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Smokin' Trackside BBQ Bash

2020-08-07 – 2020-08-08 · Winston, MO · 📍 I-35 Speedway · State championship

Reps: BUNNY TUTTLE, RICH TUTTLE · Prize money: $4,000.00

Grand Champion: PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G. (705.1656) · 30 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 HIGH i QUE

🥇
705.1656 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
703.9656 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
702.3088 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

30
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

705.1656

Winning margin

1.2000
GC over RC

Field average

679.65
median 682.27

Perfect 180s

3 🔥
LOVE 2 Q (Brisket), SLAPS BBQ (Brisket), MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Brisket
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

689.1200
10th place overall

Field spread

96.0912
winner to last place

Prize money

$4,000.00
on the line

Most consistent

avg finish 5.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 1.7256 pts — PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G

How hot was the win?

Top 22%
beats 78% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

37%
of the 30 teams with a home region came from outside MO

Came back for more

40%
12 of 30 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.54 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1558
avg power rating going in · stronger than 63% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1758 pre-contest

Storylines

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.2000 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.

🔥 A day of perfect scores

3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 6–7: SLAPS BBQ and SMOKE THIS BBQ MO tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: TEAM CRAWFORD and TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW tied on 174.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: SLAPS BBQ and KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON (won 2018).

🃏 An upset on the books

PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2017-08-11 13141 State Hwy 25 709.1200 DIRT ROAD BBQ SLAPS BBQ
2018-08-10 13141 State Hwy 25 697.7372 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON HIGH i QUE
2019-08-09 Winston, MO I-35 Speedway 30 692.4800 Boomerang BBQ MAN MEAT BBQ
2020-08-07 ← this one Winston, MO I-35 Speedway 30 705.1656 PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G. HIGH i QUE
2021-08-13 Winston, MO I-35 Speedway 25 705.1316 HEAVY SMOKE BBQ KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON
2022-08-12 Winston, MO I-35 Speedway 25 706.2516 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ MAN MEAT BBQ
2023-08-04 Winston, MO

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8800175.4172174.2972
Pork Ribs180.0000177.1428173.7028
Pork178.2972175.4172173.1200
Brisket180.0000177.7028175.4744

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

30 entries · top 705.1656 · median 682.2688

#TeamScore
1 PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G 705.1656
2 HIGH i QUE 703.9656
3 Heavy Smoke BBQ 702.3088
4 SLAPS BBQ 701.6800
5 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 694.2860
6 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 693.6916
7 The Boys in Que 691.9428
8 LOVE 2 Q 691.9200
9 Dr. Squealgood BBQ 690.8688
10 SONS OF A BRISKET 689.1200
11 DROP THE MIKE 688.5368
12 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 687.4056
13 Happy Grillmore - KS 686.2516
14 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 685.6916
15 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 682.3088
16 DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK 682.2288
17 WABASH BBQ 679.3712
18 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 679.3712
19 S&S BBQ 677.6916
20 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 677.1088
21 TEAM CRAWFORD 676.4916
22 SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 676.4684
23 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 675.9200
24 MAD MUTT'S BBQ 674.7656
25 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 670.7884
26 Rockin' Rackley's 656.5372
27 FLAMIN' M&M 655.8632
28 660 BBQ 653.6688
29 IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ 649.0516
30 HALOS AND %22HOGS%22 609.0744

Chicken

30 entries · top 178.8800 · median 172.2800

#TeamScore
1 PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G 178.8800
2 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 177.1544
3 WABASH BBQ 177.1428
4 HIGH i QUE 176.5600
5 SONS OF A BRISKET 175.4172
6 SLAPS BBQ 174.8572
7 SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 174.8572
8 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 174.8456
9 TEAM CRAWFORD 174.2972
10 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 174.2972
11 S&S BBQ 174.2628
12 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 173.7144
13 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 173.7028
14 DROP THE MIKE 173.1428
15 DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK 172.5600
16 Dr. Squealgood BBQ 172.0000
17 Heavy Smoke BBQ 171.9772
18 Happy Grillmore - KS 171.4056
19 The Boys in Que 170.8112
20 MAD MUTT'S BBQ 170.2972
21 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 170.2856
22 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 170.2628
23 Rockin' Rackley's 167.4172
24 LOVE 2 Q 166.2400
25 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 163.9888
26 IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ 161.6800
27 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 160.0000
28 FLAMIN' M&M 157.6688
29 660 BBQ 156.5488
30 HALOS AND %22HOGS%22 148.5372

