2016-10-14 – 2016-10-15 · Centralia, MO · 📍 City Sq
Grand Champion: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ (697.0744) · 34 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN O BBQ
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2023 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
697.0744 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 694.2400 GETTIN' BASTED set in 2014.
Wider than 94% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 13.6684 points — a wider margin than 94% of championships in the data.
3 of 10 tracked editions
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE has won this contest 3 times across its 10 tracked editions.
Chicken places 5–6: LION 'BOUT THE Q and SMOKE THIS BBQ MO tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: TOWNSHIP LINE BBQ and SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS and OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 10th.
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ turned in 178.8572 in chicken — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PITMASTERIQ BBQ (won 2015).
This contest usually draws about 25 teams
34 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 25.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-11 | Centralia, MO | Centralia, MO | 29 | 688.5372 | NATURAL BORN GRILLERS | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ |
| 2014-10-10 | Centralia, MO | Centralia, MO 65240 | 27 | 694.2400 | GETTIN' BASTED | NATURAL BORN GRILLERS |
| 2015-10-09 | Centralia, MO | Centralia, MO 65240 | 20 | 693.6688 | PITMASTERIQ BBQ | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO |
| 2016-10-14 ← this one | Centralia, MO | City Sq | 34 | 697.0744 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | SMOKIN O BBQ |
| 2017-10-13 | Centralia, MO | 101 W Singleton | 27 | 698.7768 | OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ | SMOKIN O BBQ |
| 2018-10-12 | Centralia, MO | 101 W Singleton | 33 | 700.5484 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE | POLITICAL PORK |
| 2019-10-11 | Centralia, MO | City Square | 25 | 699.9428 | Gettin Basted | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ |
| 2021-10-08 | Centralia, MO | Centralia, MO 65240 | 19 | 699.9544 | There's No Place Like Smoke | WOOD HOOK BBQ |
| 2022-10-07 | Centralia, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-08 | Centralia, MO | 114 S. Rollins St. | 13 | 703.3712 | There's No Place Like Smoke | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 171.4056 | 167.9772 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 170.2628 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 169.6684 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 171.9772 | 169.7028 |
34 entries · top 697.0744 · median 665.6228
34 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.9484
34 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.1200
34 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.6742 · 🔥 perfect 180
34 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.6856
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.
6 entries · top 177.1544 · median 173.7314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Russell | |
| 2 | Tatum Scheer | |
| 3 | Taylor Scheer | |
| 4 | Miles Stevens | |
| 5 | Colt Lawson | |
| 6 | Braeden Russell |
5 entries · top 169.1428 · median 165.1772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby Loth | |
| 2 | Jake Loth | |
| 3 | Trintan Hendrix | |
| 4 | Xadin Lockett | |
| 5 | Kelby Stevens |