A new contest record
709.6800
highest overall ever cooked here
709.6800 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 707.4288 Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ set in 2024.
- old record 707.4288
- set 2024 by Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ
Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) 2025
Oct 31 – Nov 1, 2025 · Oak Grove, MO · State championship
Reps: Dave Rogers, Forrest Bruce, Peg Rogers · Prize money: $3,500
OMBBQ won Grand Champion at the Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) on October 31, 2025 in Oak Grove, MO, scoring 709.6800 in a field of 53 teams. MACHETE BOYS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 706.2400. Category winners: Chicken — Renegade BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — OMBBQ (180.0000); Pork — Go Pig or Go Home (180.0000); Brisket — Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ (178.8572). This is the 9th of 12 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by Mulkey's BBQ; the next was held in 2025.
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.
510.81
median 687.90
709.68 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180 🔥
- Pork Ribs 180 🔥
- Pork 180 🔥
- Brisket 178.86
145.10
180
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2022 to 2025 — this edition picked out.
Entries
53
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
709.6800
Winning margin
3.4400
GC over RC
Field average
683.40
510.81709.68
median 687.90 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Chicken
1.1428 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
697.6456
510.81709.68
10th place overall
Field spread
198.8684
winner to last place
Prize money
$3,500
on the line
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 4%
beats 96% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
46%
32 of 69 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.55 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,666
avg power rating going in · stronger than 98% of contests
Storylines (9 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.
An upset on the books
14-in-100
shot on pre-contest ratings
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 86 times in 100
OM BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, JANKY LEG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 14-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
- champion 1611
- top seed 1924
A first Grand Championship
19
tracked contests to get there
This was OMBBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 19th tracked contest.
A day of perfect scores
4
perfect 180s
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- Renegade BBQ · Chicken
- Go Pig or Go Home · Pork
- OMBBQ · Pork
A dynasty in the making
2×
wins at this contest
2 of 10 tracked editions
Janky Leg BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 10 tracked editions.
- 2022
- 2023
A stacked field
1666
average power rating going in
Stronger than 98% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1666 power rating going in — stronger than 98% of every contest tracked.
- top seed JANKY LEG BBQ (1924)
- 53 rated teams
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 20 calls decided inside half a point
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.
- Chicken 2–3 · tie
- Chicken 3–4 · tie
- Chicken 4–5 · tie
- Chicken 9–10 · tie
How the title was won
2 of 4
meats called to the stage
OMBBQ took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 18th.
- Chicken 12th
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 2nd
- Brisket 18th
Back to defend
2
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Janky Leg BBQ (won 2022, 2023), Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ (won 2024).
- Janky Leg BBQ · 2022, 2023
- Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ · 2024
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2022 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 40 | 702.8116 | Janky Leg BBQ | GETTIN' BASTED |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 38 | 177.7144 | 4 Legs Up BBQ | — |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 47 | 700.5028 | Janky Leg BBQ | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN |
| Oct 28, 2023 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 40 | 705.1088 | Squealin and Dealin BBQ | JANKY LEG BBQ |
| Oct 28, 2023 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 27 | 176.5716 | Fluffy Butt BBQ | — |
| Oct 28, 2023 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 28 | 180 | BrewsCue | — |
| Oct 25, 2024 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 53 | 707.4288 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | Crossed Rifles BBQ |
| Oct 26, 2024 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 56 | 705.0856 | Mulkey's BBQ | JANKY LEG BBQ |
| Oct 31, 2025 ← this one | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 53 | 709.6800 | OMBBQ | MACHETE BOYS BBQ |
| Nov 1, 2025 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 50 | 703.9544 | Slaps BBQ | MACHETE BOYS BBQ |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Oak Grove, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 31, 2026 | Oak Grove, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 178.8572 | 176.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 177.7028 | 175.4288 |
| Pork | 180 | 177.1544 | 176.5600 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 177.7028 | 175.4288 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
53 entries · top 709.6800 · median 687.8968
Chicken
53 entries · top 180 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
53 entries · top 180 · median 172.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
53 entries · top 180 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
52 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9656
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 · median 170.2398 · 🔥 perfect 180