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The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake

2018-04-13 – 2018-04-14 · Smithville, MO · 📍 Smithville Lake

Grand Champion: DIRT ROAD BBQ (700.5712) · 51 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 SLAPS BBQ

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DIRT ROAD BBQ
700.5712 · Master Series — Overall
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SLAPS BBQ
700.0120 · Master Series — Overall
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AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW
688.5260 · 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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 178.30
  • Pork Ribs 176.01
  • Pork 180.00 🔥
  • Brisket 176.01
135.34 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2019 — this edition picked out.

2013-04-12 — 695.4288 (TRUEBUD BBQ) 2014-04-11 — 690.7884 (WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ) 2018-04-13 — 700.5712 (DIRT ROAD BBQ) 2019-04-12 — 703.3944 (Gettin' Basted) 700.57 2013 2019

Entries

51
4 judged meats

Top score

700.5712

Winning margin

0.5592
GC over RC

Field average

655.97
561.45700.57
median 664.47 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
LOVE 2 Q (Pork)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
2.2856 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

677.6456
561.45700.57
10th place overall

Field spread

139.1200
winner to last place

Most consistent

DIRT ROAD BBQ
avg finish 3.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 2.8572 pts — LOVE 2 Q

How hot was the win?

Top 29%
beats 71% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

15%
8 of 54 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.76 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1577
avg power rating going in · stronger than 61% of contests

Top-rated in the field

DIRT ROAD BBQ
rated 1955 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

0.5592 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 92% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5592 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.

  • DIRT ROAD BBQ
  • SLAPS BBQ

A new contest record

700.5712 highest overall ever cooked here

700.5712 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 695.4288 TRUEBUD BBQ set in 2013.

  • old record 695.4288
  • set 2013 by TRUEBUD BBQ

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

DIRT ROAD BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 3rd
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 2nd
  • Brisket 7th

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 7–8: TEAM CRAWFORD and JOUSTING PIGS BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: JOHNSON'S BREW N BBQ and SHOW ME THE QUE! tied on 173.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON and GONNA GET MESSY tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
  • Pork 7–8 · tie

A contest record in pork

180.0000 best pork ever cooked here

LOVE 2 Q turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 176.0000 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.

  • old best 176.0000
  • across 2 past editions

The contest returns

4 yrs since the last edition

This contest was away for 4 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2014-04-11.

  • previous edition 2014-04-11

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • LOVE 2 Q · Pork

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2013-04-12 Smithville, MO Smithville, MO 48 695.4288 TRUEBUD BBQ SHUT THE FRONT DOOR BBQ
2014-04-11 Smithville, MO Smithville, MO 64089 54 690.7884 WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ DIRT ROAD BBQ
2018-04-13 ← this one Smithville, MO Smithville Lake 51 700.5712 DIRT ROAD BBQ SLAPS BBQ
2019-04-12 Smithville, MO Smithville Lake 54 703.3944 Gettin' Basted AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW
2022-04-08 Smithville, MO — — — — —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.2972174.8456171.4056
Pork Ribs176.0116173.7260172.5600
Pork180.0000175.4056173.1200
Brisket176.0116173.1428170.2628

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

51 entries · top 700.5712 · median 664.4688

#TeamScore
1 DIRT ROAD BBQ 700.5712
2 SLAPS BBQ 700.0120
3 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 688.5260
4 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 688.5256
5 BOOMERANG BBQ 686.1944
6 PELLET ENVY 685.6572
7 GETTIN' SAUCED 682.8000
8 GONNA GET MESSY 679.9084
9 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 678.7312
10 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 677.6456
11 JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 677.0396
12 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 673.6112
13 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 672.5028
14 LA PASADITA 672.0000
15 SMOKE RINGERS 671.9316
16 ACES HIGH BBQ 671.3600
17 Smokin Trees BBQ 670.1256
18 WABASH BBQ 669.6572
19 Smokin Under the Bridge 669.0972
20 POLITICAL PORK 669.0400
21 LOVE 2 Q 667.8512
22 Summa Dat Que 667.8400
23 MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE 667.2912
24 LIVESPARKS 666.7316
25 QIS - QUALITY IN SMOKE 665.0400
26 S&S BBQ 664.4688
27 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 663.2684
28 SHOW ME THE QUE! 662.7656
29 B TEAM BBQ MO 661.0400
30 JOHNSON'S BREW N BBQ 660.5256
31 NEW AMERICAN BBQ CREW 659.3032
32 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 656.4568
33 T-N-T QUE CREW 651.3024
34 OLLIE BABA Q 651.2684
35 SMOKIN GUNS BBQ 650.1716
36 MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN 647.2800
37 TEAM CRAWFORD 646.2744
38 Long Haul Smokers 643.9428
39 GRILLAS 641.0396
40 F.O.M.S.B. 638.6860
41 LIL' SUMPIN BBQ 638.0572
42 Smoke Til We're Broke 635.3140
43 A BBQ TEAM - MO 635.2456
44 Oink, Moo, & Cock-a-doodle Doo 631.8176
45 SLOPPY SECONDS 627.9660
46 THIS LITTLE PIGGY GOT SMOKED 618.1828
47 SMOKIN HOT ROD'S BBQ 610.1596
48 DUELING BANJOS 604.4112
49 The BBQ Mavens 602.1144
50 GRILLIN GRIFFINS 572.4688
51 HIRAM'S BONES 561.4512

