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Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD)

2024-10-26 – 2024-10-27 · Oak Grove, MO · 📍 Oak Grove Fieldhouse · State championship

Reps: DAVE ROGERS, FORREST BRUCE, PEG ROGERS · Prize money: $3,525.00

Grand Champion: Mulkey's BBQ (705.0856) · 56 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 JANKY LEG BBQ

🥇
Mulkey's BBQ
705.0856 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
JANKY LEG BBQ
697.0628 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
Crossed Rifles BBQ
695.9316 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

56
6 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

705.0856

Winning margin

8.0228
GC over RC

Field average

680.30
median 683.02

Perfect 180s

2 🔥
T-Dawg BBQ (Chicken), Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Chicken
1.1544 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

689.0512
10th place overall

Field spread

67.5544
winner to last place

Prize money

$3,525.00
on the line

Most consistent

Mulkey's BBQ
avg finish 8.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 2.2972 pts — Mulkey's BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 25%
beats 75% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

65%
of the 69 teams with a home region came from outside MO

Came back for more

91%
63 of 69 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.31 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1634
avg power rating going in · stronger than 98% of contests

Top-rated in the field

JANKY LEG BBQ
rated 1914 pre-contest

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

Mulkey's BBQ took the Grand Championship home to KS.

📸 Photo finishes

Master Series — Chicken places 3–4: Mulkey's BBQ and TEAM CRAWFORD tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 4–5: TEAM CRAWFORD and BUNCH OF SWINES tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 7–8: Low Eye Que and Squealin N Dealin BBQ 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), Fluffy Butt BBQ (won 2023), Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ (won 2024).

🏟️ A stacked field

The field averaged a 1634 power rating going in — stronger than 98% of every contest tracked.

🃏 An upset on the books

Mulkey's BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, JANKY LEG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-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)

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 →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve 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 Oak Grove, MO Oak Grove Fieldhouse 53 707.4288 Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ Crossed Rifles BBQ
2024-10-26 ← this one 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)

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken178.8572177.7028176.5600
Master Series — Pork Ribs180.0000175.4172175.4056
Master Series — Pork177.7144175.4288174.2744
Master Series — Brisket178.8572174.2628171.9772
Backyard Series — Chicken180.0000173.1200169.6800
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs174.2972171.9772169.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

56 entries · top 705.0856 · median 683.0226

#TeamScore
1 Mulkey's BBQ 705.0856
2 JANKY LEG BBQ 697.0628
3 Crossed Rifles BBQ 695.9316
4 Fluffy Butt BBQ 694.7540
5 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 694.2172
6 T-Squared BBQ 693.1200
7 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 693.0628
8 Dr. Squealgood BBQ 692.4684
9 PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY 691.3600
10 Matty Macks 689.0512
11 SmokinGhost BBQ 689.0284
12 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 688.4800
13 Take It Easy BBQ 686.7660
14 B 3 BBQ 686.7540
15 MAN MEAT BBQ 686.7312
16 Can Country Outlaw BBQ 686.1944
17 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 686.1828
18 SLAPS BBQ 685.6572
19 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 685.6228
20 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 685.5652
21 Low Eye Que 685.0400
22 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 685.0400
23 BUNCH OF SWINES 684.4684
24 TEAM CRAWFORD 683.8856
25 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 683.3600
26 The King and His Q 683.3144
27 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 683.3140
28 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 683.2912
29 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 682.7540
30 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 682.7312
31 CHUNKY BBQ 682.1480
32 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 679.8972
33 Who's Cookin' 678.7312
34 O.G. BANDITS 678.7084
35 BULL CREEK BBQ 678.1944
36 Sons of a Brisket 678.1944
37 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 676.9940
38 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 675.8396
39 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 675.8164
40 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 675.3028
41 Ambition Que 674.7200
42 Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque 674.1596
43 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 673.6112
44 LOVE 2 Q 673.5884
45 HOME FARM BBQ 672.4456
46 Smoke This Drink That BBQ 671.3372
47 3 Blondes and a Bald 670.7432
48 ShowMeMoSmoke 669.5544
49 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 668.9944
50 Hoggy Style BBQ 667.3372
51 ROADKILL BBQ 667.3260
52 Cities Edge BBQ 663.2688
53 Smoke 'n Magic 663.2684
54 Split Borders BBQ 660.4344
55 TORNADO BBQ 658.1716
56 Q LIVE CREW 637.5312

