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2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship

2020-03-13 – 2020-03-14 · Olathe, KS · 📍 Lone Elm Soccer Complex · State championship

Reps: FORREST BRUCE, LARRY HADLEY, PEG ROGERS · Prize money: $10,000.00

Grand Champion: Heavy Smoke BBQ (697.1200) · 68 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q

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Heavy Smoke BBQ
697.1200 · Master Series — Overall
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ALL FORKED UP FOR Q
697.1200 · Master Series — Overall
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MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ
697.1088 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

68
4 judged meats

Top score

697.1200

Winning margin

Tie
identical totals — KCBS tiebreaker

Field average

660.16
median 667.33

Perfect 180s

4 🔥
MAD MUTT'S BBQ (Chicken), Heavy Smoke BBQ (Chicken), MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ (Pork), BOOMERANG BBQ (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Pork
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

685.1088
10th place overall

Field spread

180.5712
winner to last place

Prize money

$10,000.00
on the line

Most consistent

ALL FORKED UP FOR Q
avg finish 9.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 1.7028 pts — BOOMERANG BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 62%
beats 38% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

26%
of the 68 teams with a home region came from outside KS

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.74 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1541
avg power rating going in · stronger than 46% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BOOMERANG BBQ
rated 1783 pre-contest

Storylines

⚖️ Decided by a tiebreaker

The top two teams finished on identical totals — the Grand Championship came down to the KCBS tiebreaker rules.

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

Heavy Smoke BBQ took the Grand Championship home to MO.

🔥 A day of perfect scores

4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 1–2: MAD MUTT'S BBQ and Heavy Smoke BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: BOOMERANG BBQ and PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON and NA-DA-BONE BBQ tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🃏 An upset on the books

Heavy Smoke BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BOOMERANG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-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)

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)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180.0000176.5600174.2628
Pork Ribs180.0000175.4172174.2744
Pork180.0000177.7028175.4400
Brisket178.8572174.8572172.0116

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

68 entries · top 697.1200 · median 667.3256

#TeamScore
1 Heavy Smoke BBQ 697.1200
2 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 697.1200
3 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 697.1088
4 913 BBQ 695.9428
5 MAN MEAT BBQ 694.8000
6 HIGH i QUE 694.2288
7 MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS 692.6172
8 NA-DA-BONE BBQ 687.3828
9 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 685.6572
10 Skunk River BBQ 685.1088
11 BOOMERANG BBQ 685.0284
12 PUTTIN' IT IN YOUR MOUTH BBQ 684.4684
13 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 684.4568
14 SONS OF A BRISKET 683.3940
15 SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ 683.3716
16 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 682.2516
17 OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO 680.5260
18 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 680.4800
19 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 679.9544
20 BYO GRILL 679.9432
21 Who Dat BBQ 679.3024
22 Cow Creek BBQ 678.8116
23 2 DRUNK 2 QUE 678.7772
24 SMOKIN VAN NORMAN 678.7544
25 PORKERSTARS 676.4340
26 Dr. Squealgood BBQ 675.9200
27 GEO SMOKERS 675.8972
28 GETTIN' BASTED 675.8856
29 GETTIN' SAUCED 673.6228
30 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 670.7656
31 3 PIGS SMOKIN 670.2172
32 MAD MUTT'S BBQ 670.1940
33 The Boys in Que 667.8624
34 DRUM DADDY BBQ 667.4060
35 UNCLE J'S 667.2452
36 END OF THE ROAD BBQ 666.8456
37 WOOD HOOK BBQ 665.6344
38 PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G 665.0052
39 Free Range Friends BBQ 663.9200
40 Three Brothers Different Mothers 662.7312
41 THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS 662.2288
42 BUBBA AND THE BOYS BARBEQUE 661.0288
43 SMITH BBQ CO. 659.8972
44 777 BBQ 659.3140
45 Hog Diesel BBQ 659.2684
46 Three Legged Pig 657.7032
47 ABS of Squeal 657.6340
48 Pine Tar BBQ 655.3484
49 BS BBQ 653.0400
50 Hog's Plan BBQ 650.2520
51 Flying W North BBQ 648.0000
52 Bar-Brew-Que 646.7772
53 KC Q Crew 641.0060
54 The 28th Amendment 638.1948
55 Bushwood BBQ Society 635.7940
56 lb. Town KC BBQ 631.8520
57 Spice Guys 629.6348
58 Dead Pigs Tail No Tails 628.4684
59 The Copper Pig 625.1428
60 Bovine Swine and Dine 622.7768
61 Notch 9 620.4688
62 A Song of Smoke and Fire 619.8168
63 Low Budget BBQ 613.6684
64 Ash Kickers 608.9488
65 DUNN UP BBQ 607.4176
66 Just Smoked Your Butt 605.5316
67 Pig In A Poke 593.0748
68 Rhythm & Ribz 516.5488

