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Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1)

2025-10-31 – 2025-11-01 · Oak Grove, MO · 📍 Oak Grove Fieldhouse · State championship

Reps: DAVE ROGERS, FORREST BRUCE, PEG ROGERS · Prize money: $3,500.00

Grand Champion: OMBBQ (709.6800) · 53 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 MACHETE BOYS BBQ

🥇
OMBBQ
709.6800 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
MACHETE BOYS BBQ
706.2400 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA
703.3828 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

53
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

709.6800

Winning margin

3.4400
GC over RC

Field average

683.40
median 687.90

Perfect 180s

4 🔥
Renegade BBQ (Chicken), Go Pig or Go Home (Pork), OMBBQ (Pork), OMBBQ (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Chicken
1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

697.6456
10th place overall

Field spread

198.8684
winner to last place

Prize money

$3,500.00
on the line

Most consistent

OMBBQ
avg finish 8.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 1.1428 pts — Renegade BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 7%
beats 93% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

66%
of the 53 teams with a home region came from outside MO

Came back for more

46%
32 of 69 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.58 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1640
avg power rating going in · stronger than 98% of contests

Top-rated in the field

JANKY LEG BBQ
rated 1900 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

Janky Leg BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 10 tracked editions.

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

OM BBQ took the Grand Championship home to CA.

🔥 A day of perfect scores

4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 2–3: IN DEEP SAUCE and WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ and MACHETE BOYS BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: MACHETE BOYS BBQ and Go Pig or Go Home tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Janky Leg BBQ (won 2022, 2023), Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ (won 2024).

🏟️ A stacked field

The field averaged a 1640 power rating going in — stronger than 98% of every contest tracked.

🃏 An upset on the books

OM BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, JANKY LEG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 15-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)

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2022-10-28 Oak Grove, MO Oak Grove Fieldhouse 40 702.8116 Janky Leg BBQ GETTIN' BASTED
2022-10-28 Oak Grove, MO Oak Grove Fieldhouse 38 177.7144 4 Legs Up BBQ —
2023-10-27 Oak Grove, MO Oak Grove Fieldhouse 47 700.5028 Janky Leg BBQ PARTS 'R' SMOKIN
2023-10-28 Oak Grove, MO Oak Grove Fieldhouse 40 705.1088 Squealin and Dealin BBQ JANKY LEG BBQ
2023-10-28 Oak Grove, MO Oak Grove Fieldhouse 27 176.5716 Fluffy Butt BBQ —
2023-10-28 Oak Grove, MO Oak Grove Fieldhouse 28 180.0000 BrewsCue —
2024-10-25 Oak Grove, MO Oak Grove Fieldhouse 53 707.4288 Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ Crossed Rifles BBQ
2024-10-26 Oak Grove, MO Oak Grove Fieldhouse 56 705.0856 Mulkey's BBQ JANKY LEG BBQ
2025-10-31 ← this one Oak Grove, MO Oak Grove Fieldhouse 53 709.6800 OMBBQ MACHETE BOYS BBQ
2025-11-01 Oak Grove, MO Oak Grove Fieldhouse 50 703.9544 Slaps BBQ MACHETE BOYS BBQ
2026-10-30 Oak Grove, MO — — — — —
2026-10-31 Oak Grove, MO — — — — —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180.0000178.8572176.5600
Pork Ribs180.0000177.7028175.4288
Pork180.0000177.1544176.5600
Brisket178.8572177.7028175.4288

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

53 entries · top 709.6800 · median 687.8968

#TeamScore
1 OMBBQ 709.6800
2 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 706.2400
3 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 703.3828
4 TRIPLE H BBQ 702.8000
5 TEAM CRAWFORD 701.0856
6 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 699.9428
7 O.G. BANDITS 698.2400
8 STL-High on the Hog 698.2172
9 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 697.6572
10 Go Pig or Go Home 697.6456
11 SLAPS BBQ 697.0860
12 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 697.0512
13 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 695.9316
14 MAN MEAT BBQ 694.7540
15 Can Country Outlaw BBQ 694.2056
16 Broke Boys BBQ 694.2056
17 JANKY LEG BBQ 693.6344
18 SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ 693.6228
19 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 693.0628
20 Damn Fine Beef & Swine 691.3600
21 PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY 691.3488
22 Aww Shucks BBQ 691.3484
23 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 691.3140
24 Smoke This Drink That BBQ 690.7656
25 Take It Easy BBQ 689.6228
26 WELL SAUCED BBQ 687.9200
27 Bears Backyard Q 687.8968
28 FINGER LEIKAM GOOD 687.8856
29 Ambition Que 687.8856
30 Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque 687.3604
31 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 686.8000
32 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 686.7428
33 ROADKILL BBQ 685.6344
34 Renegade BBQ 684.5028
35 IN DEEP SAUCE 683.3372
36 Sons of a Brisket 683.3028
37 Split Borders BBQ 682.1484
38 BUNCH OF SWINES 682.1484
39 Blind Fox BBQ 681.5884
40 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 679.8856
41 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 678.1828
42 LOVE 2 Q 677.5540
43 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 676.4112
44 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 675.3032
45 BALD BEAUTIES BBQ 675.3028
46 Triple B BBQ - AUS 675.2916
47 Who's Cookin' 669.0172
48 Smoke 'n Magic 667.8632
49 B 3 BBQ 667.8628
50 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 667.8400
51 Big Reds Backyard BBQ 656.9944
52 Damn It's Good BBQ 632.4460
53 Q LIVE CREW 510.8116

