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BBQ and Fly In on the River

2019-08-16 – 2019-08-17 · Excelsior Springs, MO · 📍 201 E Broadway · State championship

Reps: FORREST BRUCE, KIM COLLIER, MARK COLLIER · Prize money: $10,000.00

Grand Champion: Boomerang BBQ (708.5372) · 68 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 913 BBQ

🥇
BOOMERANG BBQ
708.5372 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
913 BBQ
701.0856 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
HIGH i QUE
700.0000 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

68
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

708.5372

Winning margin

7.4516
GC over RC

Field average

659.27
median 670.45

Perfect 180s

5 🔥
GETTIN' BASTED (Chicken), INDIGO PIG (Chicken), SLAPS BBQ (Chicken), BOOMERANG BBQ (Pork), 913 BBQ (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Chicken
1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

690.2400
10th place overall

Field spread

237.1432
winner to last place

Prize money

$10,000.00
on the line

Most consistent

BOOMERANG BBQ
avg finish 5.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 2.2972 pts — 913 BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 10%
beats 90% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

50%
of the 68 teams with a home region came from outside MO

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.73 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1536
avg power rating going in · stronger than 41% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BOOMERANG BBQ
rated 1721 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

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

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

BOOMERANG BBQ took the Grand Championship home to KS.

🔥 A day of perfect scores

5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 1–2: GETTIN' BASTED and INDIGO PIG tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: INDIGO PIG and SLAPS BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: BOOMERANG BBQ and GEO SMOKERS tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SMOKE THIS BBQ MO (won 2014, 2018).

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)

Where the field came from (home regions on file)

This contest over the years full contest page →

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180.0000178.8572174.2972
Pork Ribs180.0000176.5600174.2856
Pork180.0000177.1428174.2628
Brisket176.5828175.4400173.7028

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

68 entries · top 708.5372 · median 670.4512

#TeamScore
1 BOOMERANG BBQ 708.5372
2 913 BBQ 701.0856
3 HIGH i QUE 700.0000
4 GETTIN' BASTED 696.4912
5 Overland Pork BBQ 693.7028
6 Fat&Dumb BBQ 693.1084
7 4 LEGS UP BBQ 693.0740
8 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 692.5828
9 PITMASTERIQ BBQ 692.5372
10 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 690.2400
11 SLAPS BBQ 689.0512
12 Three Brothers Different Mothers 686.1828
13 SONS OF A BRISKET 685.6568
14 GETTIN' SAUCED 683.9428
15 MAN MEAT BBQ 683.9084
16 SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ 683.3828
17 SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 683.3256
18 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 683.3028
19 VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY 681.6684
20 BLACK EYE BBQ 679.9200
21 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 679.8856
22 DROP THE MIKE 678.1600
23 Texas Smoke Whisper 677.5996
24 POLITICAL PORK 677.1200
25 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 677.1088
26 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 675.9084
27 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 674.7428
28 777 BBQ 674.1600
29 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 674.1484
30 Theslabs.com 672.5372
31 Summa Dat Que 672.4572
32 Bears Backyard Q 671.9088
33 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 670.7312
34 Go Pig or Go Home 670.7196
35 PORK PULLERS 670.1828
36 Wildhouse BBQ 669.0972
37 GEO SMOKERS 667.2340
38 B & C SMOKERS 666.7200
39 B-Team BBQ 665.5772
40 PIG NEWTON 664.3768
41 WABASH BBQ 662.7888
42 T'S SMOKIN PIT 662.7656
43 JoRo's BBQ 659.3944
44 BONES BRIGADE KC 659.2920
45 S&S BBQ 659.2684
46 INDIGO PIG 658.7888
47 Smokin Under the Bridge 658.1828
48 Foundationking.com 655.8972
49 LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ 654.1944
50 Last Minute BBQ 653.6116
51 OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO 653.5084
52 GRILLAS 645.0628
53 SMOKIN GUNS BBQ 641.4972
54 Bare Bones BBQ Team 632.9140
55 Drunken Pigz 629.5200
56 K CASS BBQ 626.2060
57 Hiddenvalley Smokers 622.6968
58 STEVEN LEHNING 614.7204
59 PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE 613.5428
60 Smokin The Rite Way 613.5200
61 The Brisketbones 612.9828
62 Smash Mouth BBQ 611.9548
63 Keep on Porkin’ On 610.6852
64 Owen Lumber Woodticks 610.6512
65 Bad Influence BBQ 605.6000
66 Good Times Baby 589.6684
67 H2 BarBQ 588.2856
68 LOCOMOTIVE #1 471.3940

Chicken

68 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 GETTIN' BASTED 180.0000 🔥
2 INDIGO PIG 180.0000 🔥
3 SLAPS BBQ 180.0000 🔥
4 BOOMERANG BBQ 178.8572
5 GEO SMOKERS 178.8572
6 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 176.5600
7 Bears Backyard Q 176.0116
8 MAN MEAT BBQ 176.0000
9 GETTIN' SAUCED 175.4056
10 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 174.2972
11 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 173.7028
12 B & C SMOKERS 173.1316
13 SONS OF A BRISKET 173.1200
14 Three Brothers Different Mothers 173.1200
15 GRILLAS 172.5828
16 HIGH i QUE 172.5600
17 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 171.9772
18 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 171.9772
19 4 LEGS UP BBQ 171.9656
20 913 BBQ 171.9656
21 Theslabs.com 170.8572
22 T'S SMOKIN PIT 170.8572
23 Fat&Dumb BBQ 170.8456
24 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 170.8344
25 BONES BRIGADE KC 170.8344
26 PITMASTERIQ BBQ 170.8228
27 SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 170.8228
28 Overland Pork BBQ 170.2972
29 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 170.2972
30 Wildhouse BBQ 169.7028
31 S&S BBQ 169.6800
32 SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ 168.5828
33 BLACK EYE BBQ 168.5372
34 777 BBQ 168.5256
35 DROP THE MIKE 168.5256
36 POLITICAL PORK 167.9772
37 JoRo's BBQ 167.4628
38 VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY 167.4172
39 B-Team BBQ 167.3944
40 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 167.3828
41 LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ 166.8344
42 Summa Dat Que 166.8228
43 PIG NEWTON 166.8112
44 Texas Smoke Whisper 166.8112
45 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 166.2400
46 Go Pig or Go Home 166.2284
47 WABASH BBQ 165.6800
48 K CASS BBQ 164.5828
49 Smokin Under the Bridge 164.5828
50 Bare Bones BBQ Team 163.9428
51 PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE 163.3944
52 LOCOMOTIVE #1 162.9028
53 Last Minute BBQ 161.7028
54 PORK PULLERS 161.6572
55 Drunken Pigz 161.0856
56 Foundationking.com 160.5372
57 The Brisketbones 160.5256
58 OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO 160.5028
59 STEVEN LEHNING 159.9656
60 Smokin The Rite Way 159.3712
61 Smash Mouth BBQ 158.2976
62 Keep on Porkin’ On 156.5484
63 SMOKIN GUNS BBQ 155.9544
64 Owen Lumber Woodticks 154.2284
65 Good Times Baby 152.5944
66 Hiddenvalley Smokers 150.8456
67 H2 BarBQ 147.3372
68 Bad Influence BBQ 143.9772

Pork Ribs

67 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 913 BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 MAN MEAT BBQ 177.7028
3 Overland Pork BBQ 177.1428
4 BLACK EYE BBQ 177.1428
5 BOOMERANG BBQ 176.5600
6 PITMASTERIQ BBQ 175.4400
7 GETTIN' BASTED 175.4172
8 HIGH i QUE 174.8572
9 PORK PULLERS 174.8572
10 VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY 174.2856
11 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 174.2628
12 PIG NEWTON 173.1200
13 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 172.5600
14 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 171.9772
15 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 171.9656
16 GEO SMOKERS 171.9656
17 B & C SMOKERS 171.9656
18 Summa Dat Que 171.4172
19 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 170.8800
20 GETTIN' SAUCED 170.8800
21 POLITICAL PORK 170.8572
22 Theslabs.com 170.8572
23 SONS OF A BRISKET 170.8456
24 Foundationking.com 170.8228
25 SLAPS BBQ 170.8228
26 Three Brothers Different Mothers 170.8228
27 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 170.2972
28 Texas Smoke Whisper 170.2628
29 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 170.2628
30 Fat&Dumb BBQ 169.7028
31 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 169.6800
32 LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ 169.1200
33 WABASH BBQ 168.5944
34 SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 168.5372
35 4 LEGS UP BBQ 168.5256
36 INDIGO PIG 168.0116
37 B-Team BBQ 167.9772
38 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 167.4056
39 Wildhouse BBQ 166.8572
40 777 BBQ 166.8344
41 Last Minute BBQ 165.1316
42 S&S BBQ 164.5256
43 DROP THE MIKE 163.9544
44 OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO 163.9428
45 BONES BRIGADE KC 162.8460
46 Owen Lumber Woodticks 162.8456
47 JoRo's BBQ 161.6800
48 Bears Backyard Q 161.6572
49 Go Pig or Go Home 161.1084
50 SMOKIN GUNS BBQ 161.0972
51 SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ 160.5372
52 Smokin Under the Bridge 160.5372
53 PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE 159.9772
54 T'S SMOKIN PIT 158.8000
55 Bare Bones BBQ Team 158.2056
56 Smash Mouth BBQ 157.1428
57 Hiddenvalley Smokers 153.6684
58 Drunken Pigz 152.5144
59 H2 BarBQ 151.9772
60 STEVEN LEHNING 151.3828
61 GRILLAS 151.3600
62 K CASS BBQ 149.6916
63 Smokin The Rite Way 148.5372
64 Bad Influence BBQ 145.6572
65 Good Times Baby 142.2512
66 The Brisketbones 141.6572
67 Keep on Porkin’ On 140.5028

Pork

68 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2514 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 BOOMERANG BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Fat&Dumb BBQ 178.2972
3 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 177.7144
4 SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ 177.7028
5 HIGH i QUE 177.1428
6 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 176.5600
7 4 LEGS UP BBQ 176.0000
8 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 176.0000
9 Overland Pork BBQ 174.8572
10 913 BBQ 174.2628
11 SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 174.2628
12 VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY 173.1428
13 Go Pig or Go Home 173.1200
14 WABASH BBQ 173.1200
15 DROP THE MIKE 171.9772
16 777 BBQ 171.4172
17 SONS OF A BRISKET 171.4056
18 PITMASTERIQ BBQ 169.7144
19 JoRo's BBQ 169.7144
20 T'S SMOKIN PIT 169.7028
21 GETTIN' BASTED 169.6684
22 Wildhouse BBQ 169.1544
23 BLACK EYE BBQ 169.1428
24 Summa Dat Que 169.1200
25 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 168.5256
26 Three Brothers Different Mothers 167.9772
27 B & C SMOKERS 167.9656
28 INDIGO PIG 167.4172
29 Texas Smoke Whisper 167.3828
30 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 167.3828
31 Last Minute BBQ 166.8344
32 POLITICAL PORK 166.8228
33 MAN MEAT BBQ 166.8228
34 SLAPS BBQ 166.2628
35 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 166.2400
36 STEVEN LEHNING 165.7144
37 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 165.7028
38 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 165.6800
39 PORK PULLERS 165.1428
40 Bears Backyard Q 165.1200
41 Smokin Under the Bridge 165.0972
42 OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO 164.5256
43 Foundationking.com 163.9884
44 BONES BRIGADE KC 163.9428
45 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 163.4056
46 B-Team BBQ 163.3828
47 Keep on Porkin’ On 162.8572
48 Hiddenvalley Smokers 162.2628
49 LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ 162.2400
50 S&S BBQ 162.2400
51 PIG NEWTON 161.6456
52 Theslabs.com 161.1200
53 GETTIN' SAUCED 161.0972
54 GRILLAS 160.5600
55 The Brisketbones 160.5600
56 Bad Influence BBQ 159.9656
57 SMOKIN GUNS BBQ 159.3600
58 Bare Bones BBQ Team 158.8228
59 Drunken Pigz 157.0856
60 H2 BarBQ 157.0740
61 Good Times Baby 154.2628
62 Owen Lumber Woodticks 154.2056
63 K CASS BBQ 153.1200
64 GEO SMOKERS 152.4800
65 Smokin The Rite Way 151.3716
66 LOCOMOTIVE #1 150.8112
67 Smash Mouth BBQ 149.1084
68 PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE 141.6684

Brisket

68 entries · top 176.5828 · median 164.8114

#TeamScore
1 4 LEGS UP BBQ 176.5828
2 PITMASTERIQ BBQ 176.5600
3 GETTIN' SAUCED 176.5600
4 SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ 176.5600
5 HIGH i QUE 175.4400
6 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 175.4172
7 913 BBQ 174.8572
8 Fat&Dumb BBQ 174.2628
9 Three Brothers Different Mothers 174.2628
10 DROP THE MIKE 173.7028
11 Texas Smoke Whisper 173.1428
12 BOOMERANG BBQ 173.1200
13 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 171.9656
14 SLAPS BBQ 171.9656
15 POLITICAL PORK 171.4628
16 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 171.4284
17 Overland Pork BBQ 171.4056
18 GETTIN' BASTED 171.4056
19 SONS OF A BRISKET 170.2856
20 Go Pig or Go Home 170.2628
21 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 170.2628
22 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 169.7144
23 Theslabs.com 169.7028
24 SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 169.7028
25 BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 169.6800
26 Bears Backyard Q 169.1200
27 PORK PULLERS 168.5256
28 Smokin Under the Bridge 167.9656
29 777 BBQ 167.3828
30 B-Team BBQ 166.8228
31 VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY 166.8228
32 BLACK EYE BBQ 165.0972
33 Summa Dat Que 165.0972
34 SMOKIN GUNS BBQ 165.0856
35 OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO 164.5372
36 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 163.9772
37 GEO SMOKERS 163.9312
38 T'S SMOKIN PIT 163.4056
39 MAN MEAT BBQ 163.3828
40 Wildhouse BBQ 163.3828
41 S&S BBQ 162.8228
42 PIG NEWTON 162.8000
43 BONES BRIGADE KC 161.6688
44 GRILLAS 160.5600
45 Foundationking.com 160.5488
46 JoRo's BBQ 160.5372
47 Last Minute BBQ 159.9428
48 Drunken Pigz 158.8344
49 K CASS BBQ 158.8116
50 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 158.8000
51 LOCOMOTIVE #1 157.6800
52 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 157.6340
53 Bad Influence BBQ 156.0000
54 LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ 156.0000
55 Hiddenvalley Smokers 155.9200
56 WABASH BBQ 155.3944
57 Smokin The Rite Way 154.2400
58 B & C SMOKERS 153.6572
59 Bare Bones BBQ Team 151.9428
60 Keep on Porkin’ On 150.7768
61 The Brisketbones 150.2400
62 PETE'S PIG PIT POSSE 148.5028
63 Smash Mouth BBQ 147.4060
64 INDIGO PIG 143.3600
65 Good Times Baby 140.5600
66 Owen Lumber Woodticks 139.3716
67 STEVEN LEHNING 137.6576
68 H2 BarBQ 131.8972

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.

Ancillary — Dessert

18 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.2800 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 MAN MEAT BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Theslabs.com 178.8572
3 VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY 178.8572
4 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 178.8572
5 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 178.8572
6 The Brisketbones 177.7028
7 Smokin Under the Bridge 177.2000
8 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 177.1544
9 PIG NEWTON 176.5600
10 INDIGO PIG 176.0000
11 Hiddenvalley Smokers 175.4056
12 OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO 174.8800
13 Fat&Dumb BBQ 173.1200
14 B & C SMOKERS 168.5600
15 H2 BarBQ 168.5140
16 Good Times Baby 166.2400
17 BOOMERANG BBQ 166.2400
18 Last Minute BBQ 165.1656

Ancillary — Pasta

19 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.4056

#TeamScore
1 VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY 177.7028
2 SMOKIN GUNS BBQ 176.5828
3 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 176.0000
4 GRILLAS 175.4172
5 K CASS BBQ 175.4056
6 BOOMERANG BBQ 174.8456
7 H2 BarBQ 173.7256
8 Good Times Baby 173.7028
9 PIG NEWTON 171.4172
10 The Brisketbones 171.4056
11 Bare Bones BBQ Team 170.2972
12 OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO 170.2860
13 MAN MEAT BBQ 168.5256
14 WABASH BBQ 168.0000
15 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 167.3828
16 Hiddenvalley Smokers 166.8112
17 B & C SMOKERS 165.7144
18 Smokin Under the Bridge 165.6800
19 Summa Dat Que 164.5600

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