Chicken

51 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2400

#TeamScore
1 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 178.2972
2 LA PASADITA 177.1428
3 DIRT ROAD BBQ 176.0000
4 SLAPS BBQ 174.8572
5 GONNA GET MESSY 174.8456
6 B TEAM BBQ MO 173.7144
7 TEAM CRAWFORD 172.5600
8 JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 172.5600
9 SMOKE RINGERS 171.4172
10 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 171.4056
11 Smokin Under the Bridge 170.8572
12 WABASH BBQ 170.8456
13 PELLET ENVY 170.8228
14 SHOW ME THE QUE! 170.2628
15 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 170.2628
16 S&S BBQ 170.2628
17 Summa Dat Que 169.6800
18 MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE 168.5484
19 BOOMERANG BBQ 168.5372
20 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 168.5372
21 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 167.9772
22 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 167.9656
23 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 167.4056
24 T-N-T QUE CREW 167.3828
25 A BBQ TEAM - MO 166.8228
26 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 166.2400
27 LOVE 2 Q 165.6800
28 NEW AMERICAN BBQ CREW 165.6800
29 ACES HIGH BBQ 165.1200
30 Oink, Moo, & Cock-a-doodle Doo 164.5600
31 Smoke Til We're Broke 164.0000
32 JOHNSON'S BREW N BBQ 162.2972
33 POLITICAL PORK 162.2744
34 LIL' SUMPIN BBQ 162.2516
35 SMOKIN GUNS BBQ 162.2400
36 GETTIN' SAUCED 162.2400
37 THIS LITTLE PIGGY GOT SMOKED 161.1200
38 Smokin Trees BBQ 161.0972
39 QIS - QUALITY IN SMOKE 159.9888
40 OLLIE BABA Q 159.4056
41 MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN 159.3944
42 LIVESPARKS 159.3600
43 F.O.M.S.B. 155.4172
44 DUELING BANJOS 153.7144
45 Long Haul Smokers 152.5600
46 SLOPPY SECONDS 150.2516
47 GRILLAS 147.9656
48 SMOKIN HOT ROD'S BBQ 146.7656
49 The BBQ Mavens 145.6228
50 HIRAM'S BONES 145.1084
51 GRILLIN GRIFFINS 144.0232

Pork Ribs

51 entries · top 176.0116 · median 166.8572

#TeamScore
1 BOOMERANG BBQ 176.0116
2 DIRT ROAD BBQ 175.4400
3 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 175.4056
4 PELLET ENVY 174.2744
5 SLAPS BBQ 173.7260
6 JOHNSON'S BREW N BBQ 173.1544
7 SHOW ME THE QUE! 173.1544
8 GETTIN' SAUCED 172.5944
9 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 172.5600
10 GONNA GET MESSY 172.5600
11 Summa Dat Que 171.9772
12 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 171.4172
13 WABASH BBQ 171.4172
14 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 170.8572
15 B TEAM BBQ MO 170.8572
16 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 170.8572
17 POLITICAL PORK 170.8228
18 TEAM CRAWFORD 170.3200
19 ACES HIGH BBQ 169.7144
20 JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 169.7028
21 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 169.6916
22 Smokin Trees BBQ 169.6800
23 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 169.1428
24 Smokin Under the Bridge 168.5372
25 LIVESPARKS 167.9772
26 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 166.8572
27 QIS - QUALITY IN SMOKE 166.2628
28 NEW AMERICAN BBQ CREW 166.2628
29 LIL' SUMPIN BBQ 165.6916
30 LOVE 2 Q 165.6800
31 GRILLAS 165.1084
32 MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE 165.0856
33 F.O.M.S.B. 163.4060
34 SMOKE RINGERS 162.8344
35 A BBQ TEAM - MO 162.2516
36 S&S BBQ 162.2516
37 SLOPPY SECONDS 161.7144
38 SMOKIN GUNS BBQ 159.3944
39 DUELING BANJOS 158.2512
40 OLLIE BABA Q 158.2172
41 The BBQ Mavens 157.7144
42 MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN 157.6800
43 Long Haul Smokers 154.8572
44 T-N-T QUE CREW 154.2628
45 LA PASADITA 153.7372
46 Oink, Moo, & Cock-a-doodle Doo 153.0860
47 Smoke Til We're Broke 152.4912
48 GRILLIN GRIFFINS 149.7028
49 THIS LITTLE PIGGY GOT SMOKED 149.6572
50 SMOKIN HOT ROD'S BBQ 145.1316
51 HIRAM'S BONES 135.3372

