Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2)
2025-07-26 – 2025-07-27 · Dodge City, KS · 📍 Wright Park · State championship
Reps: LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH · Prize money: $9,250.00
Grand Champion: Finger Liekam Good (707.4060) · 19 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Damn Fine Beef & Swine
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 6–7: FINGER LEIKAM GOOD and MAN MEAT BBQ tied on 176.5716 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: Shark Q and Dr. Squealgood BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: Damn Fine Beef & Swine and FINGER LEIKAM GOOD tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1617 power rating going in — stronger than 96% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
FINGER LEIKAM GOOD came in rated below the field's top team, Meat Candy Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-25 | Dodge City, KS | Wright Park | 18 | 706.2400 | Munny's Stove BBQ | Meat Candy Q |
| 2025-07-26 ← this one | Dodge City, KS | Wright Park | 19 | 707.4060 | Finger Liekam Good | Damn Fine Beef & Swine |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.1544 | 174.2860 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 177.7028 | 172.5600 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 175.4172 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | 173.1084 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
19 entries · top 707.4060 · median 693.0972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 2 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 3 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 4 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 5 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 6 | BULL IN THE RING | |
| 7 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 8 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 9 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 10 | BrewsCue | |
| 11 | Shark Q | |
| 12 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 13 | Smokin Reefer BBQ | |
| 14 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 15 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 16 | Chisholm Trail Smokers | |
| 17 | Chucho Q | |
| 18 | B&J BBQ | |
| 19 | KoehnBros BBQ |
Chicken
19 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2860 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BrewsCue | |
| 2 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 3 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 4 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 5 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 6 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 7 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 8 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 9 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 10 | Smokin Reefer BBQ | |
| 11 | BULL IN THE RING | |
| 12 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 13 | B&J BBQ | |
| 14 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 15 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 16 | Shark Q | |
| 17 | Chisholm Trail Smokers | |
| 18 | Chucho Q | |
| 19 | KoehnBros BBQ |
Pork Ribs
19 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shark Q | |
| 2 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 3 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 4 | BULL IN THE RING | |
| 5 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 6 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 7 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 8 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 9 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 10 | Chisholm Trail Smokers | |
| 11 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 12 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 13 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 14 | B&J BBQ | |
| 15 | Smokin Reefer BBQ | |
| 16 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 17 | BrewsCue | |
| 18 | Chucho Q | |
| 19 | KoehnBros BBQ |
Pork
19 entries · top 177.7144 · median 171.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 2 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 3 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 4 | BULL IN THE RING | |
| 5 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 6 | BrewsCue | |
| 7 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 8 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 9 | Chisholm Trail Smokers | |
| 10 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 11 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 12 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 13 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 14 | Shark Q | |
| 15 | Smokin Reefer BBQ | |
| 16 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 17 | Chucho Q | |
| 18 | KoehnBros BBQ | |
| 19 | B&J BBQ |
Brisket
19 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 2 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 3 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 4 | Smokin Reefer BBQ | |
| 5 | Shark Q | |
| 6 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 7 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 8 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 9 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 10 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 11 | BrewsCue | |
| 12 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 13 | BULL IN THE RING | |
| 14 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 15 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 16 | Chucho Q | |
| 17 | B&J BBQ | |
| 18 | KoehnBros BBQ | |
| 19 | Chisholm Trail Smokers |