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The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake

2014-04-11 – 2014-04-12 · Smithville, MO · 📍 Smithville, MO 64089

Grand Champion: WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ (690.7884) · 54 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 DIRT ROAD BBQ

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WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ
690.7884 · Master Series — Overall
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DIRT ROAD BBQ
685.6688 · Master Series — Overall
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TRUEBUD BBQ
685.6344 · Master Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 177.71
  • Pork Ribs 175.41
  • Pork 175.41
  • Brisket 176.56
139.36 177.71

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2019 — this edition picked out.

2013-04-12 — 695.4288 (TRUEBUD BBQ) 2014-04-11 — 690.7884 (WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ) 2018-04-13 — 700.5712 (DIRT ROAD BBQ) 2019-04-12 — 703.3944 (Gettin' Basted) 690.79 2013 2019

Entries

54
4 judged meats

Top score

690.7884

Winning margin

5.1196
GC over RC

Field average

645.57
586.69690.79
median 646.72 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
3.3940 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

665.0168
586.69690.79
10th place overall

Field spread

104.1028
winner to last place

Most consistent

WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ
avg finish 6.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 1.7028 pts — WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 68%
beats 32% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

35%
17 of 48 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.7 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1534
avg power rating going in · stronger than 25% of contests

Top-rated in the field

TRUEBUD BBQ
rated 1802 pre-contest

Storylines (6 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

An upset on the books

20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100

WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, TRUEBUD BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1558
  • top seed 1802

A first Grand Championship

8 tracked contests to get there

This was WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 8th tracked contest.

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 15th.

  • Chicken 4th
  • Pork Ribs 15th
  • Pork 4th
  • Brisket 1st

A contest record in chicken

177.7144 best chicken ever cooked here

DIRT ROAD BBQ turned in 177.7144 in chicken — past the 176.5714 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

  • old best 176.5714
  • across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: TRUEBUD BBQ (won 2013).

  • TRUEBUD BBQ · 2013

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2013-04-12 Smithville, MO Smithville, MO 48 695.4288 TRUEBUD BBQ SHUT THE FRONT DOOR BBQ
2014-04-11 ← this one Smithville, MO Smithville, MO 64089 54 690.7884 WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ DIRT ROAD BBQ
2018-04-13 Smithville, MO Smithville Lake 51 700.5712 DIRT ROAD BBQ SLAPS BBQ
2019-04-12 Smithville, MO Smithville Lake 54 703.3944 Gettin' Basted AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW
2022-04-08 Smithville, MO — — — — —

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.7144170.8228168.5256
Pork Ribs175.4056172.0116169.1428
Pork175.4056171.4172167.9884
Brisket176.5600170.8228167.9884

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

54 entries · top 690.7884 · median 646.7198

#TeamScore
1 WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ 690.7884
2 DIRT ROAD BBQ 685.6688
3 TRUEBUD BBQ 685.6344
4 JAESTAR BBQ 685.0856
5 GETTIN' BASTED 681.0856
6 SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 678.3316
7 THUMP & STRUM BBQ 677.7488
8 PARK AVENUE PORK 669.6228
9 Beer-B-Q 667.4404
10 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 665.0168
11 SHUT THE FRONT DOOR BBQ 663.9660
12 BLUE COLLAR SMOKERS OF KCMO 663.9424
13 BURNT FINGER BBQ 663.3140
14 SMOKIN O BBQ 662.8000
15 Smoke Ringer 662.7316
16 MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE 659.9316
17 Three Brothers Different Mothers 658.2284
18 SPITFIRE 655.9200
19 PERKS BBQ 654.2288
20 SLAPS BBQ 653.5772
21 50 SHADES OF QUE 652.9708
22 GONNA GET MESSY 652.5144
23 EPIC BBQ CRU 650.7884
24 GRILLAS 650.7656
25 BIG O'S BBQ 649.0632
26 SMOKIN GUNS BBQ 647.3372
27 MASTERQUE 646.7312
28 2 SONS AND THE BIG GUY 646.7084
29 S&S BBQ 645.6340
30 SLABBA DABBA QUE 645.6000
31 PIG NEWTON 643.9428
32 SMOKE N BABES BBQ 643.2456
33 HILLBILLY SHEEK 642.8228
34 OMB BBQ 641.1424
35 WTF BBQ 640.4344
36 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 637.0284
37 MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE 636.4456
38 IN THE KEY OF QUE 634.7084
39 RIB CAGE BBQ 634.2172
40 PORKARITAVILLE 632.4688
41 Rub You Long Time 627.9204
42 T'S SMOKIN PIT 627.7716
43 SMOKIN GOOD BBQ 626.7656
44 RAGIN' RIDGELY Q 625.5540
45 PORCINE PERFECTION 624.4684
46 Bare Bones BBQ Team 622.1944
47 BACKFIRIN' BBQ 621.6340
48 HIDDEN BOOGER BBQ 621.0060
49 BBEEQ 616.9488
50 DANG BBQ KANSAS CITY 610.7200
51 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 602.0228
52 KANDUE BBQ 600.3996
53 TKO BBQ 587.2684
54 GOLDEN HOGS 586.6856