Pork

51 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2400 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 LOVE 2 Q 180.0000 🔥
2 DIRT ROAD BBQ 177.1428
3 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 176.0000
4 SLAPS BBQ 175.4172
5 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 175.4056
6 S&S BBQ 174.8456
7 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 173.7028
8 LIVESPARKS 173.7028
9 T-N-T QUE CREW 173.1656
10 PELLET ENVY 173.1200
11 GETTIN' SAUCED 171.9656
12 Smokin Trees BBQ 170.8228
13 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 170.2856
14 MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN 170.2628
15 QIS - QUALITY IN SMOKE 170.2628
16 GRILLAS 169.7028
17 WABASH BBQ 168.5600
18 BOOMERANG BBQ 168.5256
19 LA PASADITA 167.9772
20 Long Haul Smokers 167.9772
21 MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE 167.4172
22 POLITICAL PORK 167.3828
23 SMOKE RINGERS 166.8572
24 ACES HIGH BBQ 166.8228
25 NEW AMERICAN BBQ CREW 166.2400
26 F.O.M.S.B. 166.2400
27 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 166.2284
28 GONNA GET MESSY 165.6800
29 SHOW ME THE QUE! 165.1200
30 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 165.0856
31 SLOPPY SECONDS 164.5600
32 JOHNSON'S BREW N BBQ 164.5256
33 SMOKIN GUNS BBQ 164.0000
34 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 163.9772
35 Summa Dat Que 163.9428
36 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 163.3828
37 OLLIE BABA Q 162.8000
38 Smokin Under the Bridge 161.1772
39 THIS LITTLE PIGGY GOT SMOKED 160.5484
40 Oink, Moo, & Cock-a-doodle Doo 159.3716
41 JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 159.3712
42 SMOKIN HOT ROD'S BBQ 158.2740
43 LIL' SUMPIN BBQ 157.6456
44 B TEAM BBQ MO 156.5028
45 DUELING BANJOS 155.4056
46 Smoke Til We're Broke 154.8228
47 A BBQ TEAM - MO 152.5372
48 TEAM CRAWFORD 149.0972
49 The BBQ Mavens 147.9656
50 GRILLIN GRIFFINS 141.0856
51 HIRAM'S BONES 135.9312

Brisket

51 entries · top 176.0116 · median 164.0000

#TeamScore
1 SLAPS BBQ 176.0116
2 GETTIN' SAUCED 176.0000
3 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 175.4400
4 JOUSTING PIGS BBQ 175.4056
5 LA PASADITA 173.1428
6 BOOMERANG BBQ 173.1200
7 DIRT ROAD BBQ 171.9884
8 OLLIE BABA Q 170.8456
9 SMOKE RINGERS 170.8228
10 99 PROBLEMS SMOKIN AINT 1 170.2628
11 ACES HIGH BBQ 169.7028
12 POLITICAL PORK 168.5600
13 Long Haul Smokers 168.5484
14 Smokin Trees BBQ 168.5256
15 QIS - QUALITY IN SMOKE 168.5256
16 Smokin Under the Bridge 168.5256
17 PELLET ENVY 167.4400
18 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 167.4056
19 GONNA GET MESSY 166.8228
20 MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE 166.2400
21 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 165.6916
22 LIVESPARKS 165.6916
23 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 164.5484
24 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 164.5372
25 SMOKIN GUNS BBQ 164.5372
26 Smoke Til We're Broke 164.0000
27 Summa Dat Que 162.2400
28 NEW AMERICAN BBQ CREW 161.1204
29 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 161.0856
30 JOHNSON'S BREW N BBQ 160.5484
31 SMOKIN HOT ROD'S BBQ 159.9884
32 B TEAM BBQ MO 159.9656
33 MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN 159.9428
34 WABASH BBQ 158.8344
35 GRILLAS 158.2628
36 S&S BBQ 157.1088
37 LOVE 2 Q 156.4912
38 T-N-T QUE CREW 156.4912
39 Oink, Moo, & Cock-a-doodle Doo 154.8000
40 TEAM CRAWFORD 154.2972
41 SHOW ME THE QUE! 154.2284
42 A BBQ TEAM - MO 153.6340
43 F.O.M.S.B. 153.6228
44 LIL' SUMPIN BBQ 152.4684
45 SLOPPY SECONDS 151.4400
46 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 151.3484
47 The BBQ Mavens 150.8116
48 THIS LITTLE PIGGY GOT SMOKED 146.8572
49 HIRAM'S BONES 145.0744
50 GRILLIN GRIFFINS 137.6572
51 DUELING BANJOS 137.0400

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