Jul 12–13, 2019 · Cameron, MO · 📍 4018 North E 69th · State championship
Reps: Phil Morrow Phb, Rosemary Morrow · Prize money: $5,000
DROP THE MIKE won Grand Champion at the 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) on July 12, 2019 in Cameron, MO at 4018 North E 69th, scoring 696.5372 in a field of 35 teams. Fergolicious BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 691.3600. Category winners: Chicken — MAD MUTT'S BBQ (177.1544); Pork Ribs — DROP THE MIKE (178.8800); Pork — UNFAMOUS DAVE'S (180.0000); Brisket — Bears Backyard Q (176.0000).
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 84 times in 100
DROP THE MIKE came in rated below the field's top team, Fergolicious BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 5–6: GETTIN' SAUCED and DROP THE MIKE tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: MAD MUTT'S BBQ and Fergolicious BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: Fergolicious BBQ and SMOKIN VAN NORMAN tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
DROP THE MIKE took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 22nd.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1544 | 174.2744 | 172.0116 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 174.8572 | 170.8572 |
| Pork | 180 | 174.2744 | 172.6172 |
| Brisket | 176 | 173.7028 | 170.8228 |
35 entries · top 696.5372 · median 670.2060
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DROP THE MIKE | |
| 2 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 3 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 4 | VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY | |
| 5 | R BUTTS R SMOKIN | |
| 6 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 7 | GEO SMOKERS | |
| 8 | SONS OF A BRISKET | |
| 9 | SMOKE IN THE EYE | |
| 10 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 11 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 12 | SMOKIN VAN NORMAN | |
| 13 | Cool Blue Q | |
| 14 | Hog diesel | |
| 15 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 16 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 17 | Last Minute BBQ | |
| 18 | Oink, Moo & cock-a-doodle | |
| 19 | Smokin in the Ozarks | |
| 20 | Limp Brisket | |
| 21 | Smokin' Tinman | |
| 22 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 23 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 24 | S&S BBQ | |
| 25 | SMOKEVILLE | |
| 26 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 27 | Wildhouse BBQ | |
| 28 | NA-DA-BONE BBQ | |
| 29 | Old Woodshed | |
| 30 | Dusty Roads BBQ | |
| 31 | Smoking Sister | |
| 32 | Racks N Butts | |
| 33 | Smoke Show BBQ | |
| 34 | Shake Rub N Pull | |
| 35 | Junk Yard Hog BBQ |
35 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 2 | SONS OF A BRISKET | |
| 3 | R BUTTS R SMOKIN | |
| 4 | GEO SMOKERS | |
| 5 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 6 | DROP THE MIKE | |
| 7 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 8 | Last Minute BBQ | |
| 9 | VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY | |
| 10 | Cool Blue Q | |
| 11 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 12 | SMOKE IN THE EYE | |
| 13 | Oink, Moo & cock-a-doodle | |
| 14 | SMOKIN VAN NORMAN | |
| 15 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 16 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 17 | Smokin in the Ozarks | |
| 18 | S&S BBQ | |
| 19 | Shake Rub N Pull | |
| 20 | NA-DA-BONE BBQ | |
| 21 | Racks N Butts | |
| 22 | Hog diesel | |
| 23 | Wildhouse BBQ | |
| 24 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 25 | Junk Yard Hog BBQ | |
| 26 | SMOKEVILLE | |
| 27 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 28 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 29 | Dusty Roads BBQ | |
| 30 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 31 | Smokin' Tinman | |
| 32 | Smoke Show BBQ | |
| 33 | Limp Brisket | |
| 34 | Old Woodshed | |
| 35 | Smoking Sister |
35 entries · top 178.8800 · median 166.2972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DROP THE MIKE | |
| 2 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 3 | Old Woodshed | |
| 4 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 5 | VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY | |
| 6 | Cool Blue Q | |
| 7 | SONS OF A BRISKET | |
| 8 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 9 | R BUTTS R SMOKIN | |
| 10 | Limp Brisket | |
| 11 | GEO SMOKERS | |
| 12 | SMOKE IN THE EYE | |
| 13 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 14 | Hog diesel | |
| 15 | SMOKEVILLE | |
| 16 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 17 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 18 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 20 | Wildhouse BBQ | |
| 21 | SMOKIN VAN NORMAN | |
| 22 | Last Minute BBQ | |
| 23 | Smokin' Tinman | |
| 24 | Smokin in the Ozarks | |
| 25 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 26 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 27 | Oink, Moo & cock-a-doodle | |
| 28 | S&S BBQ | |
| 29 | Smoke Show BBQ | |
| 30 | NA-DA-BONE BBQ | |
| 31 | Racks N Butts | |
| 32 | Smoking Sister | |
| 33 | Dusty Roads BBQ | |
| 34 | Shake Rub N Pull | |
| 35 | Junk Yard Hog BBQ |
35 entries · top 180 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 2 | DROP THE MIKE | |
| 3 | SMOKIN VAN NORMAN | |
| 4 | SMOKE IN THE EYE | |
| 5 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 6 | R BUTTS R SMOKIN | |
| 7 | VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY | |
| 8 | Dusty Roads BBQ | |
| 9 | GEO SMOKERS | |
| 10 | Smokin in the Ozarks | |
| 11 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 12 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 13 | Wildhouse BBQ | |
| 14 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 15 | Smoking Sister | |
| 16 | Oink, Moo & cock-a-doodle | |
| 17 | Smokin' Tinman | |
| 18 | SONS OF A BRISKET | |
| 19 | Limp Brisket | |
| 20 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 21 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 22 | Hog diesel | |
| 23 | Last Minute BBQ | |
| 24 | S&S BBQ | |
| 25 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 26 | Cool Blue Q | |
| 27 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 28 | SMOKEVILLE | |
| 29 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 30 | Junk Yard Hog BBQ | |
| 31 | NA-DA-BONE BBQ | |
| 32 | Old Woodshed | |
| 33 | Racks N Butts | |
| 34 | Shake Rub N Pull | |
| 35 | Smoke Show BBQ |
35 entries · top 176 · median 167.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 2 | Hog diesel | |
| 3 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 4 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN VAN NORMAN | |
| 6 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 7 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 8 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 9 | S&S BBQ | |
| 10 | Smokin' Tinman | |
| 11 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 12 | SMOKE IN THE EYE | |
| 13 | Cool Blue Q | |
| 14 | Oink, Moo & cock-a-doodle | |
| 15 | VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY | |
| 16 | Last Minute BBQ | |
| 17 | R BUTTS R SMOKIN | |
| 18 | NA-DA-BONE BBQ | |
| 19 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 20 | GEO SMOKERS | |
| 21 | Limp Brisket | |
| 22 | DROP THE MIKE | |
| 23 | Smokin in the Ozarks | |
| 24 | SONS OF A BRISKET | |
| 25 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 26 | SMOKEVILLE | |
| 27 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 28 | Smoking Sister | |
| 29 | Smoke Show BBQ | |
| 30 | Old Woodshed | |
| 31 | Wildhouse BBQ | |
| 32 | Shake Rub N Pull | |
| 33 | Dusty Roads BBQ | |
| 34 | Racks N Butts | |
| 35 | Junk Yard Hog BBQ |