2024-09-27 – 2024-09-28 · Shawnee, KS · 📍 11501 W. 57th St · State championship
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, FORREST BRUCE, LARRY HADLEY, PEG ROGERS · Prize money: $6,350.00
Grand Champion: Mad Mutt's BBQ (705.1088) · 73 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SLAPS BBQ
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, 2023 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.
Closer than 82% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1316 points — closer than 82% of every championship in the data.
705.1088 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 703.9544 Slaps BBQ set in 2023.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100
MAD MUTT'S BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 9–10: BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE and 913 BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: SLAPS BBQ and Cow Creek BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Broken Bottle BBQ and Smokey Bey's Barbecue tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
MAD MUTT'S BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 13th.
Stewey Magoos BBQ turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 179.4400 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Slaps BBQ (won 2023).
Bigger than 96% of the 5,410 contests in the data
73 teams made this a bigger field than 96% of every contest tracked.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
55 of 73 teams from 2023-09-22 came back
55 of the 73 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-22 | Shawnee, KS | 11501 W. 57th St | 73 | 703.9544 | Slaps BBQ | Fergolicious BBQ |
| 2024-09-27 ← this one | Shawnee, KS | 11501 W. 57th St | 73 | 705.1088 | Mad Mutt's BBQ | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2025-09-26 | Shawnee, KS | 11501 W. 57th St | 67 | 706.8228 | LOVE 2 Q | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE |
| 2026-09-25 | Shawnee, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5944 | 175.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 176.5600 | 173.7028 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 177.1544 | 175.4172 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 173.7144 |
73 entries · top 705.1088 · median 655.2800
73 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
73 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.2516
73 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8344
73 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.9428 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.2914 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stewey Magoos BBQ | |
| 2 | HAWG HEAVEN | |
| 3 | SMOKE ON WHEELS | |
| 4 | S M F | |
| 5 | Why Not Smoke | |
| 6 | Overland Pig Committee | |
| 7 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 8 | Naked Wings | |
| 9 | FOMSB | |
| 10 | Big Fork | |
| 11 | EAST MEATS WEST | |
| 12 | Ultimate Flippin Grillers | |
| 13 | Smokin' Beaver BBQ | |
| 14 | Jurassic Pork | |
| 15 | Minage a Hog | |
| 16 | Whiskey Pit BBQ | |
| 17 | Shell Rock Smokers | |
| 18 | RIB I'S | |
| 19 | Yardhogs BBQ | |
| 20 | Broken Bottle BBQ | |
| 21 | KC Que | |
| 22 | B TEAM BBQ | |
| 23 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 24 | K C RIB DOCTOR | |
| 25 | Ribs for Her Pleasure | |
| 26 | Bourbon Barrel Smokers |
42 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.3942
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SKY BLUE THIGHS | |
| 2 | SMOKE ON WHEELS | |
| 3 | Smokey Mountain Boys | |
| 4 | S M F | |
| 5 | T'S SMOKIN PIT | |
| 6 | Sloppy Seconds | |
| 7 | Grilligans Island | |
| 8 | IHC BBQ | |
| 9 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 10 | Hoggy Style BBQ | |
| 11 | Porkatory | |
| 12 | FOMSB | |
| 13 | Yardhogs BBQ | |
| 14 | Three Brothers Different Mothers | |
| 15 | Bourbon Barrel Smokers | |
| 16 | Pine Tar BBQ | |
| 17 | EAST MEATS WEST | |
| 18 | K C RIB DOCTOR | |
| 19 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 20 | Naked Wings | |
| 21 | Mad Cow Angry Beaver | |
| 22 | Kingdom Smoke | |
| 23 | Smokers Anonymous | |
| 24 | Smokin' Beaver BBQ | |
| 25 | Big Fork | |
| 26 | Bubba's Pigalicious | |
| 27 | Plunging and Scrubbing BBQ | |
| 28 | Shell Rock Smokers | |
| 29 | B TEAM BBQ | |
| 30 | Why Not Smoke | |
| 31 | ALMOST FLAMOUS BARBEQUE | |
| 32 | Last Years Leftovers | |
| 33 | Velvet Swine | |
| 34 | KC Que | |
| 35 | Ultimate Flippin Grillers | |
| 36 | This Is Nice | |
| 37 | No Butts About IT | |
| 38 | HG BBQ | |
| 39 | SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ | |
| 40 | Minage a Hog | |
| 41 | HAWG HEAVEN | |
| 42 | Ribs for Her Pleasure |