Chicken

54 entries · top 177.7144 · median 163.4000

#TeamScore
1 DIRT ROAD BBQ 177.7144
2 THUMP & STRUM BBQ 177.1428
3 SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 175.4744
4 WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ 174.2628
5 TRUEBUD BBQ 170.8228
6 GETTIN' BASTED 170.2628
7 S&S BBQ 169.7488
8 Beer-B-Q 169.7028
9 BBEEQ 169.1200
10 BURNT FINGER BBQ 168.5256
11 SMOKIN O BBQ 168.5140
12 SMOKIN GOOD BBQ 168.0112
13 SLAPS BBQ 167.4400
14 OMB BBQ 166.8684
15 MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE 166.8344
16 GONNA GET MESSY 166.8344
17 SPITFIRE 166.8344
18 PARK AVENUE PORK 166.8112
19 JAESTAR BBQ 166.2972
20 HILLBILLY SHEEK 165.7256
21 PERKS BBQ 165.6800
22 BLUE COLLAR SMOKERS OF KCMO 165.1428
23 SLABBA DABBA QUE 165.1200
24 SHUT THE FRONT DOOR BBQ 164.5716
25 BIG O'S BBQ 164.0116
26 RAGIN' RIDGELY Q 164.0112
27 50 SHADES OF QUE 163.4056
28 EPIC BBQ CRU 163.3944
29 Smoke Ringer 163.3828
30 SMOKIN GUNS BBQ 162.2972
31 MASTERQUE 162.2628
32 SMOKE N BABES BBQ 162.2400
33 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 161.6912
34 Rub You Long Time 161.1200
35 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 161.1200
36 PORKARITAVILLE 160.5716
37 Three Brothers Different Mothers 160.5484
38 2 SONS AND THE BIG GUY 160.5256
39 IN THE KEY OF QUE 159.4172
40 MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE 159.3944
41 T'S SMOKIN PIT 159.3944
42 PORCINE PERFECTION 158.8344
43 HIDDEN BOOGER BBQ 158.8228
44 Bare Bones BBQ Team 158.2856
45 WTF BBQ 158.2400
46 GRILLAS 156.5600
47 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 155.9084
48 RIB CAGE BBQ 150.7772
49 PIG NEWTON 149.6800
50 TKO BBQ 146.2400
51 BACKFIRIN' BBQ 145.0972
52 DANG BBQ KANSAS CITY 145.0856
53 KANDUE BBQ 142.2628
54 GOLDEN HOGS 141.1200

Pork Ribs

54 entries · top 175.4056 · median 161.6800

#TeamScore
1 JAESTAR BBQ 175.4056
2 DIRT ROAD BBQ 174.2972
3 TRUEBUD BBQ 174.2744
4 SHUT THE FRONT DOOR BBQ 172.5716
5 THUMP & STRUM BBQ 172.0116
6 GETTIN' BASTED 171.4288
7 GRILLAS 170.8800
8 SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 170.8688
9 HILLBILLY SHEEK 169.7488
10 IN THE KEY OF QUE 169.1428
11 BLUE COLLAR SMOKERS OF KCMO 169.1428
12 Beer-B-Q 168.5832
13 BIG O'S BBQ 168.5716
14 SPITFIRE 168.5256
15 WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ 167.9656
16 Smoke Ringer 167.4172
17 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 166.2628
18 MASTERQUE 165.7028
19 PIG NEWTON 165.6800
20 SMOKIN O BBQ 164.5488
21 PARK AVENUE PORK 164.0116
22 BURNT FINGER BBQ 164.0000
23 PORCINE PERFECTION 163.9772
24 2 SONS AND THE BIG GUY 163.9656
25 50 SHADES OF QUE 163.9312
26 SLABBA DABBA QUE 162.2744
27 PERKS BBQ 161.6916
28 S&S BBQ 161.6684
29 OMB BBQ 161.1428
30 DANG BBQ KANSAS CITY 160.5944
31 Three Brothers Different Mothers 160.5600
32 Rub You Long Time 160.5372
33 SLAPS BBQ 160.5144
34 RIB CAGE BBQ 159.9772
35 MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE 159.9772
36 SMOKIN GOOD BBQ 158.8344
37 EPIC BBQ CRU 158.2400
38 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 156.5372
39 GONNA GET MESSY 156.5372
40 Bare Bones BBQ Team 156.0116
41 HIDDEN BOOGER BBQ 155.9544
42 PORKARITAVILLE 155.3600
43 KANDUE BBQ 154.8228
44 WTF BBQ 154.2284
45 BACKFIRIN' BBQ 153.7484
46 MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE 153.7144
47 SMOKIN GUNS BBQ 152.5488
48 T'S SMOKIN PIT 151.9316
49 SMOKE N BABES BBQ 151.3600
50 RAGIN' RIDGELY Q 148.4800
51 TKO BBQ 147.9772
52 GOLDEN HOGS 147.3484
53 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 146.2400
54 BBEEQ 146.1944

