Smokers | |
| 24 | T'S SMOKIN PIT | |
| 25 | SOUTHINURMOUTH | |
| 26 | Tri R BBQ | |
| 27 | "Fat Chance BBQ" Team | |
| 28 | AM & PM SMOKERS | |
| 29 | Circle Z BBQ | |
| 30 | Smokin Butts BBQ | |
| 31 | RIBBED FOR HER PLEASURE | |
| 32 | Lyles Legacy |
32 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.5428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RUB MY RACK | |
| 2 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 3 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 4 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 5 | KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON | |
| 6 | A BBQ TEAM - MO | |
| 7 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 8 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 9 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 10 | Sons of a Brisket | |
| 11 | Ambition Que | |
| 12 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 13 | GRILLAS | |
| 14 | Absolute Bull | |
| 15 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 16 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 17 | Wabash BBQ | |
| 18 | T'S SMOKIN PIT | |
| 19 | Hog Tuah | |
| 20 | 33 Smokers | |
| 21 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 22 | Burnt Ends Bumetts | |
| 23 | The Dogs Liked It | |
| 24 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 25 | "Fat Chance BBQ" Team | |
| 26 | SOUTHINURMOUTH | |
| 27 | Tri R BBQ | |
| 28 | AM & PM SMOKERS | |
| 29 | Circle Z BBQ | |
| 30 | Smokin Butts BBQ | |
| 31 | Lyles Legacy | |
| 32 | RIBBED FOR HER PLEASURE |
32 entries · top 180 · median 167.9542 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 2 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 3 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 4 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 5 | Hog Tuah | |
| 6 | Ambition Que | |
| 7 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 8 | RUB MY RACK | |
| 9 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 10 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 11 | Wabash BBQ | |
| 12 | The Dogs Liked It | |
| 13 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 15 | GRILLAS | |
| 16 | KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON | |
| 17 | A BBQ TEAM - MO | |
| 18 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 19 | Circle Z BBQ | |
| 20 | T'S SMOKIN PIT | |
| 21 | Sons of a Brisket | |
| 22 | Burnt Ends Bumetts | |
| 23 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 24 | Absolute Bull | |
| 25 | RIBBED FOR HER PLEASURE | |
| 26 | AM & PM SMOKERS | |
| 27 | "Fat Chance BBQ" Team | |
| 28 | Tri R BBQ | |
| 29 | 33 Smokers | |
| 30 | SOUTHINURMOUTH | |
| 31 | Lyles Legacy | |
| 32 | Smokin Butts BBQ |
32 entries · top 180 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 2 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 3 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 4 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 5 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 7 | The Dogs Liked It | |
| 8 | AM & PM SMOKERS | |
| 9 | A BBQ TEAM - MO | |
| 10 | SOUTHINURMOUTH | |
| 11 | Ambition Que | |
| 12 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 13 | Sons of a Brisket | |
| 14 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 15 | Hog Tuah | |
| 16 | GRILLAS | |
| 17 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 18 | RUB MY RACK | |
| 19 | Smokin Butts BBQ | |
| 20 | KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON | |
| 21 | "Fat Chance BBQ" Team | |
| 22 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 23 | Wabash BBQ | |
| 24 | Lyles Legacy | |
| 25 | T'S SMOKIN PIT | |
| 26 | Burnt Ends Bumetts | |
| 27 | 33 Smokers | |
| 28 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 29 | Tri R BBQ | |
| 30 | Absolute Bull | |
| 31 | RIBBED FOR HER PLEASURE | |
| 32 | Circle Z BBQ |
32 entries · top 180 · median 167.3942 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RUB MY RACK | |
| 2 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 3 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 4 | Sons of a Brisket | |
| 5 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 6 | Tri R BBQ | |
| 7 | Ambition Que | |
| 8 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 9 | Absolute Bull | |
| 10 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 11 | Hog Tuah | |
| 12 | KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON | |
| 13 | Wabash BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 15 | 33 Smokers | |
| 16 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 17 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 18 | Burnt Ends Bumetts | |
| 19 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 20 | A BBQ TEAM - MO | |
| 21 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 22 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 23 | "Fat Chance BBQ" Team | |
| 24 | The Dogs Liked It | |
| 25 | GRILLAS | |
| 26 | RIBBED FOR HER PLEASURE | |
| 27 | SOUTHINURMOUTH | |
| 28 | Smokin Butts BBQ | |
| 29 | Circle Z BBQ | |
| 30 | AM & PM SMOKERS | |
| 31 | T'S SMOKIN PIT | |
| 32 | Lyles Legacy |
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.
20 entries · top 178.8572 · median 163.9544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 2 | Absolute Bull | |
| 3 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 4 | 33 Smokers | |
| 5 | Hog Tuah | |
| 6 | RIBBED FOR HER PLEASURE | |
| 7 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 8 | GRILLAS | |
| 9 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 11 | AM & PM SMOKERS | |
| 12 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 13 | "Fat Chance BBQ" Team | |
| 14 | Tri R BBQ | |
| 15 | Smokin Butts BBQ | |
| 16 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 17 | Wabash BBQ | |
| 18 | Circle Z BBQ | |
| 19 | A BBQ TEAM - MO | |
| 20 | Lyles Legacy |
21 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 2 | "Fat Chance BBQ" Team | |
| 3 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 4 | KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON | |
| 5 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 6 | Absolute Bull | |
| 7 | GRILLAS | |
| 8 | AM & PM SMOKERS | |
| 9 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 10 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 11 | 33 Smokers | |
| 12 | RIBBED FOR HER PLEASURE | |
| 13 | Circle Z BBQ | |
| 14 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 15 | Tri R BBQ | |
| 16 | Smokin Butts BBQ | |
| 17 | Wabash BBQ | |
| 18 | A BBQ TEAM - MO | |
| 19 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 20 | Hog Tuah | |
| 21 | Lyles Legacy |