*BBQ and Fly In on the River(JUDGES FULL)

2018-08-17 – 2018-08-18 · Excelsior Springs, MO · 📍 201 E Broadway

Grand Champion: SMOKE THIS BBQ MO (697.0972) · 57 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 913 BBQ

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SMOKE THIS BBQ MO

697.0972 · Master Series — Overall

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913 BBQ

694.2396 · Master Series — Overall

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ALL FORKED UP FOR Q

693.0740 · 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.

554.93 median 661.65 697.10 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 178.88
Pork Ribs 180.00 🔥
Pork 177.15
Brisket 179.44

84.21 180.00

Winning score by edition

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

Entries

4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

697.0972

Winning margin

2.8576

GC over RC

Field average

652.09

554.93697.10

median 661.65 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Pork

1.7488 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

687.9200

554.93697.10

10th place overall

Field spread

142.1712

winner to last place

Most consistent

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO

avg finish 8.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken

won by 4.0344 pts — 4 LEGS UP BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 45%

beats 55% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

45%

29 of 65 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.84 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1602

avg power rating going in · stronger than 79% of contests

Top-rated in the field

DIRT ROAD BBQ

rated 1949 pre-contest

Storylines (8 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.

An upset on the books

34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO came in rated below the field's top team, DIRT ROAD BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1832
top seed 1949

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 8th
Pork Ribs 4th
Pork 17th
Brisket 3rd

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 7 tracked editions

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.

2014
2018

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 17 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 2–3: GRILLAS and 913 BBQ tied on 174.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: BOOMERANG BBQ and SONS OF A BRISKET tied on 174.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: SCOTTS BBQ SHACK and GETTIN' SAUCED tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 2–3 · tie
Chicken 4–5 · tie
Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
Pork 4–5 · tie

A contest record in pork ribs

180.0000 best pork ribs ever cooked here

PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 5 earlier editions.

old best 178.8572
across 5 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SMOKE THIS BBQ MO (won 2014).

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO · 2014

One of the big ones

57 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 91% of the 5,410 contests in the data

57 teams made this a bigger field than 91% of every contest tracked.

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.

PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS · Pork Ribs

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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2013-08-16	Excelsior Springs, MO	Excelsior Springs, MO	66	685.6800	R BUTTS R SMOKIN	WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY
2014-08-15	Excelsior Springs, MO	Excelsior Springs, MO 64024	51	696.5944	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	R BUTTS R SMOKIN
2015-08-14	Excelsior Springs, MO	Excelsior Springs, MO 64024	67	689.6340	JAESTAR BBQ	GETTIN' BASTED
2016-08-19	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 R Broadway	56	694.8112	HIGH i QUE II	SMOKERS PURGATORY
2017-08-18	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 E Broadway	65	703.9772	CLARK CREW BBQ	DIRT ROAD BBQ
2018-08-17 ← this one	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 E Broadway	57	697.0972	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	913 BBQ
2019-08-16	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 E Broadway	68	708.5372	Boomerang BBQ	913 BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	178.8800	174.2972	173.1084
Pork Ribs	180.0000	176.0000	173.1200
Pork	177.1544	175.4056	174.2628
Brisket	179.4400	174.2744	172.6172

