Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT)
2026-07-24 – 2026-07-25 · Dodge City, KS · 📍 Wright Park · State championship
Reps: EUGENE WICKHAM, SARAH WICKHAM · Prize money: $9,250.00
Grand Champion: PACS BBQ (708.5140) · 13 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 HOLLOW Q
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 9.1312 points — a wider margin than 87% of championships in the data.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A double category winner
PACS BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: MAN MEAT BBQ and Royal Schmidt tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Who's Cookin' and FINGER LEIKAM GOOD tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: Too Sauced BBQ and R & R BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
PACS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Too Sauced BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 171.9772 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.2744 | 168.5140 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
19 entries · top 708.5140 · median 684.4688
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PACS BBQ | |
| 2 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 3 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 4 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 5 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 6 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 7 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 8 | Shark Q | |
| 9 | Royal Schmidt | |
| 10 | POPPA PIG AND PORK CHOP | |
| 11 | Vinson Drum Smokers | |
| 12 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 13 | Chisholm Trail Smokers | |
| 14 | Atomic Gut Bomb | |
| 15 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 16 | R & R BBQ | |
| 17 | Tasset BBQ | |
| 18 | Koehn Bros BBQ | |
| 19 | Smoking Diesel Boys |
Chicken
19 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PACS BBQ | |
| 2 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 3 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 4 | Royal Schmidt | |
| 5 | Shark Q | |
| 6 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 7 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 8 | POPPA PIG AND PORK CHOP | |
| 9 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 10 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 11 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 12 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 13 | Vinson Drum Smokers | |
| 14 | Chisholm Trail Smokers | |
| 15 | Tasset BBQ | |
| 16 | Koehn Bros BBQ | |
| 17 | R & R BBQ | |
| 18 | Smoking Diesel Boys | |
| 19 | Atomic Gut Bomb |
Pork Ribs
19 entries · top 175.4172 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 2 | PACS BBQ | |
| 3 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 4 | Vinson Drum Smokers | |
| 5 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 6 | R & R BBQ | |
| 7 | Shark Q | |
| 8 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 9 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 10 | POPPA PIG AND PORK CHOP | |
| 11 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 12 | Royal Schmidt | |
| 13 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 14 | Atomic Gut Bomb | |
| 15 | Tasset BBQ | |
| 16 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 17 | Koehn Bros BBQ | |
| 18 | Chisholm Trail Smokers | |
| 19 | Smoking Diesel Boys |
Pork
14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PACS BBQ | |
| 2 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 3 | POPPA PIG AND PORK CHOP | |
| 4 | Vinson Drum Smokers | |
| 5 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 6 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 7 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 8 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 9 | Chisholm Trail Smokers | |
| 10 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 11 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 12 | Shark Q | |
| 13 | Royal Schmidt | |
| 14 | Atomic Gut Bomb |
Brisket
14 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.2570
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 2 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 3 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 4 | Shark Q | |
| 5 | Royal Schmidt | |
| 6 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 7 | PACS BBQ | |
| 8 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 9 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 10 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 11 | Chisholm Trail Smokers | |
| 12 | Vinson Drum Smokers | |
| 13 | POPPA PIG AND PORK CHOP | |
| 14 | Atomic Gut Bomb |
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.
Kids-Q — 11 And Up Hamburger
2 entries · top 176.0000 · median 170.8342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emalyn Edmunds | |
| 2 | Logan Culver |
Ancillary — Anything Goes
11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 177.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Schmidt | |
| 2 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 3 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 4 | POPPA PIG AND PORK CHOP | |
| 5 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 6 | R & R BBQ | |
| 7 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 8 | Smoking Diesel Boys | |
| 9 | Tasset BBQ | |
| 10 | Koehn Bros BBQ | |
| 11 | Shark Q |
Kids-Q — Under 10 Hamburger
6 entries · top 176.5828 · median 171.6856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bennett Nelson | |
| 2 | Renley Stoffer | |
| 3 | Payton Schmidt | |
| 4 | Reagan Stoffer | |
| 5 | Javi and Liam | |
| 6 | Meyleen and Daniel |
Kids-Q — Under 10 Steak
7 entries · top 176.0000 · median 174.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meyleen and Daniel | |
| 2 | Renley Stoffer | |
| 3 | Payton Schmidt | |
| 4 | Bennett Nelson | |
| 5 | Charlie Schmidt | |
| 6 | Javi and Liam | |
| 7 | Reagan Stoffer |