Buds Blues and BBQ
2025-09-05 – 2025-09-06 · Columbia, MO · 📍 6401 Highway 40 W · State championship
Reps: BUNNY TUTTLE, RICH TUTTLE · Prize money: $6,400.00
Grand Champion: AMBITION QUE (697.0972) · 9 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 OnlyCans Competition BBQ
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🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5828 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: Low Eye Que and Dr. Squealgood BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 7–8: Low Eye Que edged Take It Easy BBQ by 0.0116. Master Series — Pork places 6–7: OnlyCans Competition BBQ edged Ambition Que by 0.0116.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1596 power rating going in — stronger than 90% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
Ambition Que came in rated below the field's top team, Too Sauced BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-13 | Columbia, MO | 6401 Highway 40 W | 16 | 692.4800 | Shake 'N Bake BBQ | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE |
| 2024-09-13 | Columbia, MO | 6401 Highway 40 W | 5 | 177.7028 | There's No Place Like Smoke | — |
| 2025-09-05 ← this one | Columbia, MO | 6401 Highway 40 W | 9 | 697.0972 | AMBITION QUE | OnlyCans Competition BBQ |
| 2025-09-05 | Columbia, MO | 6401 Highway 40 W | 7 | 177.1428 | ALL FIRED UP AND KICKIN ASH | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 178.8572 | 173.7144 | — |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 173.1084 | — |
| Master Series — Pork | 176.0000 | 171.4172 | — |
| Master Series — Brisket | 178.8572 | 170.8228 | — |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 177.7144 | 171.4172 | 159.3944 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 176.0000 | 168.0000 | 158.8000 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
9 entries · top 697.0972 · median 687.8968
Chicken
9 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.7144
Pork Ribs
9 entries · top 177.7144 · median 173.1084
Pork
9 entries · top 176.0000 · median 171.4172
Brisket
9 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8228
Backyard Series
Overall
10 entries · top 352.5600 · median 337.9714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fire Pig | |
| 2 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 3 | HESSHOGS | |
| 4 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 5 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 6 | Smoked By The Brooks | |
| 7 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 8 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 9 | ROLLING SMOKE BBQ | |
| 10 | SHOOTING THE BREEZE |
Chicken
10 entries · top 177.7144 · median 170.2686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 2 | Fire Pig | |
| 3 | HESSHOGS | |
| 4 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 5 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 6 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 7 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 8 | Smoked By The Brooks | |
| 9 | SHOOTING THE BREEZE | |
| 10 | ROLLING SMOKE BBQ |
Pork Ribs
10 entries · top 176.0000 · median 167.9886
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fire Pig | |
| 2 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 3 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 4 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 5 | HESSHOGS | |
| 6 | ROLLING SMOKE BBQ | |
| 7 | Smoked By The Brooks | |
| 8 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 9 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 10 | SHOOTING THE BREEZE |