2025-09-19 – 2025-09-20 · Kearney, MO · 📍 3001 N. 33 Hwy · State championship
Reps: DAVID DYCHE, JO DYCHE · Prize money: $5,950.00
Grand Champion: Damn Fine Beef & Swine (709.6912) · 30 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Squealin N Dealin 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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 1–2: CASUAL SMOKERS and SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: Cities Edge BBQ and Squealin N Dealin BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Squealin N Dealin BBQ and IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Damn Fine Beef & Swine took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 7th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 171.9772 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 175.4172 | 172.5600 |
30 entries · top 709.6912 · median 676.7370
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9600 · 🔥 perfect 180
30 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.1142
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.8286 · 🔥 perfect 180
30 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.9542
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.
21 entries · top 173.1316 · median 161.6456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 2 | Electrified BBQ | |
| 3 | 33 Smokers | |
| 4 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 5 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 6 | Circle Z BBQ | |
| 7 | Tri R BBQ | |
| 8 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 9 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 10 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 11 | BALD BEAUTIES BBQ | |
| 12 | AM & PM SMOKERS | |
| 13 | Hog Tuah BBQ | |
| 14 | Absolute Bull | |
| 15 | SOUTHINURMOUTH | |
| 16 | A BBQ TEAM - MO | |
| 17 | FOUNTAIN CITY BARBEQUE | |
| 18 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 19 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 20 | Flower of the Flames | |
| 21 | SMOKIN ELVISES |
21 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A BBQ TEAM - MO | |
| 2 | Electrified BBQ | |
| 3 | Absolute Bull | |
| 4 | SMOKIN ELVISES | |
| 5 | Hog Tuah BBQ | |
| 6 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 7 | Blind Fox BBQ | |
| 8 | AM & PM SMOKERS | |
| 9 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 10 | Circle Z BBQ | |
| 11 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 12 | SOUTHINURMOUTH | |
| 13 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 14 | Tri R BBQ | |
| 15 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 16 | Flower of the Flames | |
| 17 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 18 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 19 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 20 | BALD BEAUTIES BBQ | |
| 21 | 33 Smokers |