2013-09-20 – 2013-09-21 · Kearney, MO · 📍 Kearney, MO
Grand Champion: SWEET BEAVER BBQ (682.2056) · 53 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 JAESTAR 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, 2013 to 2021 — 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.
SWEET BEAVER BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was SWEET BEAVER BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 7th tracked contest.
2 of 8 tracked editions
SLAPS BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
Chicken places 8–9: 33 SMOKERS and DIRT ROAD BBQ tied on 170.2856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: DIRT ROAD BBQ and BBEEQ tied on 170.2856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: SMOKIN ELVISES and Three Brothers Different Mothers tied on 169.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-20 ← this one | Kearney, MO | Kearney, MO | 53 | 682.2056 | SWEET BEAVER BBQ | JAESTAR BBQ |
| 2014-09-19 | Kearney, MO | Kearney, MO 64060 | 49 | 702.2856 | FOUR MEN AND A PIG | GRILLAS |
| 2015-09-18 | Kearney, MO | Kearney, MO 64060 | 41 | 698.7884 | SLAPS BBQ | PORKARITAVILLE |
| 2016-09-16 | Kearney, MO | Kearney, MO | 35 | 703.3940 | SMOKE THIS BBQ-MO | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2017-09-15 | Kearney, MO | 3001 N 33 Highway | 37 | 696.5028 | SLAPS BBQ | SONS OF A BRISKET |
| 2018-09-14 | Kearney, MO | 3001 N 33 Highway | 35 | 700.5600 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | JAESTAR BBQ |
| 2019-09-20 | Kearney, MO | 3001 N 33 Hwy | 31 | 704.5372 | The Boys in Que | Valley Oaks Steak Company |
| 2021-09-17 | Kearney, MO | 3001 N 33 Hwy | 16 | 705.1200 | The Art of Que | SMOKIN' TOAD'S |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7144 | 172.5600 | 170.2856 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 170.8800 | 169.1428 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 172.0000 | 167.4628 |
| Brisket | 174.8456 | 168.5600 | 165.0972 |
53 entries · top 682.2056 · median 645.1776
53 entries · top 177.7144 · median 163.4172
53 entries · top 177.1544 · median 162.7884
53 entries · top 177.1428 · median 163.4056
53 entries · top 174.8456 · median 157.6800
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.
34 entries · top 178.2972 · median 165.1256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NICKLE BOYS BBQ | |
| 2 | SWEET BEAVER BBQ | |
| 3 | Grillas BBQ Team | |
| 4 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 5 | K CASS BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKIN ELVISES | |
| 7 | Red Eye BBQ | |
| 8 | FIRECHEF BBQ | |
| 9 | FLOWER OF THE FLAMES | |
| 10 | VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY | |
| 11 | L&C Smokin BBQ | |
| 12 | Highline BBQ | |
| 13 | WALKING EAGLE BBQ | |
| 14 | JUSTIN BIEBERQUE | |
| 15 | Hogs N Horns | |
| 16 | FULL HOUSE BBQ | |
| 17 | 1-35 BBQ | |
| 18 | MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE | |
| 19 | SMOKETACULAR | |
| 20 | 2 SONS AND THE BIG GUY | |
| 21 | T'S SMOKIN PIT | |
| 22 | One Slab at a Time | |
| 23 | Smokin Hot Rib Rubbers | |
| 24 | Grandpa Smokeys | |
| 25 | R. J's Bob Be Que | |
| 26 | GONNA GET MESSY | |
| 27 | 33 SMOKERS | |
| 28 | BRATS & BBQ | |
| 29 | SHOW ME BBQ | |
| 30 | ALL IN SMOKERS | |
| 31 | Stuttering Rich's BBQ & Sparky's | |
| 32 | Watts Smoken | |
| 33 | Bushwhacker Cooking Company | |
| 34 | THUMP & STRUM BBQ |