Gladstone Smokefest (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Oct 3–4, 2025 · Gladstone, MO · 📍 7010 N. Holmes Street
Reps: Clara Williams, Jonathan B Williams · Prize money: $1,700
Grand Champion: Ming St. Meats (177.7028) · 17 teams
Full results from the Gladstone Smokefest (ONE MEAT RIBS) 2025, a KCBS-sanctioned barbecue contest held on October 3, 2025 in Gladstone, MO at 7010 N. Holmes Street. Category winners: Pork Ribs — Ming St. Meats (177.7028).
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Pork Ribs totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
How hot was the win?
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 166.2860 | 159.9660 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Masters Series Single Meat
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 177.7028 · median 161.6572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ming St. Meats | |
| 2 | PARK AVENUE PORK | |
| 3 | Bringing Up the Rear BBQ | |
| 4 | Muppets of smoke | |
| 5 | Smokin Southern Spitfires | |
| 6 | Old Woodshed BBQ | |
| 7 | Pitt Doss | |
| 8 | Brothers BBQ | |
| 9 | The BBQ Mavens | |
| 10 | Doinks | |
| 11 | Bab Slab BBQ | |
| 12 | Grants2 BBQ | |
| 13 | Smoked & Sauced DBQ | |
| 14 | Left Turn Smokers | |
| 15 | ParraQ | |
| 16 | Team Rhode Kill | |
| 17 | Kingdom Que BBQ |
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.
Ancillary — Baked Beans
16 entries · top 174.8456 · median 164.8284
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Woodshed BBQ | |
| 2 | Pitt Doss | |
| 3 | The BBQ Mavens | |
| 4 | ParraQ | |
| 5 | PARK AVENUE PORK | |
| 6 | Smoked & Sauced DBQ | |
| 7 | Bringing Up the Rear BBQ | |
| 8 | Kingdom Que BBQ | |
| 9 | Brothers BBQ | |
| 10 | Left Turn Smokers | |
| 11 | Doinks | |
| 12 | Muppets of smoke | |
| 13 | Ming St. Meats | |
| 14 | Team Rhode Kill | |
| 15 | Smokin Southern Spitfires | |
| 16 | Bab Slab BBQ |
Ancillary — Ribeye Steak
16 entries · top 174.2744 · median 166.2572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoked & Sauced DBQ | |
| 2 | ParraQ | |
| 3 | PARK AVENUE PORK | |
| 4 | Bringing Up the Rear BBQ | |
| 5 | Old Woodshed BBQ | |
| 6 | Left Turn Smokers | |
| 7 | Brothers BBQ | |
| 8 | The BBQ Mavens | |
| 9 | Smokin Southern Spitfires | |
| 10 | Bab Slab BBQ | |
| 11 | Team Rhode Kill | |
| 12 | Ming St. Meats | |
| 13 | Doinks | |
| 14 | Kingdom Que BBQ | |
| 15 | Pitt Doss | |
| 16 | Muppets of smoke |