2019-05-03 – 2019-05-04 · Kennett, MO · 📍 Kennett Fairgrounds · State championship
Reps: CHARLIE BRINZA, TINA WELLER · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Big Boots BBQ (693.6344) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN
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.
Closer than 89% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5832 points — closer than 89% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 88 times in 100
Big Boots BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
BIG BOOTS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Big Boots BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 3rd tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 7–8: Heavy Smoke BBQ and THE BLUE BLOODS tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN edged WARDEN'S Q by 0.0116. Pork places 4–5: TWO KRACKERS KOOKIN’ edged Baby Boy BBQ by 0.0116.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 173.1084 | 168.5372 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 172.0000 | 169.1200 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 172.5484 | 170.2512 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 169.6684 | 166.8916 |
25 entries · top 693.6344 · median 667.7936
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG BOOTS BBQ | |
| 2 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 3 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 5 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
| 6 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 7 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 8 | Baby Boy BBQ | |
| 9 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 10 | TWO KRACKERS KOOKIN’ | |
| 11 | Smokin Through The Night | |
| 12 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 13 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 14 | WARDEN'S Q | |
| 15 | QUE-N-BREW | |
| 16 | BYO GRILL | |
| 17 | A & W BBQ COMPANY | |
| 18 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 19 | Redneck Grillers | |
| 20 | Swine Crue | |
| 21 | PORK AVENUE | |
| 22 | PARTY Q | |
| 23 | RWQ | |
| 24 | River 12:18 Q-Team | |
| 25 | JOOGLY WOOGLY BBQ |
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 2 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 3 | BIG BOOTS BBQ | |
| 4 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 6 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 7 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 8 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 9 | Redneck Grillers | |
| 10 | QUE-N-BREW | |
| 11 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
| 12 | Baby Boy BBQ | |
| 13 | TWO KRACKERS KOOKIN’ | |
| 14 | RWQ | |
| 15 | PORK AVENUE | |
| 16 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 17 | Smokin Through The Night | |
| 18 | BYO GRILL | |
| 19 | A & W BBQ COMPANY | |
| 20 | WARDEN'S Q | |
| 21 | River 12:18 Q-Team | |
| 22 | Swine Crue | |
| 23 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 24 | JOOGLY WOOGLY BBQ | |
| 25 | PARTY Q |
25 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.8916
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 2 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
| 3 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 4 | Smokin Through The Night | |
| 5 | PARTY Q | |
| 6 | BIG BOOTS BBQ | |
| 7 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 9 | BYO GRILL | |
| 10 | TWO KRACKERS KOOKIN’ | |
| 11 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 12 | A & W BBQ COMPANY | |
| 13 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 14 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 15 | Baby Boy BBQ | |
| 16 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 17 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 18 | PORK AVENUE | |
| 19 | WARDEN'S Q | |
| 20 | QUE-N-BREW | |
| 21 | Redneck Grillers | |
| 22 | Swine Crue | |
| 23 | River 12:18 Q-Team | |
| 24 | RWQ | |
| 25 | JOOGLY WOOGLY BBQ |
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 2 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 3 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 4 | TWO KRACKERS KOOKIN’ | |
| 5 | Baby Boy BBQ | |
| 6 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
| 7 | BIG BOOTS BBQ | |
| 8 | Smokin Through The Night | |
| 9 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 10 | WARDEN'S Q | |
| 11 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 12 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 13 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 14 | BYO GRILL | |
| 15 | Swine Crue | |
| 16 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 17 | PORK AVENUE | |
| 18 | PARTY Q | |
| 19 | QUE-N-BREW | |
| 20 | RWQ | |
| 21 | A & W BBQ COMPANY | |
| 22 | Redneck Grillers | |
| 23 | JOOGLY WOOGLY BBQ | |
| 24 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 25 | River 12:18 Q-Team |
25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.9544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 2 | BIG BOOTS BBQ | |
| 3 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | |
| 4 | FIRE DANCER BBQ | |
| 5 | Baby Boy BBQ | |
| 6 | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
| 7 | DAD'S GRILLIN CREW | |
| 8 | QUE-N-BREW | |
| 9 | Q-BONES BBQ | |
| 10 | PARTY Q | |
| 11 | WARDEN'S Q | |
| 12 | A & W BBQ COMPANY | |
| 13 | Swine Crue | |
| 14 | TWO KRACKERS KOOKIN’ | |
| 15 | Redneck Grillers | |
| 16 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 17 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 18 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 19 | K & K KOOKERS | |
| 20 | BYO GRILL | |
| 21 | Smokin Through The Night | |
| 22 | PORK AVENUE | |
| 23 | RWQ | |
| 24 | River 12:18 Q-Team | |
| 25 | JOOGLY WOOGLY BBQ |