Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD)
2024-10-25 – 2024-10-26 · Oak Grove, MO · 📍 Oak Grove Fieldhouse · State championship
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, FORREST BRUCE, PEG ROGERS · Prize money: $3,525.00
Grand Champion: Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ (707.4288) · 53 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Crossed Rifles BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Janky Leg BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 10 tracked editions.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ took the Grand Championship home to OK.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A double category winner
Electro-Que-ted won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 3–4: PIGGIN' WHISKEY and O.G. BANDITS tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: FAIRWAY SMOKERS and Bears Backyard Q tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: Bears Backyard Q and PARTS 'R' SMOKIN tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Janky Leg BBQ (won 2022, 2023).
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1624 power rating going in — stronger than 97% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, JANKY LEG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-28 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 40 | 702.8116 | Janky Leg BBQ | GETTIN' BASTED |
| 2022-10-28 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 38 | 177.7144 | 4 Legs Up BBQ | — |
| 2023-10-27 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 47 | 700.5028 | Janky Leg BBQ | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN |
| 2023-10-28 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 40 | 705.1088 | Squealin and Dealin BBQ | JANKY LEG BBQ |
| 2023-10-28 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 27 | 176.5716 | Fluffy Butt BBQ | — |
| 2023-10-28 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 28 | 180.0000 | BrewsCue | — |
| 2024-10-25 ← this one | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 53 | 707.4288 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | Crossed Rifles BBQ |
| 2024-10-26 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 56 | 705.0856 | Mulkey's BBQ | JANKY LEG BBQ |
| 2025-10-31 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 53 | 709.6800 | OMBBQ | MACHETE BOYS BBQ |
| 2025-11-01 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 50 | 703.9544 | Slaps BBQ | MACHETE BOYS BBQ |
| 2026-10-30 | Oak Grove, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-10-31 | Oak Grove, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 176.0000 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 176.5944 | 175.4172 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 178.8572 | 175.4288 | 174.8456 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.7028 | 169.6684 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 172.5484 | 168.5256 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
53 entries · top 707.4288 · median 682.7196
Chicken
53 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5484 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
53 entries · top 178.2972 · median 170.8344
Pork
53 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
53 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
Backyard Series
Overall
16 entries · top 357.7028 · median 338.5028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | Flat Tire BBQ | |
| 3 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 4 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 5 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 6 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 7 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 8 | Piggy's Kin | |
| 9 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 10 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 11 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 12 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 13 | Rump Rubbers | |
| 14 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 15 | East Bow Que | |
| 16 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S |
Chicken
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.3942 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 3 | East Bow Que | |
| 4 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 5 | Flat Tire BBQ | |
| 6 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 7 | Piggy's Kin | |
| 8 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 9 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 10 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 11 | Rump Rubbers | |
| 12 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 13 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 14 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 15 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 16 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S |
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.1258
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | Flat Tire BBQ | |
| 3 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 4 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S | |
| 5 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 6 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 7 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 8 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 9 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 10 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 11 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 12 | Piggy's Kin | |
| 13 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 14 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 15 | Rump Rubbers | |
| 16 | East Bow Que |
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 — Sausage
19 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.0972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 2 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 3 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 4 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 5 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 6 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 7 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 8 | Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque | |
| 9 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 10 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 11 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 12 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 13 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 14 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 15 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 16 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 17 | Matty Macks | |
| 18 | The King and His Q | |
| 19 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ |
Turkey Smoke Series — Turkey Smoke
36 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.2456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 3 | The King and His Q | |
| 4 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 5 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 6 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 7 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 8 | Crossed Rifles BBQ | |
| 9 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 10 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 11 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 12 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 13 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 14 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 15 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 16 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 17 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 18 | BULL CREEK BBQ | |
| 19 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 20 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 21 | East Bow Que | |
| 22 | Matty Macks | |
| 23 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 24 | Piggy's Kin | |
| 25 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 26 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE | |
| 27 | The Drunken Sailor | |
| 28 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 29 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 30 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 31 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 32 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 33 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 34 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 35 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 36 | BREWS BEFORE Q'S |