Chicken

68 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.1144 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 MAD MUTT'S BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Heavy Smoke BBQ 180.0000 🔥
3 OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO 176.5828
4 BOOMERANG BBQ 176.5600
5 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 176.5600
6 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 175.4516
7 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 175.4400
8 NA-DA-BONE BBQ 175.4400
9 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 174.2744
10 Dr. Squealgood BBQ 174.2628
11 SONS OF A BRISKET 174.2628
12 SMOKIN VAN NORMAN 173.1316
13 913 BBQ 173.1200
14 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 173.1200
15 2 DRUNK 2 QUE 172.5944
16 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 171.9772
17 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 171.9772
18 GEO SMOKERS 171.9656
19 Three Brothers Different Mothers 171.9656
20 UNCLE J'S 170.8228
21 BYO GRILL 170.2972
22 MAN MEAT BBQ 170.2744
23 ABS of Squeal 170.2628
24 MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS 170.2628
25 END OF THE ROAD BBQ 169.1428
26 HIGH i QUE 169.1316
27 Rhythm & Ribz 169.1316
28 Skunk River BBQ 169.1200
29 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 169.1200
30 777 BBQ 168.5256
31 DRUM DADDY BBQ 168.0228
32 THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS 167.3944
33 PUTTIN' IT IN YOUR MOUTH BBQ 167.3828
34 PORKERSTARS 167.3828
35 Spice Guys 166.8460
36 SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ 166.8228
37 Cow Creek BBQ 166.2972
38 3 PIGS SMOKIN 166.2972
39 PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G 166.2628
40 Who Dat BBQ 166.2284
41 Notch 9 165.7144
42 GETTIN' BASTED 165.1084
43 KC Q Crew 164.5372
44 Hog Diesel BBQ 164.5372
45 lb. Town KC BBQ 164.0232
46 The Copper Pig 163.9772
47 Flying W North BBQ 163.4516
48 SMITH BBQ CO. 163.4056
49 BS BBQ 163.3828
50 GETTIN' SAUCED 162.8000
51 The Boys in Que 161.6456
52 The 28th Amendment 160.5600
53 Three Legged Pig 160.5600
54 Low Budget BBQ 160.5484
55 Free Range Friends BBQ 160.5372
56 Bushwood BBQ Society 159.9312
57 WOOD HOOK BBQ 159.3944
58 Ash Kickers 158.8116
59 Pine Tar BBQ 156.5484
60 Just Smoked Your Butt 156.5372
61 Bar-Brew-Que 155.3828
62 Hog's Plan BBQ 155.3716
63 Pig In A Poke 154.8572
64 BUBBA AND THE BOYS BARBEQUE 154.2400
65 Dead Pigs Tail No Tails 153.7144
66 Bovine Swine and Dine 150.2628
67 DUNN UP BBQ 145.6916
68 A Song of Smoke and Fire 143.9656