Pork

54 entries · top 175.4056 · median 163.1772

#TeamScore
1 SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 175.4056
2 TRUEBUD BBQ 174.8572
3 MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE 172.5828
4 WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ 172.0000
5 SPITFIRE 171.4172
6 GETTIN' BASTED 170.8112
7 BLUE COLLAR SMOKERS OF KCMO 169.6912
8 JAESTAR BBQ 169.1200
9 Three Brothers Different Mothers 168.0000
10 HILLBILLY SHEEK 167.9884
11 WTF BBQ 167.9772
12 PERKS BBQ 167.4056
13 GRILLAS 167.3828
14 THUMP & STRUM BBQ 166.8572
15 MASTERQUE 166.8228
16 EPIC BBQ CRU 166.2856
17 IN THE KEY OF QUE 166.2628
18 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 166.2400
19 SMOKIN GUNS BBQ 166.2284
20 DIRT ROAD BBQ 165.6800
21 RAGIN' RIDGELY Q 165.1084
22 SHUT THE FRONT DOOR BBQ 163.9772
23 SLAPS BBQ 163.9656
24 SMOKE N BABES BBQ 163.9656
25 2 SONS AND THE BIG GUY 163.9656
26 PARK AVENUE PORK 163.9428
27 RIB CAGE BBQ 163.4972
28 Rub You Long Time 162.8572
29 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 162.8112
30 BURNT FINGER BBQ 162.8112
31 Smoke Ringer 162.8000
32 SMOKIN O BBQ 162.2972
33 GONNA GET MESSY 162.2856
34 PORKARITAVILLE 161.7028
35 BACKFIRIN' BBQ 161.6684
36 KANDUE BBQ 161.1200
37 Beer-B-Q 160.5600
38 BIG O'S BBQ 159.9772
39 SMOKIN GOOD BBQ 159.9656
40 Bare Bones BBQ Team 159.4056
41 S&S BBQ 159.3712
42 MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE 159.3712
43 SLABBA DABBA QUE 158.2284
44 PIG NEWTON 157.7372
45 50 SHADES OF QUE 157.6456
46 PORCINE PERFECTION 157.0968
47 HIDDEN BOOGER BBQ 156.5372
48 BBEEQ 155.9544
49 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 155.9428
50 T'S SMOKIN PIT 155.9428
51 OMB BBQ 152.0228
52 TKO BBQ 146.2628
53 DANG BBQ KANSAS CITY 145.6800
54 GOLDEN HOGS 145.1200

Brisket

54 entries · top 176.5600 · median 159.9830

#TeamScore
1 WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ 176.5600
2 PARK AVENUE PORK 174.8572
3 JAESTAR BBQ 174.2628
4 PIG NEWTON 170.8456
5 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 170.8228
6 Smoke Ringer 169.1316
7 Three Brothers Different Mothers 169.1200
8 Beer-B-Q 168.5944
9 GETTIN' BASTED 168.5828
10 50 SHADES OF QUE 167.9884
11 BURNT FINGER BBQ 167.9772
12 DIRT ROAD BBQ 167.9772
13 SMOKIN O BBQ 167.4400
14 GONNA GET MESSY 166.8572
15 SMOKIN GUNS BBQ 166.2628
16 SMOKE N BABES BBQ 165.6800
17 TRUEBUD BBQ 165.6800
18 MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE 163.9656
19 EPIC BBQ CRU 162.8684
20 SHUT THE FRONT DOOR BBQ 162.8456
21 THUMP & STRUM BBQ 161.7372
22 SLAPS BBQ 161.6572
23 BACKFIRIN' BBQ 161.1200
24 OMB BBQ 161.1084
25 MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE 160.5372
26 T'S SMOKIN PIT 160.5028
27 WTF BBQ 159.9888
28 SLABBA DABBA QUE 159.9772
29 RIB CAGE BBQ 159.9656
30 BLUE COLLAR SMOKERS OF KCMO 159.9656
31 PERKS BBQ 159.4516
32 DANG BBQ KANSAS CITY 159.3600
33 2 SONS AND THE BIG GUY 158.2516
34 SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 156.5828
35 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 156.5600
36 BIG O'S BBQ 156.5028
37 GRILLAS 155.9428
38 S&S BBQ 154.8456
39 PORKARITAVILLE 154.8344
40 GOLDEN HOGS 153.0972
41 MASTERQUE 151.9428
42 HIDDEN BOOGER BBQ 149.6916
43 SPITFIRE 149.1428
44 Bare Bones BBQ Team 148.4916
45 RAGIN' RIDGELY Q 147.9544
46 TKO BBQ 146.7884
47 BBEEQ 145.6800
48 PORCINE PERFECTION 144.5600
49 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 143.9316
50 Rub You Long Time 143.4060
51 KANDUE BBQ 142.1940
52 SMOKIN GOOD BBQ 139.9544
53 IN THE KEY OF QUE 139.8856
54 HILLBILLY SHEEK 139.3600

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