Chicken

53 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Renegade BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 IN DEEP SAUCE 178.8572
3 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 178.8572
4 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 178.8572
5 Go Pig or Go Home 178.8572
6 Damn Fine Beef & Swine 178.2972
7 O.G. BANDITS 177.7028
8 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 177.1428
9 Aww Shucks BBQ 176.5600
10 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 176.5600
11 Smoke This Drink That BBQ 176.5600
12 OMBBQ 176.5600
13 Who's Cookin' 175.4288
14 WELL SAUCED BBQ 175.4172
15 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 175.4172
16 SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ 175.4172
17 BALD BEAUTIES BBQ 175.4056
18 TRIPLE H BBQ 175.4056
19 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 175.4056
20 SLAPS BBQ 174.2744
21 Can Country Outlaw BBQ 174.2628
22 ROADKILL BBQ 174.2628
23 FINGER LEIKAM GOOD 174.2628
24 Broke Boys BBQ 173.1200
25 STL-High on the Hog 173.1200
26 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 173.1200
27 Ambition Que 173.1200
28 MAN MEAT BBQ 173.1084
29 Bears Backyard Q 173.1084
30 Q LIVE CREW 172.5716
31 PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY 171.9772
32 TEAM CRAWFORD 171.9772
33 Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque 171.9656
34 Take It Easy BBQ 171.9656
35 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 171.4172
36 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 171.4172
37 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 170.8228
38 JANKY LEG BBQ 170.8228
39 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 170.8228
40 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 170.2628
41 Blind Fox BBQ 169.1200
42 Big Reds Backyard BBQ 169.1084
43 Triple B BBQ - AUS 168.5372
44 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 168.5372
45 Smoke 'n Magic 168.5372
46 BUNCH OF SWINES 168.5256
47 Sons of a Brisket 168.5256
48 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 166.2516
49 Split Borders BBQ 166.2400
50 LOVE 2 Q 165.0972
51 B 3 BBQ 164.5256
52 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 163.3828
53 Damn It's Good BBQ 155.9888

Pork Ribs

53 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 OMBBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Take It Easy BBQ 178.8572
3 Smoke This Drink That BBQ 178.8572
4 IN DEEP SAUCE 177.7144
5 STL-High on the Hog 177.7028
6 JANKY LEG BBQ 176.5716
7 Blind Fox BBQ 176.5600
8 MAN MEAT BBQ 176.5600
9 TEAM CRAWFORD 176.0000
10 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 175.4288
11 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 175.4172
12 TRIPLE H BBQ 175.4172
13 Sons of a Brisket 175.4172
14 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 174.2628
15 SLAPS BBQ 174.2628
16 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 174.2628
17 Broke Boys BBQ 174.2628
18 LOVE 2 Q 174.2628
19 ROADKILL BBQ 173.7144
20 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 173.1200
21 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 173.1200
22 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 173.1200
23 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 173.1200
24 Damn Fine Beef & Swine 173.1200
25 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 173.1200
26 WELL SAUCED BBQ 172.5600
27 Can Country Outlaw BBQ 172.5600
28 O.G. BANDITS 171.4172
29 Ambition Que 170.8344
30 PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY 170.8344
31 BUNCH OF SWINES 170.8228
32 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 170.8228
33 SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ 170.8228
34 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 170.8228
35 Damn It's Good BBQ 170.2744
36 B 3 BBQ 170.2744
37 Bears Backyard Q 170.2628
38 Split Borders BBQ 169.6800
39 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 168.5372
40 Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque 168.0004
41 Q LIVE CREW 167.9772
42 Aww Shucks BBQ 167.9656
43 Smoke 'n Magic 167.3944
44 Triple B BBQ - AUS 167.3828
45 FINGER LEIKAM GOOD 167.3828
46 Who's Cookin' 166.8228
47 Go Pig or Go Home 166.2400
48 Big Reds Backyard BBQ 165.6800
49 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 164.5372
50 BALD BEAUTIES BBQ 163.9428
51 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 163.9428
52 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 161.6572
53 Renegade BBQ 155.3484