Pork Ribs

67 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 BOOMERANG BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS 178.2972
3 913 BBQ 176.0000
4 SMITH BBQ CO. 176.0000
5 Skunk River BBQ 175.4172
6 MAN MEAT BBQ 174.8572
7 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 174.8456
8 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 174.8456
9 SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ 174.3088
10 GEO SMOKERS 174.2744
11 2 DRUNK 2 QUE 174.2628
12 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 173.7372
13 PORKERSTARS 173.1200
14 GETTIN' BASTED 172.5600
15 PUTTIN' IT IN YOUR MOUTH BBQ 172.5600
16 Pine Tar BBQ 172.0116
17 Heavy Smoke BBQ 171.9772
18 Who Dat BBQ 171.9656
19 Bovine Swine and Dine 171.4400
20 BUBBA AND THE BOYS BARBEQUE 171.4172
21 MAD MUTT'S BBQ 171.4172
22 WOOD HOOK BBQ 171.4056
23 Three Legged Pig 170.8688
24 BYO GRILL 170.8460
25 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 170.8456
26 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 170.8344
27 OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO 170.2860
28 Dr. Squealgood BBQ 169.7372
29 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 169.7372
30 HIGH i QUE 169.6800
31 lb. Town KC BBQ 169.1316
32 THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS 168.5944
33 Bar-Brew-Que 168.0000
34 NA-DA-BONE BBQ 167.9772
35 Flying W North BBQ 167.4284
36 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 167.3828
37 SMOKIN VAN NORMAN 166.8344
38 3 PIGS SMOKIN 166.8344
39 UNCLE J'S 166.8228
40 Hog's Plan BBQ 166.3088
41 ABS of Squeal 165.7256
42 777 BBQ 165.1200
43 The Boys in Que 165.0740
44 END OF THE ROAD BBQ 164.5944
45 GETTIN' SAUCED 164.5716
46 Hog Diesel BBQ 164.5600
47 SONS OF A BRISKET 164.5484
48 Cow Creek BBQ 163.9544
49 PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G 163.9428
50 Spice Guys 163.4400
51 KC Q Crew 163.4172
52 DRUM DADDY BBQ 162.2744
53 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 162.2744
54 Bushwood BBQ Society 162.2628
55 Free Range Friends BBQ 160.5372
56 Notch 9 159.9544
57 BS BBQ 158.2628
58 A Song of Smoke and Fire 156.5372
59 Three Brothers Different Mothers 155.3828
60 The 28th Amendment 154.8116
61 The Copper Pig 154.3200
62 Pig In A Poke 153.1432
63 Dead Pigs Tail No Tails 151.9656
64 DUNN UP BBQ 150.2516
65 Ash Kickers 150.1828
66 Low Budget BBQ 147.4056
67 Just Smoked Your Butt 146.7772

Pork

68 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Cow Creek BBQ 179.4400
3 MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS 178.8800
4 913 BBQ 177.7028
5 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 177.7028
6 Heavy Smoke BBQ 177.7028
7 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 176.5600
8 HIGH i QUE 176.5600
9 The 28th Amendment 175.4516
10 GETTIN' SAUCED 175.4400
11 MAN MEAT BBQ 175.4056
12 BS BBQ 174.8572
13 BYO GRILL 174.8572
14 SMOKIN VAN NORMAN 174.2628
15 PORKERSTARS 173.7028
16 SONS OF A BRISKET 173.7028
17 Free Range Friends BBQ 172.5828
18 3 PIGS SMOKIN 172.5600
19 777 BBQ 172.0000
20 Rhythm & Ribz 171.9772
21 DRUM DADDY BBQ 171.9772
22 PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G 171.4056
23 Who Dat BBQ 170.8456
24 GETTIN' BASTED 170.8228
25 NA-DA-BONE BBQ 170.8228
26 OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO 170.2744
27 PUTTIN' IT IN YOUR MOUTH BBQ 170.2628
28 END OF THE ROAD BBQ 169.7028
29 Dr. Squealgood BBQ 169.6800
30 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 169.1428
31 Three Brothers Different Mothers 169.1428
32 Skunk River BBQ 168.5600
33 The Boys in Que 168.0000
34 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 167.4172
35 WOOD HOOK BBQ 167.4172
36 GEO SMOKERS 166.8228
37 MAD MUTT'S BBQ 166.2512
38 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 166.2400
39 BUBBA AND THE BOYS BARBEQUE 165.6800
40 Three Legged Pig 165.1544
41 Hog Diesel BBQ 165.0856
42 SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ 164.5372
43 2 DRUNK 2 QUE 164.5372
44 BOOMERANG BBQ 164.5256
45 ABS of Squeal 163.9884
46 Bar-Brew-Que 163.9772
47 Pine Tar BBQ 163.9656
48 SMITH BBQ CO. 163.9544
49 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 163.9428
50 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 163.3828
51 Bushwood BBQ Society 162.8000
52 Just Smoked Your Butt 162.2628
53 UNCLE J'S 162.2284
54 KC Q Crew 161.6916
55 Hog's Plan BBQ 161.1544
56 Dead Pigs Tail No Tails 161.1084
57 A Song of Smoke and Fire 161.0856
58 lb. Town KC BBQ 160.5256
59 THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS 156.5372
60 Ash Kickers 154.3200
61 The Copper Pig 153.1200
62 Low Budget BBQ 153.1200
63 Bovine Swine and Dine 147.4056
64 Notch 9 146.8572
65 DUNN UP BBQ 146.2744
66 Spice Guys 146.2400
67 Flying W North BBQ 145.6800
68 Pig In A Poke 140.5372