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

57 entries · top 697.0972 · median 661.6460

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	697.0972
2	913 BBQ	694.2396
3	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	693.0740
4	4 LEGS UP BBQ	691.9540
5	BOOMERANG BBQ	690.2400
6	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	690.2172
7	DIRT ROAD BBQ	690.2056
8	THE SMOKING HILLS	689.0628
9	BOOM CHICKA COW COW	687.9316
10	GETTIN' SAUCED	687.9200
11	SLAPS BBQ	687.9200
12	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	685.0400
13	SONS OF A BRISKET	680.5028
14	Y-WE-Q	678.7772
15	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	678.2056
16	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	677.5996
17	DROP THE MIKE	676.4800
18	MAN MEAT BBQ	675.9084
19	JOUSTING PIGS BBQ	674.2056
20	777 BBQ	674.1828
21	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	673.0628
22	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	670.1484
23	GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY	666.1824
24	PIG NEWTON	665.6460
25	THE BOYS IN QUE	665.5772
26	MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE	664.4804
27	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	662.7888
28	SMOKIN O BBQ	662.7196
29	THESLABS.COM	661.6460
30	S&S BBQ	661.0516
31	Johnson's Brew & BBQ	661.0060
32	GRILLAS	658.1712
33	GO HAM BBQ	656.9828
34	B Team BBQ	656.5600
35	POLITICAL PORK	654.7768
36	The BBQ Mavens	651.8632
37	PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE	651.3712
38	12TH ST PIT BOSSES	647.3600
39	T'S SMOKIN PIT	645.5200
40	SMOKIN GUNS BBQ	643.8284
41	Drunken Pigz BBQ	642.7660
42	DUSTY ROADS BBQ	642.2628
43	INDIGO PIG	641.5544
44	Bare Bones BBQ	628.4688
45	Hidden Valley Smokers	627.2568
46	Bears Backyard Q	625.5196
47	BRISKETBONE BBQ	621.0740
48	H2 BAR B QUE	612.5028
49	Pit Magic Smokin Specialists	607.2228
50	Last Minute BBQ	604.3884
51	SMOKIN THE RITEWAY	597.5312
52	Smoking Hot Goodtimes	585.1772
53	Locomotive #1	584.9716
54	JoRo's BBQ	584.3772
55	SMOKIE AND THE BANDITS	566.0912
56	OWEN LUMBER WOOD TICKS	561.8052
57	SUDS AND BUDS BBQ	554.9260

Chicken

57 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.2400

#	Team	Score
1	4 LEGS UP BBQ	178.8800
2	GRILLAS	174.8456
3	913 BBQ	174.8456
4	BOOMERANG BBQ	174.2972
5	SONS OF A BRISKET	174.2972
6	DIRT ROAD BBQ	174.2744
7	MAN MEAT BBQ	173.7144
8	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	173.7028
9	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	173.1200
10	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	173.1084
11	THESLABS.COM	172.0000
12	THE BOYS IN QUE	172.0000
13	B Team BBQ	171.9772
14	THE SMOKING HILLS	171.9656
15	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	171.4056
16	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	170.8344
17	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	170.8344
18	JOUSTING PIGS BBQ	170.2628
19	DROP THE MIKE	169.6912
20	BOOM CHICKA COW COW	169.1316
21	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	169.1200
22	GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY	168.5600
23	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	168.5600
24	MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE	168.5372
25	Bare Bones BBQ	168.0000
26	GETTIN' SAUCED	167.3944
27	S&S BBQ	167.3828
28	Y-WE-Q	167.3828
29	The BBQ Mavens	166.2400
30	INDIGO PIG	165.0856
31	DUSTY ROADS BBQ	164.5716
32	OWEN LUMBER WOOD TICKS	164.5600
33	SLAPS BBQ	163.9656
34	Johnson's Brew & BBQ	162.8000
35	H2 BAR B QUE	162.8000
36	Hidden Valley Smokers	162.7884
37	777 BBQ	162.2400
38	GO HAM BBQ	162.2284
39	POLITICAL PORK	161.7028
40	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	161.6800
41	SMOKIN O BBQ	161.6684
42	PIG NEWTON	161.0972
43	T'S SMOKIN PIT	161.0972
44	SMOKIN GUNS BBQ	159.3944
45	BRISKETBONE BBQ	157.1200
46	SMOKIN THE RITEWAY	155.9884
47	12TH ST PIT BOSSES	155.3828
48	Drunken Pigz BBQ	153.6456
49	Last Minute BBQ	151.3712
50	PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE	150.7884
51	Bears Backyard Q	150.2512
52	SMOKIE AND THE BANDITS	150.2400
53	Pit Magic Smokin Specialists	150.2056
54	Smoking Hot Goodtimes	149.1428
55	Locomotive #1	146.8344
56	JoRo's BBQ	142.2400
57	SUDS AND BUDS BBQ	94.5372