Chicken

56 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.2742

#TeamScore
1 SmokinGhost BBQ 178.8572
2 PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY 178.2972
3 Mulkey's BBQ 177.7028
4 TEAM CRAWFORD 177.7028
5 BUNCH OF SWINES 177.7028
6 Crossed Rifles BBQ 176.5716
7 Low Eye Que 176.5600
8 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 176.5600
9 O.G. BANDITS 176.5600
10 JANKY LEG BBQ 176.5600
11 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 176.0000
12 ShowMeMoSmoke 175.4172
13 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 175.4172
14 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 175.4056
15 Fluffy Butt BBQ 175.4056
16 Sons of a Brisket 174.8572
17 Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque 174.2628
18 B 3 BBQ 174.2628
19 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 174.2628
20 TORNADO BBQ 173.1428
21 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 173.1316
22 LOVE 2 Q 173.1200
23 Ambition Que 173.1200
24 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 173.1084
25 CHUNKY BBQ 173.1084
26 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 173.1084
27 T-Squared BBQ 172.5600
28 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 172.5600
29 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 171.9884
30 The King and His Q 171.9772
31 Take It Easy BBQ 171.9772
32 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 171.9772
33 Dr. Squealgood BBQ 171.9656
34 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 171.9656
35 Matty Macks 171.9656
36 BULL CREEK BBQ 171.4172
37 Who's Cookin' 171.4172
38 Split Borders BBQ 170.8572
39 Can Country Outlaw BBQ 170.8228
40 Smoke 'n Magic 170.8228
41 SLAPS BBQ 169.7028
42 MAN MEAT BBQ 169.6800
43 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 169.6800
44 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 169.6684
45 Cities Edge BBQ 167.9772
46 HOME FARM BBQ 167.4172
47 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 167.3828
48 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 165.7028
49 Smoke This Drink That BBQ 165.1200
50 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 165.0856
51 3 Blondes and a Bald 163.9544
52 Q LIVE CREW 162.2512
53 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 160.5028
54 Hoggy Style BBQ 160.5028
55 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 159.9428
56 ROADKILL BBQ 158.8116

Pork Ribs

56 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8342 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Crossed Rifles BBQ 177.7144
3 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 176.5716
4 Low Eye Que 175.4172
5 Smoke This Drink That BBQ 175.4172
6 Can Country Outlaw BBQ 175.4172
7 Cities Edge BBQ 175.4172
8 MAN MEAT BBQ 175.4056
9 Fluffy Butt BBQ 175.4056
10 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 175.4056
11 ROADKILL BBQ 174.8800
12 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 174.8572
13 The King and His Q 174.2860
14 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 174.2744
15 JANKY LEG BBQ 174.2744
16 SLAPS BBQ 174.2628
17 Mulkey's BBQ 174.2628
18 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 174.2628
19 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 173.7144
20 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 173.1200
21 B 3 BBQ 172.5600
22 T-Squared BBQ 172.0000
23 Ambition Que 171.9772
24 Matty Macks 171.9772
25 BUNCH OF SWINES 171.9772
26 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 171.9772
27 TEAM CRAWFORD 171.4056
28 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 170.8456
29 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 170.8228
30 Dr. Squealgood BBQ 170.8228
31 PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY 170.2628
32 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 170.2628
33 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 170.2628
34 Who's Cookin' 170.2628
35 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 169.7028
36 3 Blondes and a Bald 169.1316
37 LOVE 2 Q 168.5372
38 Take It Easy BBQ 168.5372
39 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 168.5256
40 Sons of a Brisket 167.9772
41 SmokinGhost BBQ 167.3828
42 TORNADO BBQ 166.8344
43 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 166.8112
44 Hoggy Style BBQ 166.2628
45 CHUNKY BBQ 166.2512
46 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 165.7028
47 HOME FARM BBQ 165.0972
48 BULL CREEK BBQ 165.0972
49 O.G. BANDITS 165.0856
50 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 165.0856
51 Smoke 'n Magic 163.9544
52 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 163.3712
53 Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque 162.8228
54 ShowMeMoSmoke 161.6572
55 Split Borders BBQ 159.4060
56 Q LIVE CREW 154.2516

