BBQ & Fly in on the River

2020-08-14 – 2020-08-15 · Excelsior Springs, MO · 📍 201 E Broadway · State championship

Reps: FORREST BRUCE, KIM COLLIER, MARK COLLIER · Prize money: $8,600.00

Grand Champion: Shake 'n Bake BBQ (703.3828) · 55 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 GETTIN' SAUCED

🥇

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ

703.3828 · Master Series — Overall

🥈

GETTIN' SAUCED

702.8228 · Master Series — Overall

🥉

MAN MEAT BBQ

697.0972 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

4 judged meats · 3 ancillary

Top score

703.3828

Winning margin

0.5600

GC over RC

Field average

670.29

median 679.31

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

MAN MEAT BBQ (Brisket), PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G (Chicken), BYO GRILL (Pork)

Tightest race

Pork

1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

691.9200

10th place overall

Field spread

206.8340

winner to last place

Prize money

$8,600.00

on the line

Most consistent

GETTIN' SAUCED

avg finish 11.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 1.7028 pts — MAN MEAT BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 33%

beats 67% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

53%

of the 55 teams with a home region came from outside MO

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.77 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1569

avg power rating going in · stronger than 73% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BOOMERANG BBQ

rated 1785 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

Triple H BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5600 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.

🔥 A day of perfect scores

3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 3–4: LA PASADITA and S&S BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Cow Creek BBQ and LOVE 2 Q tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: AMERICAN FIRE BBQ and ALL FORKED UP FOR Q tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

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 →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2020-08-14 ← this one	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 E Broadway	55	703.3828	Shake 'n Bake BBQ	GETTIN' SAUCED
2022-08-19	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 E. Broadway	54	707.4056	Triple H BBQ	SLAPS BBQ
2023-08-18	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 E. Broadway	57	706.8344	Gettin' Basted	MACHETE BOYS BBQ
2024-08-16	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 E. Broadway	65	703.9660	Machete Boys BBQ	Ambition Que
2025-08-15	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 E. Broadway	62	710.8572	Smoke This Drink That BBQ	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ
2026-08-14	Excelsior Springs, MO	201 E. Broadway	83	711.9772	Triple H BBQ	BBQ Maestros

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	177.7028	175.4172
Pork Ribs	178.8572	175.4172	173.7144
Pork	180.0000	178.8572	176.0000
Brisket	180.0000	177.1428	175.4056

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

55 entries · top 703.3828 · median 679.3140

#	Team	Score
1	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	703.3828
2	GETTIN' SAUCED	702.8228
3	MAN MEAT BBQ	697.0972
4	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	694.7884
5	TRIPLE H BBQ	693.6572
6	SLAPS BBQ	693.6456
7	DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK	693.6228
8	The Art of Que	692.5028
9	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	691.9432
10	GETTIN' BASTED	691.9200
11	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	691.8968
12	BOOMERANG BBQ	691.3140
13	4 LEGS UP BBQ	690.2400
14	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	690.2060
15	GEO SMOKERS	688.5148
16	DIRT ROAD BBQ	687.9084
17	RAZORRACKS	686.1828
18	LA PASADITA	685.6688
19	PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G	685.0860
20	Cow Creek BBQ	685.0400
21	LOVE 2 Q	685.0400
22	PIG NEWTON	683.3372
23	SONS OF A BRISKET	683.3256
24	InTheRedZoneBBQ	682.7772
25	Happy Grillmore - KS	681.0860
26	Land Locked BBQ	681.0516
27	BONES BRIGADE KC	679.8856
28	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	679.3140
29	GRILLAS	678.1600
30	913 BBQ	677.6112
31	Bears Backyard Q	677.5884
32	BYO GRILL	677.5884
33	Heavy Smoke BBQ	677.5540
34	DROP THE MIKE	676.5260
35	NEVER EASY BBQ	675.3948
36	WEEKEND BUM BBQ	674.1252
37	OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO	673.5888
38	Wildhouse BBQ	672.4684
39	Three Brothers Different Mothers	671.2684
40	S&S BBQ	664.4684
41	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	661.0628
42	Go Pig or Go Home	660.9368
43	T'S SMOKIN PIT	659.2804
44	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	657.5996
45	Ambition Que	657.5428
46	Y-We-Q	650.7544
47	The Bearded Pig	650.6856
48	JJ’s Bangin’ BBQ	646.0572
49	LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ	633.0060
50	ShowMeMoSmoke	631.8168
51	Rednecks Rollin Smoke BBQ	629.5428
52	BID WIZ PLAYER BBQ TEAM	627.7716
53	BAD INFLUENCE BBQ	610.0456
54	LOCOMOTIVE #1	603.8860
55	Keep On Porkin' On	496.5488

