A first Grand Championship
16
tracked contests to get there
This was JDQ BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 16th tracked contest.
Carnivore Carnival (COMPETITOR SERIES)
2025-10-03 – 2025-10-04 · Platte City, MO · 📍 414 StateRte 92
Reps: DAVID DYCHE, JO DYCHE
Grand Champion: JDQ BBQ (689.0400) · 14 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 4 B's
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.
607.74
median 665.92
689.04 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Competitor Series — Chicken 176.00
- Competitor Series — Pork 178.86
- Kids-Q — Pork 180.00 🔥
143.91
180.00
Entries
14
3 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
689.0400
Winning margin
1.7144
GC over RC
Field average
666.17
607.74689.04
median 665.92 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Chicken
2.2744 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
662.2628
607.74689.04
10th place overall
Field spread
81.3024
winner to last place
Double threats
2
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 39%
beats 61% of 59 Competitor Series wins in the data
Storylines (4 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.
A rookie on the podium
2nd
at their first tracked contest
4 B's finished 2nd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 4 calls decided inside half a point
Competitor Series — Pork places 4–5: HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION and ROADKILL BBQ tied on 168.5372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Competitor Series — Chicken places 2–3: JDQ BBQ edged Aces Wild by 0.0116. Competitor Series — Pork places 5–6: ROADKILL BBQ edged Kevs Chew Chew BBQ by 0.0116.
- Competitor Series — Pork 4–5 · tie
- Competitor Series — Chicken 2–3 · 0.0116
- Competitor Series — Pork 5–6 · 0.0116
- Kids-Q — Pork 4–5 · 0.0232
A perfect score on the table
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- Austin Jacobson · Pork
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)
Score distribution
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Competitor Series — Chicken | 176.0000 | 173.7256 | 162.7884 |
| Competitor Series — Pork | 178.8572 | 168.5372 | 163.9428 |
| Kids-Q — Pork | 180.0000 | 171.9656 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
14 entries · top 689.0400 · median 665.9198
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 2 | 4 B's | |
| 3 | HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION | |
| 4 | Welldone BBQ | |
| 5 | Pig Kahuna | |
| 6 | Aces Wild | |
| 7 | Twisted Oliver BBQ | |
| 8 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 9 | Fat Boy BBQ | |
| 10 | Hevy Que | |
| 11 | Pits and Grills | |
| 12 | Higgys Competition Team | |
| 13 | Kevs Chew Chew BBQ | |
| 14 | Cobra Cow |
Chicken
14 entries · top 176.0000 · median 168.2684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pits and Grills | |
| 2 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 3 | Aces Wild | |
| 4 | 4 B's | |
| 5 | Fat Boy BBQ | |
| 6 | Welldone BBQ | |
| 7 | Twisted Oliver BBQ | |
| 8 | Kevs Chew Chew BBQ | |
| 9 | Pig Kahuna | |
| 10 | HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION | |
| 11 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 12 | Hevy Que | |
| 13 | Higgys Competition Team | |
| 14 | Cobra Cow |
Pork
14 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.1086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 2 | Pig Kahuna | |
| 3 | Aces Wild | |
| 4 | HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION | |
| 5 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 6 | Kevs Chew Chew BBQ | |
| 7 | 4 B's | |
| 8 | Welldone BBQ | |
| 9 | Fat Boy BBQ | |
| 10 | Twisted Oliver BBQ | |
| 11 | Hevy Que | |
| 12 | Higgys Competition Team | |
| 13 | Pits and Grills | |
| 14 | Cobra Cow |
Kids-Q
Pork
8 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Jacobson | |
| 2 | Haley Jacobson | |
| 3 | Koko | |
| 4 | Nash Eaton | |
| 5 | Johnny Simone | |
| 6 | Lani K | |
| 7 | Kabe Malzer | |
| 8 | Cooper Pauly |
Ancillary categories
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.
Competitor Series — Beef Burnt Ends
14 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.5714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION | |
| 2 | Pig Kahuna | |
| 3 | Higgys Competition Team | |
| 4 | 4 B's | |
| 5 | Twisted Oliver BBQ | |
| 6 | Fat Boy BBQ | |
| 7 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 8 | Hevy Que | |
| 9 | Aces Wild | |
| 10 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 11 | Welldone BBQ | |
| 12 | Pits and Grills | |
| 13 | Cobra Cow | |
| 14 | Kevs Chew Chew BBQ |
Competitor Series — Turkey Smoke
14 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welldone BBQ | |
| 2 | Hevy Que | |
| 3 | 4 B's | |
| 4 | HOT GRILL ON GRILL ACTION | |
| 5 | Pits and Grills | |
| 6 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 7 | Kevs Chew Chew BBQ | |
| 8 | Higgys Competition Team | |
| 9 | Twisted Oliver BBQ | |
| 10 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 11 | Cobra Cow | |
| 12 | Pig Kahuna | |
| 13 | Aces Wild | |
| 14 | Fat Boy BBQ |