Pork

56 entries · top 177.7144 · median 170.8228

#TeamScore
1 Matty Macks 177.7144
2 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 176.5600
3 CHUNKY BBQ 176.5600
4 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 176.5600
5 BULL CREEK BBQ 175.4288
6 T-Squared BBQ 175.4172
7 PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY 175.4172
8 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 175.4172
9 Who's Cookin' 175.4056
10 Take It Easy BBQ 174.2744
11 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 174.2744
12 Mulkey's BBQ 174.2628
13 JANKY LEG BBQ 174.2628
14 SLAPS BBQ 173.1544
15 Can Country Outlaw BBQ 173.1316
16 Dr. Squealgood BBQ 173.1200
17 Fluffy Butt BBQ 173.1200
18 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 173.1200
19 Split Borders BBQ 173.1084
20 TEAM CRAWFORD 171.9772
21 BUNCH OF SWINES 171.9656
22 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 171.9656
23 3 Blondes and a Bald 171.4172
24 B 3 BBQ 171.4056
25 O.G. BANDITS 170.8344
26 SmokinGhost BBQ 170.8228
27 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 170.8228
28 MAN MEAT BBQ 170.8228
29 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 170.8228
30 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 170.2628
31 Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque 169.7028
32 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 169.6800
33 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 169.6800
34 Crossed Rifles BBQ 169.6800
35 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 169.6800
36 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 169.6800
37 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 169.6684
38 Smoke 'n Magic 169.1200
39 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 168.5372
40 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 168.5372
41 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 168.5256
42 The King and His Q 168.5256
43 HOME FARM BBQ 168.5256
44 TORNADO BBQ 168.0000
45 ROADKILL BBQ 167.3944
46 ShowMeMoSmoke 167.3828
47 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 166.8344
48 LOVE 2 Q 166.8228
49 Smoke This Drink That BBQ 166.2628
50 Hoggy Style BBQ 165.1544
51 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 164.5372
52 Sons of a Brisket 163.9428
53 Ambition Que 162.8116
54 Low Eye Que 162.8000
55 Q LIVE CREW 162.2284
56 Cities Edge BBQ 159.3716

Brisket

56 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5256

#TeamScore
1 Mulkey's BBQ 178.8572
2 Dr. Squealgood BBQ 176.5600
3 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 176.0000
4 Hoggy Style BBQ 175.4172
5 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 174.2628
6 T-Squared BBQ 173.1428
7 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 173.1200
8 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 173.1084
9 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 171.9772
10 Take It Easy BBQ 171.9772
11 SmokinGhost BBQ 171.9656
12 JANKY LEG BBQ 171.9656
13 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 171.9656
14 Crossed Rifles BBQ 171.9656
15 Sons of a Brisket 171.4172
16 HOME FARM BBQ 171.4056
17 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 170.8344
18 Fluffy Butt BBQ 170.8228
19 MAN MEAT BBQ 170.8228
20 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 170.8228
21 PIGGIN' WHISKEY 170.8112
22 Low Eye Que 170.2628
23 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 169.6800
24 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 169.6800
25 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 169.1200
26 SLAPS BBQ 168.5372
27 FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY 168.5256
28 The King and His Q 168.5256
29 B 3 BBQ 168.5256
30 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 168.5256
31 Matty Macks 167.3940
32 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 167.3828
33 PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY 167.3828
34 Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque 167.3712
35 Can Country Outlaw BBQ 166.8228
36 Ambition Que 166.8112
37 BULL CREEK BBQ 166.2512
38 ROADKILL BBQ 166.2400
39 3 Blondes and a Bald 166.2400
40 O.G. BANDITS 166.2284
41 CHUNKY BBQ 166.2284
42 LOVE 2 Q 165.1084
43 ShowMeMoSmoke 165.0972
44 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 165.0856
45 Smoke This Drink That BBQ 164.5372
46 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 163.9656
47 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 163.3712
48 BUNCH OF SWINES 162.8228
49 TEAM CRAWFORD 162.8000
50 Who's Cookin' 161.6456
51 Cities Edge BBQ 160.5028
52 Smoke 'n Magic 159.3712
53 Q LIVE CREW 158.8000
54 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 157.6456
55 Split Borders BBQ 157.0628
56 TORNADO BBQ 150.1944