Brisket

68 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.8056

#TeamScore
1 HIGH i QUE 178.8572
2 SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ 177.7028
3 Rhythm & Ribz 175.4400
4 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 174.8572
5 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 174.8572
6 MAN MEAT BBQ 174.2628
7 PUTTIN' IT IN YOUR MOUTH BBQ 174.2628
8 The Boys in Que 173.1428
9 NA-DA-BONE BBQ 173.1428
10 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 172.0116
11 Skunk River BBQ 172.0116
12 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 172.0000
13 Flying W North BBQ 171.4400
14 WEEKEND BUM BBQ 171.4172
15 SONS OF A BRISKET 170.8800
16 GETTIN' SAUCED 170.8112
17 Free Range Friends BBQ 170.2628
18 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 170.2628
19 Who Dat BBQ 170.2628
20 THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS 169.7028
21 BUBBA AND THE BOYS BARBEQUE 169.6916
22 Cow Creek BBQ 169.1200
23 913 BBQ 169.1200
24 Heavy Smoke BBQ 167.4400
25 Hog's Plan BBQ 167.4172
26 WOOD HOOK BBQ 167.4172
27 GETTIN' BASTED 167.3944
28 2 DRUNK 2 QUE 167.3828
29 UNCLE J'S 167.3712
30 Three Brothers Different Mothers 166.2400
31 DUNN UP BBQ 165.2000
32 MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS 165.1772
33 DRUM DADDY BBQ 165.1316
34 Hog Diesel BBQ 165.0856
35 3 PIGS SMOKIN 164.5256
36 SMOKIN VAN NORMAN 164.5256
37 BYO GRILL 163.9428
38 BOOMERANG BBQ 163.9428
39 END OF THE ROAD BBQ 163.4056
40 PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G 163.3940
41 OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO 163.3828
42 GEO SMOKERS 162.8344
43 Pine Tar BBQ 162.8228
44 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 162.7884
45 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 162.7884
46 Dr. Squealgood BBQ 162.2400
47 PORKERSTARS 162.2284
48 Dead Pigs Tail No Tails 161.6800
49 Three Legged Pig 161.1200
50 Bar-Brew-Que 159.4172
51 A Song of Smoke and Fire 158.2284
52 ABS of Squeal 157.6572
53 SMITH BBQ CO. 156.5372
54 BS BBQ 156.5372
55 The Copper Pig 153.7256
56 777 BBQ 153.6684
57 Bovine Swine and Dine 153.6684
58 Spice Guys 153.1088
59 Low Budget BBQ 152.5944
60 MAD MUTT'S BBQ 152.5256
61 KC Q Crew 151.3600
62 Bushwood BBQ Society 150.8000
63 Notch 9 147.9428
64 The 28th Amendment 147.3716
65 Ash Kickers 145.6344
66 Pig In A Poke 144.5372
67 Just Smoked Your Butt 139.9544
68 lb. Town KC BBQ 138.1716

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