A clean sweep
4
category wins in a day
LOVE 2 Q won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pork, Brisket — a clean sweep of the meats, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
Holmes Drywall Grilling BBQ Contest (INVITATIONAL ONLY)
— · Kansas City, MO · 📍 Holmes Drywall BBQ Contest
Reps: Alfred T Bowen, Fran Bowen · Prize money: $750
LOVE 2 Q won Grand Champion at the Holmes Drywall Grilling BBQ Contest (INVITATIONAL ONLY) in Kansas City, MO at Holmes Drywall BBQ Contest, scoring 705.0972 in a field of 6 teams. Rubbing Butts BBQ Team took Reserve Grand Champion with 676.5944. Category winners: Chicken — LOVE 2 Q (175.4172); Pork Ribs — LOVE 2 Q (177.7028); Pork — LOVE 2 Q (180.0000); Brisket — LOVE 2 Q (171.9772).
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 175.42
- Pork Ribs 177.70
- Pork 180 🔥
- Brisket 171.98
146.78
180
Entries
6
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
705.0972
Winning margin
28.5028
GC over RC
Field average
660.73
631.33705.10
median 655.17 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Chicken
10.8228 pts across the top 5
Field spread
73.7716
winner to last place
Prize money
$750
on the line
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
Storylines (4 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.
Photo finishes
Tie
decided the closest call
Brisket places 4–5: Ditch Pickle BBQ and Blowin Smoke tied on 154.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Brisket 4–5 · tie
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
LOVE 2 Q took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 4 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 1st.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 1st
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.
- LOVE 2 Q · Pork
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
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4172 | 164.5944 | — |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 161.7488 | — |
| Pork | 180 | 161.1316 | — |
| Brisket | 171.9772 | 154.8572 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
6 entries · top 705.0972 · median 655.1660 · out of 720, not the usual 360
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 2 | Rubbing Butts BBQ Team | |
| 3 | WQ Crew | |
| 4 | Blowin Smoke | |
| 5 | Heavy D's BBQ | |
| 6 | Ditch Pickle BBQ |
Chicken
6 entries · top 175.4172 · median 168.3086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 2 | WQ Crew | |
| 3 | Rubbing Butts BBQ Team | |
| 4 | Ditch Pickle BBQ | |
| 5 | Blowin Smoke | |
| 6 | Heavy D's BBQ |
Pork Ribs
6 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.6916
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 2 | Heavy D's BBQ | |
| 3 | Rubbing Butts BBQ Team | |
| 4 | Blowin Smoke | |
| 5 | WQ Crew | |
| 6 | Ditch Pickle BBQ |
Pork
6 entries · top 180 · median 165.1314 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 2 | Rubbing Butts BBQ Team | |
| 3 | WQ Crew | |
| 4 | Heavy D's BBQ | |
| 5 | Blowin Smoke | |
| 6 | Ditch Pickle BBQ |
Brisket
6 entries · top 171.9772 · median 158.2914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 2 | WQ Crew | |
| 3 | Rubbing Butts BBQ Team | |
| 4 | Ditch Pickle BBQ | |
| 5 | Blowin Smoke | |
| 6 | Heavy D's BBQ |
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 — Sausage
6 entries · top 175.4056 · median 174.3028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 2 | Blowin Smoke | |
| 3 | WQ Crew | |
| 4 | Rubbing Butts BBQ Team | |
| 5 | Heavy D's BBQ | |
| 6 | Ditch Pickle BBQ |