Happy Basset 5th Annual BBQ Competition
2025-10-17 – 2025-10-18 · Topeka, KS · 📍 510 SW 49th Street · State championship
Reps: EUGENE WICKHAM, SARAH WICKHAM · Prize money: $4,210.00
Grand Champion: Can Country Outlaw BBQ (710.8112) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 JANKY LEG BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Can Country Outlaw BBQ took the Grand Championship home to MO.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: PORKY BUTTS BBQ and Can Country Outlaw BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: BBQ Pit Bros and Too Sauced BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Smoke This Drink That BBQ and Bears Backyard Q tied on 170.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1627 power rating going in — stronger than 97% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
Can Country Outlaw BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 173.1200 | 170.8344 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
23 entries · top 710.8112 · median 687.3372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 2 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 3 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 4 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 5 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 6 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 7 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 8 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 9 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 10 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 11 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 12 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 13 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 14 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 15 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 16 | SAUCE BOSSES | |
| 17 | Blaz'n Weazel BBQ | |
| 18 | Fat and Greasy BBQ | |
| 19 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 20 | Boxer Q | |
| 21 | The Saucy Happy Basset BBQ Crew | |
| 22 | Smokey Palates BBQ | |
| 23 | Porkin' Around |
Chicken
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 2 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 3 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 4 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 5 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 6 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 7 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 8 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 9 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 10 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 11 | Blaz'n Weazel BBQ | |
| 12 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 13 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 14 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 15 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 16 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 17 | Boxer Q | |
| 18 | SAUCE BOSSES | |
| 19 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 20 | Fat and Greasy BBQ | |
| 21 | Smokey Palates BBQ | |
| 22 | The Saucy Happy Basset BBQ Crew | |
| 23 | Porkin' Around |
Pork Ribs
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 3 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 4 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 5 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 6 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 7 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 8 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 9 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 10 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 11 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 12 | Blaz'n Weazel BBQ | |
| 13 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 14 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 15 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 16 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 17 | Fat and Greasy BBQ | |
| 18 | SAUCE BOSSES | |
| 19 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 20 | Smokey Palates BBQ | |
| 21 | Boxer Q | |
| 22 | Porkin' Around | |
| 23 | The Saucy Happy Basset BBQ Crew |
Pork
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 2 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 3 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 4 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 5 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 6 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 7 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 8 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 9 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 10 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 11 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 12 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 13 | Blaz'n Weazel BBQ | |
| 14 | SAUCE BOSSES | |
| 15 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 16 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 17 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 18 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 19 | Fat and Greasy BBQ | |
| 20 | Boxer Q | |
| 21 | The Saucy Happy Basset BBQ Crew | |
| 22 | Porkin' Around | |
| 23 | Smokey Palates BBQ |
Brisket
23 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 2 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 3 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 4 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 5 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 6 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 7 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 8 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 9 | SAUCE BOSSES | |
| 10 | M2 Smokin' Q | |
| 11 | Fat and Greasy BBQ | |
| 12 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 13 | BIGG SMOAK BBQ | |
| 14 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 15 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 16 | Boxer Q | |
| 17 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 18 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 19 | The Saucy Happy Basset BBQ Crew | |
| 20 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 21 | Blaz'n Weazel BBQ | |
| 22 | Porkin' Around | |
| 23 | Smokey Palates BBQ |