Pork Ribs

57 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.9428 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	180.0000 🔥
2	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	178.2972
3	DIRT ROAD BBQ	177.1428
4	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	176.5716
5	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	176.0000
6	GETTIN' SAUCED	176.0000
7	MAN MEAT BBQ	174.8572
8	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	174.2628
9	BOOMERANG BBQ	173.1316
10	THE SMOKING HILLS	173.1200
11	SLAPS BBQ	173.1084
12	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	172.5716
13	913 BBQ	172.0228
14	JOUSTING PIGS BBQ	171.4172
15	SMOKIN O BBQ	170.8800
16	777 BBQ	169.7144
17	JoRo's BBQ	169.7144
18	BOOM CHICKA COW COW	169.1316
19	SONS OF A BRISKET	169.1200
20	Y-WE-Q	167.9772
21	INDIGO PIG	167.3944
22	12TH ST PIT BOSSES	166.8572
23	4 LEGS UP BBQ	166.2628
24	SMOKIN GUNS BBQ	165.6800
25	GO HAM BBQ	165.1200
26	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	165.0856
27	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	164.5256
28	B Team BBQ	163.9888
29	DROP THE MIKE	163.9428
30	DUSTY ROADS BBQ	163.4172
31	PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE	162.8228
32	THE BOYS IN QUE	162.8116
33	POLITICAL PORK	162.2628
34	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	162.2516
35	Johnson's Brew & BBQ	161.6572
36	MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE	161.1316
37	T'S SMOKIN PIT	161.1088
38	The BBQ Mavens	161.0972
39	PIG NEWTON	160.5372
40	S&S BBQ	160.5372
41	GRILLAS	159.3828
42	BRISKETBONE BBQ	158.8572
43	Bears Backyard Q	156.5372
44	THESLABS.COM	156.5372
45	GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY	155.9656
46	Smoking Hot Goodtimes	153.1544
47	Drunken Pigz BBQ	151.4060
48	SUDS AND BUDS BBQ	151.3716
49	SMOKIN THE RITEWAY	149.1316
50	Pit Magic Smokin Specialists	149.1088
51	Bare Bones BBQ	149.0972
52	Hidden Valley Smokers	147.9084
53	Last Minute BBQ	147.4172
54	Locomotive #1	139.3372
55	SMOKIE AND THE BANDITS	134.8000
56	H2 BAR B QUE	132.0000
57	OWEN LUMBER WOOD TICKS	84.2056

Pork

57 entries · top 177.1544 · median 166.8228

#	Team	Score
1	PIG NEWTON	177.1544
2	SLAPS BBQ	176.5716
3	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	175.4172
4	BOOM CHICKA COW COW	175.4056
5	777 BBQ	175.4056
6	THE SMOKING HILLS	174.8572
7	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	174.8572
8	GETTIN' SAUCED	174.8456
9	4 LEGS UP BBQ	174.2628
10	913 BBQ	174.2628
11	THESLABS.COM	173.1316
12	POLITICAL PORK	172.5600
13	GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY	171.9884
14	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	171.4284
15	Y-WE-Q	170.8456
16	SONS OF A BRISKET	170.8228
17	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	170.8228
18	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	170.2744
19	MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE	170.2744
20	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	170.2628
21	Drunken Pigz BBQ	169.1544
22	12TH ST PIT BOSSES	169.1428
23	DROP THE MIKE	168.5716
24	Johnson's Brew & BBQ	168.5600
25	DIRT ROAD BBQ	168.5256
26	JOUSTING PIGS BBQ	167.4172
27	The BBQ Mavens	167.3944
28	SMOKIN O BBQ	167.3828
29	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	166.8228
30	PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE	165.1428
31	THE BOYS IN QUE	165.0856
32	SMOKIN GUNS BBQ	164.5600
33	S&S BBQ	164.5600
34	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	164.5600
35	Pit Magic Smokin Specialists	164.5256
36	BOOMERANG BBQ	163.3712
37	INDIGO PIG	162.8000
38	Bare Bones BBQ	161.6572
39	Hidden Valley Smokers	161.1200
40	OWEN LUMBER WOOD TICKS	161.0740
41	T'S SMOKIN PIT	160.5256
42	Bears Backyard Q	160.4912
43	BRISKETBONE BBQ	159.4056
44	GRILLAS	158.2628
45	MAN MEAT BBQ	157.6684
46	GO HAM BBQ	157.6572
47	H2 BAR B QUE	157.1428
48	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	156.5028
49	DUSTY ROADS BBQ	153.1084
50	SUDS AND BUDS BBQ	153.0972
51	SMOKIN THE RITEWAY	153.0856
52	B Team BBQ	152.5940
53	Locomotive #1	151.9656
54	JoRo's BBQ	145.6800
55	Last Minute BBQ	145.0972
56	Smoking Hot Goodtimes	142.3084
57	SMOKIE AND THE BANDITS	137.1084

