Knox Co. 4-H/FFA Ring of Smoke

2026-04-17 – 2026-04-18 · Edina, MO · 📍 52123 Hwy 15 · State championship

Reps: CHARLIE BRINZA, JEANNE TITUS · Prize money: $11,500.00

Grand Champion: STL-High on the Hog (700.5488) · 25 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 JANKY LEG BBQ

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STL-High on the Hog

700.5488 · Master Series — Overall

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JANKY LEG BBQ

699.3716 · Master Series — Overall

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Heavy Smoke BBQ

698.8232 · Master Series — Overall

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.

609.02 median 681.03 700.55 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 180.00 🔥
Pork Ribs 178.86
Pork 178.86
Brisket 180.00 🔥

141.10 180.00

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

700.5488

Winning margin

1.1772

GC over RC

Field average

675.44

609.02700.55

median 681.03 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Can Country Outlaw BBQ (Brisket), Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs

3.9884 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

682.1944

609.02700.55

10th place overall

Field spread

91.5316

winner to last place

Prize money

$11,500.00

on the line

Most consistent

JANKY LEG BBQ

avg finish 4.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 2.2972 pts — Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 30%

beats 70% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.4 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1638

avg power rating going in · stronger than 93% of contests

Top-rated in the field

JANKY LEG BBQ

rated 1902 pre-contest

Storylines (7 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.

A razor-thin finish

1.1772 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 78% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1772 points — closer than 78% of every championship in the data.

STL-High on the Hog
JANKY LEG BBQ

An upset on the books

11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 89 times in 100

STL-High on the Hog came in rated below the field's top team, JANKY LEG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1535
top seed 1902

A first Grand Championship

6 tracked contests to get there

This was STL-High on the Hog's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 6th tracked contest.

A stacked field

1638 average power rating going in

Stronger than 93% of every rated contest

The field averaged a 1638 power rating going in — stronger than 93% of every contest tracked.

top seed JANKY LEG BBQ (1902)
25 rated teams

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 1–2: STL-High on the Hog and Smokin Suckers tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Bramble BBQ and GRILLIN' GRINDES tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: 1Bite Stand and AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
Pork 1–2 · tie
Pork 7–8 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

STL-High on the Hog took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.

Chicken 11th
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 5th
Brisket 5th

A perfect score on the table

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

Can Country Outlaw BBQ · Brisket
Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ · Chicken

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)

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	174.2628	172.5828
Pork Ribs	178.8572	174.8688	170.2512
Pork	178.8572	174.2628	173.1200
Brisket	180.0000	174.8572	169.6684

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

25 entries · top 700.5488 · median 681.0280

#	Team	Score
1	STL-High on the Hog	700.5488
2	JANKY LEG BBQ	699.3716
3	Heavy Smoke BBQ	698.8232
4	Smokin Suckers	690.8116
5	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	690.8000
6	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	687.9084
7	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	685.0972
8	Can Country Outlaw BBQ	685.0628
9	Glamping Grillers	682.2056
10	1Bite Stand	682.1944
11	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	681.6456
12	GRILLIN' GRINDES	681.0628
13	IN DEEP SAUCE	681.0280
14	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	680.4800
15	BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE	679.8628
16	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	679.3600
17	Bramble BBQ	676.4684
18	Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ	670.1828
19	NEVER EASY BBQ	669.6572
20	TEAM CRAWFORD	669.0284
21	McDonald Family BBQ	666.8228
22	Shmack Q	654.1140
23	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	652.4568
24	Big Stig's BBQ	631.9092
25	Just the Tip	609.0172

Chicken

25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	177.7028
3	GRILLIN' GRINDES	176.5600
4	JANKY LEG BBQ	174.2744
5	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	174.2628
6	Smokin Suckers	173.7144
7	Glamping Grillers	173.7028
8	Heavy Smoke BBQ	173.1316
9	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	173.1200
10	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	172.5828
11	STL-High on the Hog	172.5716
12	Bramble BBQ	172.5600
13	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	172.0000
14	BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE	170.8228
15	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	170.2628
16	IN DEEP SAUCE	170.2628
17	Can Country Outlaw BBQ	169.6800
18	1Bite Stand	169.1200
19	McDonald Family BBQ	167.9772
20	Shmack Q	167.9656
21	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	166.2284
22	TEAM CRAWFORD	165.1084
23	NEVER EASY BBQ	163.4060
24	Just the Tip	158.8000
25	Big Stig's BBQ	153.6916

Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1428

#	Team	Score
1	STL-High on the Hog	178.8572
2	Smokin Suckers	178.8572
3	NEVER EASY BBQ	176.5944
4	JANKY LEG BBQ	176.5716
5	Heavy Smoke BBQ	174.8688
6	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	173.1200
7	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	171.4172
8	Bramble BBQ	170.2628
9	GRILLIN' GRINDES	170.2628
10	IN DEEP SAUCE	170.2512
11	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	169.7144
12	Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ	169.6800
13	Big Stig's BBQ	169.1428
14	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	169.1316
15	1Bite Stand	169.1316
16	Glamping Grillers	168.5372
17	Can Country Outlaw BBQ	168.0000
18	TEAM CRAWFORD	167.9772
19	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	166.8344
20	Shmack Q	166.8228
21	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	166.2400
22	BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE	165.0972
23	McDonald Family BBQ	164.0000
24	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	163.4056
25	Just the Tip	149.6800

Pork

25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.4400

#	Team	Score
1	1Bite Stand	178.8572
2	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	178.8572
3	JANKY LEG BBQ	176.5600
4	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	174.8572
5	STL-High on the Hog	174.2628
6	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	173.7028
7	BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE	173.1200
8	TEAM CRAWFORD	173.1200
9	Glamping Grillers	173.1200
10	Heavy Smoke BBQ	173.1200
11	IN DEEP SAUCE	173.1084
12	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	171.9656
13	GRILLIN' GRINDES	171.4400
14	McDonald Family BBQ	170.3200
15	Can Country Outlaw BBQ	167.3828
16	Bramble BBQ	166.8228
17	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	166.2628
18	NEVER EASY BBQ	166.2284
19	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	165.1544
20	Big Stig's BBQ	163.4060
21	Smokin Suckers	163.3828
22	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	162.2628
23	Just the Tip	159.4400
24	Shmack Q	158.2400
25	Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ	157.0856

Brisket

25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8456 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Can Country Outlaw BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	Heavy Smoke BBQ	177.7028
3	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	176.5600
4	Smokin Suckers	174.8572
5	STL-High on the Hog	174.8572
6	JANKY LEG BBQ	171.9656
7	BREWMASTERS BAR-B-QUE	170.8228
8	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	170.8228
9	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	169.6800
10	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	169.6684
11	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	167.9656
12	IN DEEP SAUCE	167.4056
13	Glamping Grillers	166.8456
14	Bramble BBQ	166.8228
15	1Bite Stand	165.0856
16	McDonald Family BBQ	164.5256
17	NEVER EASY BBQ	163.4284
18	Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ	163.4172
19	MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS	163.4056
20	TEAM CRAWFORD	162.8228
21	GRILLIN' GRINDES	162.8000
22	Shmack Q	161.0856
23	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	160.5600
24	Big Stig's BBQ	145.6688
25	Just the Tip	141.0972

Knox Co. 4-H/FFA Ring of Smoke

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (7 found in this contest's numbers)

A razor-thin finish

An upset on the books

A first Grand Championship

A stacked field

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A perfect score on the table

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)

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

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket