Sep 28–29, 2019 · Kansas City, MO · 📍 1800 Genessee St · State championship
Reps: Phil Morrow Phb, Rosemary Morrow · Prize money: $5,000
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ won Grand Champion at the West Bottoms BBQ Contest on September 28, 2019 in Kansas City, MO at 1800 Genessee St, scoring 709.1200 in a field of 29 teams. DIRT ROAD BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 703.9428. Category winners: Chicken — DROP THE MIKE (175.4288); Pork Ribs — Heavy Smoke BBQ (177.7144); Pork — MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — AMERICAN FIRE BBQ (180.0000). The Backyard Series standings were won by Go Ham BBQ with 346.2628.
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 70 times in 100
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, DIRT ROAD BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 91% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1632 power rating going in — stronger than 91% of every contest tracked.
Master Series — Chicken places 2–3: 4 LEGS UP BBQ and Heavy Smoke BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: SONS OF A BRISKET and UNFAMOUS DAVE'S tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 5–6: DIRT ROAD BBQ and THUMP & STRUM BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Go Ham BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 8th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 175.4288 | 174.8572 | 173.1316 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 175.4172 | 174.2628 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180 | 179.4400 | 176 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180 | 175.4056 | 173.1200 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 177.1428 | — | — |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 169.1200 | — | — |
29 entries · top 709.1200 · median 681.0516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 2 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | |
| 3 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKE RINGERS | |
| 5 | SONS OF A BRISKET | |
| 6 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 7 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 8 | DROP THE MIKE | |
| 9 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 10 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 11 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 12 | Fat&Dumb BBQ | |
| 13 | THUMP & STRUM BBQ | |
| 14 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 15 | 3 PIGS SMOKIN | |
| 16 | S&S BBQ | |
| 17 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 18 | Bears Backyard BBQ | |
| 19 | OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO | |
| 20 | NICKLE BOYS BBQ | |
| 21 | Smokin Trees | |
| 22 | Jay Hogs | |
| 23 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 24 | POLITICAL PORK | |
| 25 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 26 | Ovb | |
| 27 | LAZY BOYZ BBQ | |
| 28 | SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 | |
| 29 | HI-TECH SMOKERS |
29 entries · top 175.4288 · median 171.4400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DROP THE MIKE | |
| 2 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 3 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | |
| 5 | SONS OF A BRISKET | |
| 6 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 7 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKE RINGERS | |
| 9 | POLITICAL PORK | |
| 10 | 3 PIGS SMOKIN | |
| 11 | S&S BBQ | |
| 12 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 13 | OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO | |
| 14 | NICKLE BOYS BBQ | |
| 15 | Bears Backyard BBQ | |
| 16 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 17 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 18 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 19 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 20 | HI-TECH SMOKERS | |
| 21 | THUMP & STRUM BBQ | |
| 22 | Ovb | |
| 23 | Fat&Dumb BBQ | |
| 24 | Jay Hogs | |
| 25 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 26 | LAZY BOYZ BBQ | |
| 27 | Smokin Trees | |
| 28 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 29 | SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 |
29 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 2 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 3 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKE RINGERS | |
| 5 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | |
| 6 | THUMP & STRUM BBQ | |
| 7 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 8 | SONS OF A BRISKET | |
| 9 | DROP THE MIKE | |
| 10 | Fat&Dumb BBQ | |
| 11 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 12 | 3 PIGS SMOKIN | |
| 13 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 | |
| 15 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 16 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 17 | S&S BBQ | |
| 18 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 19 | HI-TECH SMOKERS | |
| 20 | Ovb | |
| 21 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 22 | Smokin Trees | |
| 23 | NICKLE BOYS BBQ | |
| 24 | Jay Hogs | |
| 25 | Bears Backyard BBQ | |
| 26 | OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO | |
| 27 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 28 | POLITICAL PORK | |
| 29 | LAZY BOYZ BBQ |
29 entries · top 180 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 2 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | |
| 3 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 4 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | THUMP & STRUM BBQ | |
| 6 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 7 | Fat&Dumb BBQ | |
| 8 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 9 | DROP THE MIKE | |
| 10 | LAZY BOYZ BBQ | |
| 11 | SONS OF A BRISKET | |
| 12 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKE RINGERS | |
| 14 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 15 | POLITICAL PORK | |
| 16 | 3 PIGS SMOKIN | |
| 17 | NICKLE BOYS BBQ | |
| 18 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 | |
| 20 | Bears Backyard BBQ | |
| 21 | OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO | |
| 22 | Smokin Trees | |
| 23 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 24 | S&S BBQ | |
| 25 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 26 | Jay Hogs | |
| 27 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 28 | Ovb | |
| 29 | HI-TECH SMOKERS |
29 entries · top 180 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 2 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKE RINGERS | |
| 4 | ROADKILL BBQ | |
| 5 | SONS OF A BRISKET | |
| 6 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 7 | Jay Hogs | |
| 8 | Smokin Trees | |
| 9 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 10 | DIRT ROAD BBQ | |
| 11 | Bears Backyard BBQ | |
| 12 | OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO | |
| 13 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 14 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 15 | Fat&Dumb BBQ | |
| 16 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | S&S BBQ | |
| 18 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 19 | DROP THE MIKE | |
| 20 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 21 | 3 PIGS SMOKIN | |
| 22 | THUMP & STRUM BBQ | |
| 23 | NICKLE BOYS BBQ | |
| 24 | LAZY BOYZ BBQ | |
| 25 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 26 | Ovb | |
| 27 | SMOKIN' R'S 2.0 | |
| 28 | POLITICAL PORK | |
| 29 | HI-TECH SMOKERS |
3 entries · top 346.2628 · median 319.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go Ham BBQ | |
| 2 | Limp Brisket | |
| 3 | Briskety Snicket |
3 entries · top 177.1428 · median 163.4860
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go Ham BBQ | |
| 2 | Briskety Snicket | |
| 3 | Limp Brisket |
3 entries · top 169.1200 · median 164.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go Ham BBQ | |
| 2 | Limp Brisket | |
| 3 | Briskety Snicket |