Pork

53 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Go Pig or Go Home 180.0000 🔥
2 OMBBQ 180.0000 🔥
3 MAN MEAT BBQ 177.7144
4 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 177.7144
5 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 177.1544
6 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 176.5716
7 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 176.5600
8 Can Country Outlaw BBQ 176.5600
9 Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque 176.5600
10 Split Borders BBQ 176.5600
11 STL-High on the Hog 176.5600
12 WELL SAUCED BBQ 176.5600
13 Renegade BBQ 175.4172
14 SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ 175.4172
15 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 175.4172
16 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 175.4172
17 TRIPLE H BBQ 175.4172
18 JANKY LEG BBQ 175.4172
19 TEAM CRAWFORD 175.4056
20 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 174.2744
21 Broke Boys BBQ 174.2744
22 SLAPS BBQ 173.1200
23 Damn Fine Beef & Swine 173.1200
24 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 173.1084
25 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 171.9772
26 PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY 171.9772
27 LOVE 2 Q 171.9656
28 Bears Backyard Q 171.4056
29 O.G. BANDITS 171.4056
30 Sons of a Brisket 170.8344
31 Triple B BBQ - AUS 170.8344
32 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 170.8112
33 Q LIVE CREW 170.2628
34 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 169.6800
35 ROADKILL BBQ 169.6800
36 Smoke This Drink That BBQ 169.6684
37 Aww Shucks BBQ 169.1200
38 BALD BEAUTIES BBQ 169.1200
39 BUNCH OF SWINES 168.5372
40 Ambition Que 168.5256
41 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 168.5256
42 FINGER LEIKAM GOOD 168.5256
43 B 3 BBQ 167.3828
44 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 167.3828
45 Blind Fox BBQ 167.3828
46 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 166.8456
47 Take It Easy BBQ 166.8344
48 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 163.9428
49 IN DEEP SAUCE 163.3828
50 Damn It's Good BBQ 161.0856
51 Smoke 'n Magic 159.3716
52 Who's Cookin' 159.3600
53 Big Reds Backyard BBQ 158.2516

Brisket

52 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9656

#TeamScore
1 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 178.8572
2 O.G. BANDITS 177.7144
3 FINGER LEIKAM GOOD 177.7144
4 TEAM CRAWFORD 177.7028
5 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 177.7028
6 Aww Shucks BBQ 177.7028
7 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 177.7028
8 TRIPLE H BBQ 176.5600
9 PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY 176.5600
10 SLAPS BBQ 175.4288
11 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 175.4056
12 Ambition Que 175.4056
13 SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA 175.4056
14 BUNCH OF SWINES 174.2628
15 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 174.2628
16 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 174.2628
17 Renegade BBQ 173.7372
18 OMBBQ 173.1200
19 BIGG SMOAK BBQ 173.1200
20 Bears Backyard Q 173.1200
21 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 173.1200
22 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 173.1084
23 Smoke 'n Magic 172.5600
24 Go Pig or Go Home 172.5484
25 Broke Boys BBQ 172.5484
26 Take It Easy BBQ 171.9656
27 SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ 171.9656
28 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 171.4056
29 Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque 170.8344
30 SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 170.8344
31 STL-High on the Hog 170.8344
32 Can Country Outlaw BBQ 170.8228
33 JANKY LEG BBQ 170.8228
34 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 169.6800
35 Split Borders BBQ 169.6684
36 Triple B BBQ - AUS 168.5372
37 Sons of a Brisket 168.5256
38 Blind Fox BBQ 168.5256
39 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 167.9884
40 ROADKILL BBQ 167.9772
41 Who's Cookin' 167.4056
42 MAN MEAT BBQ 167.3712
43 BALD BEAUTIES BBQ 166.8344
44 Damn Fine Beef & Swine 166.8228
45 LOVE 2 Q 166.2284
46 Smoke This Drink That BBQ 165.6800
47 B 3 BBQ 165.6800
48 Big Reds Backyard BBQ 163.9544
49 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 163.9428
50 IN DEEP SAUCE 163.3828
51 WELL SAUCED BBQ 163.3828
52 Damn It's Good BBQ 145.0972

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 — Sausage

20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2398 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Triple B BBQ - AUS 175.4172
3 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 175.4056
4 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 174.2628
5 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 173.1084
6 BALD BEAUTIES BBQ 172.5600
7 Caught Smokin' 171.9656
8 B 3 BBQ 171.4056
9 Broke Boys BBQ 170.8456
10 LOVE 2 Q 170.8112
11 FINGER LEIKAM GOOD 169.6684
12 Take It Easy BBQ 168.5488
13 Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque 168.5372
14 Smoke 'n Magic 167.9772
15 Who's Cookin' 166.2400
16 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 165.0856
17 PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY 159.3600
18 Can Country Outlaw BBQ 158.2056
19 ROADKILL BBQ 155.9428
20 Q LIVE CREW 150.7772

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