Backyard Series

Overall

13 entries · top 350.2628 · median 343.9544

#TeamScore
1 T-Dawg BBQ 350.2628
2 Too Sauced BBQ 349.6684
3 BBQ Pit Bros 346.8228
4 Flat Tire BBQ 346.2856
5 DAWGS BBQ 345.6916
6 Electro-Que-ted 345.0972
7 Breaking Slabs BBQ 343.9544
8 Curly Bird BBQ 342.2516
9 Big Reds Backyard BBQ 342.2400
10 Swine-O-Licious BBQ 339.9772
11 Bushwood BBQ 338.2172
12 Poppin Smoke BBQ 336.5600
13 East Bow Que 327.8972

Chicken

13 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 T-Dawg BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 BBQ Pit Bros 177.7028
3 Breaking Slabs BBQ 175.4172
4 Too Sauced BBQ 175.4056
5 Electro-Que-ted 173.1200
6 Curly Bird BBQ 172.5716
7 DAWGS BBQ 172.5600
8 Flat Tire BBQ 171.9884
9 Big Reds Backyard BBQ 169.6800
10 East Bow Que 169.6800
11 Swine-O-Licious BBQ 169.1200
12 Poppin Smoke BBQ 166.8572
13 Bushwood BBQ 166.2400

Pork Ribs

13 entries · top 174.2972 · median 170.8572

#TeamScore
1 Flat Tire BBQ 174.2972
2 Too Sauced BBQ 174.2628
3 DAWGS BBQ 173.1316
4 Big Reds Backyard BBQ 172.5600
5 Electro-Que-ted 171.9772
6 Bushwood BBQ 171.9772
7 Swine-O-Licious BBQ 170.8572
8 T-Dawg BBQ 170.2628
9 Poppin Smoke BBQ 169.7028
10 Curly Bird BBQ 169.6800
11 BBQ Pit Bros 169.1200
12 Breaking Slabs BBQ 168.5372
13 East Bow Que 158.2172

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 — Dessert

24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.2858 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 ROADKILL BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Crossed Rifles BBQ 180.0000 🔥
3 Big Reds Backyard BBQ 178.8572
4 Breaking Slabs BBQ 178.8572
5 Q LIVE CREW 177.7372
6 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 177.7144
7 Barrel Proof BBQ 177.7028
8 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 177.7028
9 Low Eye Que 177.7028
10 Curly Bird BBQ 177.7028
11 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 177.1428
12 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 176.5716
13 Poppin Smoke BBQ 176.0000
14 The King and His Q 175.4172
15 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 175.4056
16 Smoke This Drink That BBQ 175.4056
17 Take It Easy BBQ 174.8456
18 Who's Cookin' 174.2628
19 Split Borders BBQ 173.1200
20 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 172.5484
21 BBQ Pit Bros 171.9656
22 B 3 BBQ 169.6800
23 GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 169.6800
24 Piggy's Kin 167.9772

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