May 24–25, 2014 · Mound City, KS
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO won Grand Champion at the Sugar Mound BBQ Festival on May 24, 2014 in Mound City, KS, scoring 691.9200 in a field of 87 teams. THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.2860. Category winners: Chicken — GETTIN' BASTED (177.7028); Pork Ribs — BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO (176.0000); Pork — HOLLA-N-SWALLA (178.3200); Brisket — THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ (178.8572). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2015.
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.
Closer than 76% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6340 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO came in rated below the field's top team, HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was SMOKE THIS BBQ MO's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 11th tracked contest.
Chicken places 1–2: GETTIN' BASTED and SMOOTH SMOKE tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: MOUND CREEK BBQ and CAVEMAN CUISINE tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO and OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Bigger than 97% of the 5,462 contests in the data
87 teams — bigger than 97% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2014 ← this one | Mound City, KS | Mound City, KS 66056 | 87 | 691.9200 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ |
| May 23, 2015 | Mound City, KS | Mound City, KS | 62 | 691.4516 | GETTIN' SAUCED | VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 176.5600 | 173.1656 |
| Pork Ribs | 176 | 174.8572 | 171.9772 |
| Pork | 178.3200 | 174.2744 | 172 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.2856 | 171.4400 |
87 entries · top 691.9200 · median 654.7204
87 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.5484
87 entries · top 176 · median 162.2400
87 entries · top 178.3200 · median 163.4400
87 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.2400
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.
58 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.1314
42 entries · top 180 · median 173.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OLD STYLE BBQ | |
| 2 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 3 | B & C SMOKERS | |
| 4 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 5 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 6 | RED HOT POPS | |
| 7 | SHOW ME SMOKE | |
| 8 | JAESTAR BBQ | |
| 9 | KC Q | |
| 10 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 11 | NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ | |
| 12 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 13 | INDIGO PIG | |
| 14 | EATIN AINT CHEATIN | |
| 15 | MOUND CREEK BBQ | |
| 16 | Big Al and the Boys | |
| 17 | 913 BBQ | |
| 18 | BROTHERS WITH DIFFERENT MOTHERS | |
| 19 | OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE | |
| 20 | STP BBQ | |
| 21 | WALDO BBQ | |
| 22 | LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ | |
| 23 | DOC K'S BARBECUE | |
| 24 | JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 2.0 | |
| 25 | BRICKHEAD BBQ | |
| 26 | Taste-T Base-T BBQ | |
| 27 | THESLABS.COM | |
| 28 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 29 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 30 | SMOKERS WILD | |
| 31 | F.O.M.S.B. | |
| 32 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 33 | SKUNK RIVER BBQ | |
| 34 | CHARLEIGH'S BBQ | |
| 35 | TEAM DOGHOUSE BBQ | |
| 36 | FAT BOYS BBQ | |
| 37 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 38 | FOUR MEN AND A PIG | |
| 39 | BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS | |
| 40 | MIDWEST SMOKERS | |
| 41 | Three Brothers Different Mothers | |
| 42 | JUST SMOKED YOUR BUTT |
60 entries · top 176.0228 · median 161.1542