2026-05-08 – 2026-05-09 · Kennett, MO · 📍 1615 1st Street · State championship
Reps: CHARLIE BRINZA, JEANNE TITUS · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Mulkey's BBQ (707.4060) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Kermit's Ex
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
Mulkey's BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.6060 points.
Stronger than 99% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1696 power rating going in — stronger than 99% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 2–3: Mulkey's BBQ and WOOD HOOK BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ and Take It Easy BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: Take It Easy BBQ and TRIPLE H BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
Mulkey's BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 12th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 176.5600 | 175.4172 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5716 | 174.2628 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4288 |
25 entries · top 707.4060 · median 693.6460
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 2 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 3 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 4 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 5 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 6 | DB BBQ | |
| 7 | Dr. Smoke | |
| 8 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 9 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 10 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 11 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 12 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 13 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 14 | UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ | |
| 15 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 16 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 17 | Big D's BBQ | |
| 18 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 19 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 20 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 21 | Redneck Grillers | |
| 22 | Wicked Pig BBQ | |
| 23 | Redneck Smokers | |
| 24 | Smokey J | |
| 25 | Smokin Through The Night |
24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 2 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 3 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 4 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 5 | DB BBQ | |
| 6 | Dr. Smoke | |
| 7 | UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ | |
| 8 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 9 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 10 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 11 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 12 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 13 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 14 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 15 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 16 | Wicked Pig BBQ | |
| 17 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 18 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 19 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 20 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 21 | Redneck Grillers | |
| 22 | Big D's BBQ | |
| 23 | Smokey J | |
| 24 | Redneck Smokers |
25 entries · top 178.2972 · median 173.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 2 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 3 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 4 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 5 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 6 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 7 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 8 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 9 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 10 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 11 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 12 | Big D's BBQ | |
| 13 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 14 | Dr. Smoke | |
| 15 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 16 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 17 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 18 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 19 | DB BBQ | |
| 20 | UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ | |
| 21 | Redneck Grillers | |
| 22 | Redneck Smokers | |
| 23 | Smokey J | |
| 24 | Smokin Through The Night | |
| 25 | Wicked Pig BBQ |
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 2 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 3 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 4 | UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ | |
| 5 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 6 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 7 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 8 | DB BBQ | |
| 9 | Big D's BBQ | |
| 10 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 11 | Dr. Smoke | |
| 12 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 13 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 14 | Wicked Pig BBQ | |
| 15 | Redneck Smokers | |
| 16 | Redneck Grillers | |
| 17 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 18 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 19 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 20 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 21 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 22 | Smokin Through The Night | |
| 23 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 24 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 25 | Smokey J |
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 2 | Shiggin aint easy | |
| 3 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | |
| 4 | Take It Easy BBQ | |
| 5 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 6 | DB BBQ | |
| 7 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 8 | Dr. Smoke | |
| 9 | Big D's BBQ | |
| 10 | SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS | |
| 11 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 12 | Mulkey's BBQ | |
| 13 | Wicked Pig BBQ | |
| 14 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 15 | Redneck Grillers | |
| 16 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 17 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 18 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 19 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 20 | UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ | |
| 21 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 22 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 23 | Smokin Through The Night | |
| 24 | Redneck Smokers | |
| 25 | Smokey J |