Pork Ribs

30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5486 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 178.8800
3 Heavy Smoke BBQ 178.8572
4 HIGH i QUE 177.7028
5 PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G 177.1428
6 The Boys in Que 176.0116
7 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 175.4400
8 660 BBQ 174.8800
9 SLAPS BBQ 173.7028
10 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 173.7028
11 SONS OF A BRISKET 172.0000
12 DROP THE MIKE 171.4284
13 Happy Grillmore - KS 170.2744
14 DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK 169.7144
15 LOVE 2 Q 169.1200
16 TEAM CRAWFORD 167.9772
17 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 167.3828
18 Dr. Squealgood BBQ 166.8572
19 Rockin' Rackley's 166.8456
20 MAD MUTT'S BBQ 166.2400
21 FLAMIN' M&M 164.5488
22 WABASH BBQ 164.0000
23 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 162.8460
24 SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 162.8228
25 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 161.6916
26 S&S BBQ 160.5944
27 HALOS AND %22HOGS%22 160.5600
28 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 160.5256
29 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 159.9544
30 IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ 157.7144

Pork

30 entries · top 178.2972 · median 171.4400

#TeamScore
1 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 178.2972
2 HIGH i QUE 176.5944
3 LOVE 2 Q 176.5600
4 Heavy Smoke BBQ 176.0000
5 Dr. Squealgood BBQ 175.4172
6 SONS OF A BRISKET 174.8456
7 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 174.2628
8 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 174.2628
9 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 173.1772
10 SLAPS BBQ 173.1200
11 SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 173.1200
12 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 173.1200
13 DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK 172.5600
14 FLAMIN' M&M 171.9656
15 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 171.4400
16 PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G 171.4400
17 IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ 171.4172
18 Rockin' Rackley's 170.8800
19 S&S BBQ 170.8572
20 TEAM CRAWFORD 170.2628
21 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 170.2628
22 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 169.7028
23 The Boys in Que 169.1200
24 WABASH BBQ 169.1200
25 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 169.1084
26 Happy Grillmore - KS 168.5600
27 MAD MUTT'S BBQ 168.5256
28 DROP THE MIKE 167.9656
29 660 BBQ 156.0000
30 HALOS AND %22HOGS%22 148.5600

Brisket

30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2686 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 LOVE 2 Q 180.0000 🔥
2 SLAPS BBQ 180.0000 🔥
3 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 179.4400
4 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 178.2972
5 PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G 177.7028
6 Dr. Squealgood BBQ 176.5944
7 Happy Grillmore - KS 176.0116
8 The Boys in Que 176.0000
9 DROP THE MIKE 176.0000
10 Heavy Smoke BBQ 175.4744
11 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 175.4400
12 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 174.2628
13 HIGH i QUE 173.1084
14 S&S BBQ 171.9772
15 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 170.8344
16 MAD MUTT'S BBQ 169.7028
17 WABASH BBQ 169.1084
18 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 168.5600
19 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 167.4400
20 DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK 167.3944
21 SONS OF A BRISKET 166.8572
22 660 BBQ 166.2400
23 SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 165.6684
24 TEAM CRAWFORD 163.9544
25 FLAMIN' M&M 161.6800
26 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 160.0000
27 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 159.9888
28 IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ 158.2400
29 HALOS AND %22HOGS%22 151.4172
30 Rockin' Rackley's 151.3944

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 — Beans

8 entries · top 176.5716 · median 171.6970

#TeamScore
1 IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ 176.5716
2 TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW 174.2628
3 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 173.1200
4 Rockin' Rackley's 171.9656
5 HALOS AND %22HOGS%22 171.4284
6 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 169.7256
7 DROP THE MIKE 169.1428
8 FLAMIN' M&M 165.6684

Ancillary — Dessert

4 entries · top 180.0000 · median 178.2800 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 HALOS AND %22HOGS%22 180.0000 🔥
2 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 180.0000 🔥
3 FLAMIN' M&M 176.5600
4 MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO 170.8572

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