Brisket

57 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.1084

#	Team	Score
1	BOOMERANG BBQ	179.4400
2	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	177.7028
3	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	176.0000
4	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	174.2856
5	SLAPS BBQ	174.2744
6	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	174.2744
7	DROP THE MIKE	174.2744
8	BOOM CHICKA COW COW	174.2628
9	913 BBQ	173.1084
10	PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE	172.6172
11	Y-WE-Q	172.5716
12	4 LEGS UP BBQ	172.5484
13	GO HAM BBQ	171.9772
14	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	170.8228
15	DIRT ROAD BBQ	170.2628
16	GETTIN' SAUCED	169.6800
17	MAN MEAT BBQ	169.6684
18	GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY	169.6684
19	THE SMOKING HILLS	169.1200
20	S&S BBQ	168.5716
21	Drunken Pigz BBQ	168.5600
22	B Team BBQ	168.0000
23	Johnson's Brew & BBQ	167.9888
24	PIG NEWTON	166.8572
25	777 BBQ	166.8228
26	SONS OF A BRISKET	166.2628
27	GRILLAS	165.6800
28	THE BOYS IN QUE	165.6800
29	JOUSTING PIGS BBQ	165.1084
30	MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE	164.5372
31	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	164.5256
32	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	163.9540
33	SMOKIN O BBQ	162.7884
34	T'S SMOKIN PIT	162.7884
35	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	161.7028
36	DUSTY ROADS BBQ	161.1656
37	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	161.0856
38	H2 BAR B QUE	160.5600
39	Last Minute BBQ	160.5028
40	THESLABS.COM	159.9772
41	POLITICAL PORK	158.2512
42	Bears Backyard Q	158.2400
43	The BBQ Mavens	157.1316
44	12TH ST PIT BOSSES	155.9772
45	SUDS AND BUDS BBQ	155.9200
46	Hidden Valley Smokers	155.4400
47	SMOKIN GUNS BBQ	154.1940
48	OWEN LUMBER WOOD TICKS	151.9656
49	Bare Bones BBQ	149.7144
50	Locomotive #1	146.8344
51	INDIGO PIG	146.2744
52	BRISKETBONE BBQ	145.6912
53	SMOKIE AND THE BANDITS	143.9428
54	Pit Magic Smokin Specialists	143.3828
55	Smoking Hot Goodtimes	140.5716
56	SMOKIN THE RITEWAY	139.3256
57	JoRo's BBQ	126.7428

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.

Master Series — Dessert

18 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.8514 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	180.0000 🔥
2	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	178.8800
3	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	178.8572
4	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	178.2972
5	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	177.7028
6	PIG NEWTON	177.7028
7	MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE	177.7028
8	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	177.7028
9	INDIGO PIG	177.1428
10	Hidden Valley Smokers	176.5600
11	THE SMOKING HILLS	176.5600
12	THESLABS.COM	174.2628
13	Drunken Pigz BBQ	174.2628
14	BOOMERANG BBQ	173.1200
15	12TH ST PIT BOSSES	172.0116
16	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	171.9884
17	Smoking Hot Goodtimes	164.5828
18	SMOKIE AND THE BANDITS	161.6912

Master Series — Pasta

19 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.7600

#	Team	Score
1	Bare Bones BBQ	178.2972
2	GRILLAS	177.7144
3	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	174.8572
4	PIG NEWTON	174.2972
5	PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS	173.7028
6	SMOKIN GUNS BBQ	171.9884
7	BOOMERANG BBQ	170.8800
8	Pit Magic Smokin Specialists	170.2744
9	HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	170.2628
10	Smoking Hot Goodtimes	169.7600
11	MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE	167.3828
12	Hidden Valley Smokers	166.2856
13	Y-WE-Q	165.0856
14	VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	165.0740
15	H2 BAR B QUE	163.3828
16	SMOKIE AND THE BANDITS	162.3428
17	THESLABS.COM	161.6684
18	T'S SMOKIN PIT	161.0856
19	Drunken Pigz BBQ	158.8228

*BBQ and Fly In on the River(JUDGES FULL)

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

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (8 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

Won without a category win

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

A contest record in pork ribs

Back to defend

One of the big ones

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

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

Ancillary categories

Master Series — Dessert

Master Series — Pasta