Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2)
2025-11-01 – 2025-11-02 · Oak Grove, MO · 📍 Oak Grove Fieldhouse · State championship
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, FORREST BRUCE, PEG ROGERS · Prize money: $3,500.00
Grand Champion: Slaps BBQ (703.9544) · 50 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MACHETE BOYS 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
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Janky Leg BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 10 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1316 points — closer than 81% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
SLAPS BBQ took the Grand Championship home to KS.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER and MACHETE BOYS BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: MACHETE BOYS BBQ and Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Who's Cookin' and Renegade BBQ 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), OMBBQ (won 2025).
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1647 power rating going in — stronger than 99% of every contest tracked.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve 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 | Oak Grove, MO | Oak Grove Fieldhouse | 53 | 709.6800 | OMBBQ | MACHETE BOYS BBQ |
| 2025-11-01 ← this one | 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)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 177.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 176.5600 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 171.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
50 entries · top 703.9544 · median 685.0342
Chicken
50 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
50 entries · top 178.2972 · median 171.9772
Pork
50 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.8342 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
49 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.5372
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 — Dessert
20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.7200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 2 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 3 | OMBBQ | |
| 4 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 5 | BALD BEAUTIES BBQ | |
| 6 | B 3 BBQ | |
| 7 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 8 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 9 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 10 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 11 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 12 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 13 | Triple B BBQ - AUS | |
| 14 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 15 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 16 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 17 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 18 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 19 | Caught Smokin' | |
| 20 | Broke Boys BBQ |