Chicken

55 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G	180.0000 🔥
2	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	179.4400
3	LA PASADITA	178.8572
4	S&S BBQ	178.8572
5	GETTIN' BASTED	177.7028
6	NEVER EASY BBQ	176.5828
7	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	176.5716
8	913 BBQ	176.5600
9	TRIPLE H BBQ	176.0000
10	DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK	175.4172
11	GRILLAS	175.4172
12	BOOMERANG BBQ	175.4056
13	Wildhouse BBQ	174.8456
14	Land Locked BBQ	174.2860
15	SLAPS BBQ	174.2744
16	4 LEGS UP BBQ	173.7372
17	PIG NEWTON	173.7028
18	SONS OF A BRISKET	172.5600
19	WEEKEND BUM BBQ	171.9884
20	DROP THE MIKE	171.9772
21	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	171.9772
22	Three Brothers Different Mothers	171.9656
23	RAZORRACKS	171.9656
24	Happy Grillmore - KS	171.4172
25	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	171.4056
26	Bears Backyard Q	171.4056
27	OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO	170.2744
28	LOVE 2 Q	170.2744
29	BYO GRILL	170.2628
30	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	169.7028
31	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	169.6916
32	GEO SMOKERS	169.6800
33	The Art of Que	169.6684
34	GETTIN' SAUCED	169.6684
35	LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ	169.1316
36	Cow Creek BBQ	169.1200
37	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	169.1200
38	Heavy Smoke BBQ	168.5256
39	BONES BRIGADE KC	167.3712
40	MAN MEAT BBQ	166.8228
41	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	166.2284
42	InTheRedZoneBBQ	165.6800
43	DIRT ROAD BBQ	165.6800
44	T'S SMOKIN PIT	165.1088
45	Ambition Que	165.0856
46	Y-We-Q	163.4172
47	BAD INFLUENCE BBQ	163.3828
48	The Bearded Pig	162.8228
49	JJ’s Bangin’ BBQ	162.2400
50	Rednecks Rollin Smoke BBQ	159.3712
51	Go Pig or Go Home	159.3600
52	BID WIZ PLAYER BBQ TEAM	159.3600
53	Keep On Porkin' On	157.6800
54	ShowMeMoSmoke	154.8228
55	LOCOMOTIVE #1	148.5372

Pork Ribs

55 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6916

#	Team	Score
1	RAZORRACKS	178.8572
2	The Art of Que	178.2972
3	MAN MEAT BBQ	177.7144
4	GETTIN' SAUCED	176.5716
5	4 LEGS UP BBQ	175.4172
6	DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK	175.4056
7	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	174.8456
8	Cow Creek BBQ	174.2628
9	LOVE 2 Q	174.2628
10	GETTIN' BASTED	173.7144
11	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	173.7028
12	SLAPS BBQ	173.1428
13	BONES BRIGADE KC	173.1200
14	GRILLAS	173.1200
15	T'S SMOKIN PIT	172.5716
16	Three Brothers Different Mothers	172.5600
17	DIRT ROAD BBQ	172.5600
18	913 BBQ	172.0000
19	BOOMERANG BBQ	171.9656
20	PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G	171.4288
21	GEO SMOKERS	170.8460
22	PIG NEWTON	170.8344
23	Heavy Smoke BBQ	170.8344
24	OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO	170.8344
25	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	170.8228
26	TRIPLE H BBQ	170.2744
27	LA PASADITA	169.7260
28	Y-We-Q	169.6916
29	DROP THE MIKE	169.1200
30	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	169.1200
31	WEEKEND BUM BBQ	168.5256
32	InTheRedZoneBBQ	167.9772
33	NEVER EASY BBQ	167.3944
34	Go Pig or Go Home	167.3828
35	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	166.2628
36	Land Locked BBQ	166.2400
37	SONS OF A BRISKET	166.2400
38	Ambition Que	165.6916
39	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	165.0972
40	Happy Grillmore - KS	164.5716
41	Wildhouse BBQ	164.5600
42	Bears Backyard Q	164.5372
43	The Bearded Pig	164.5372
44	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	163.9660
45	Keep On Porkin' On	162.2972
46	LOCOMOTIVE #1	162.2744
47	BID WIZ PLAYER BBQ TEAM	160.5144
48	JJ’s Bangin’ BBQ	160.5028
49	LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ	159.3944
50	BYO GRILL	159.3484
51	ShowMeMoSmoke	158.8344
52	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	155.9656
53	S&S BBQ	151.9772
54	BAD INFLUENCE BBQ	150.2056
55	Rednecks Rollin Smoke BBQ	149.6572

Pork

55 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	BYO GRILL	180.0000 🔥
2	GETTIN' SAUCED	179.4400
3	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	178.8572
4	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	178.8572
5	The Art of Que	178.8572
6	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	178.8572
7	TRIPLE H BBQ	177.7028
8	GRILLAS	177.7028
9	InTheRedZoneBBQ	177.1544
10	LA PASADITA	176.0000
11	Happy Grillmore - KS	175.4172
12	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	174.2628
13	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	174.2628
14	PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G	173.7028
15	PIG NEWTON	173.7028
16	Rednecks Rollin Smoke BBQ	173.7028
17	GEO SMOKERS	173.1316
18	LOVE 2 Q	173.1200
19	Cow Creek BBQ	173.1200
20	SONS OF A BRISKET	173.1200
21	DROP THE MIKE	172.5716
22	4 LEGS UP BBQ	172.5600
23	MAN MEAT BBQ	172.5600
24	NEVER EASY BBQ	172.0232
25	DIRT ROAD BBQ	171.9656
26	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	171.9656
27	Wildhouse BBQ	171.9656
28	Ambition Que	169.7028
29	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	169.6800
30	Heavy Smoke BBQ	169.6684
31	BONES BRIGADE KC	169.1200
32	DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK	168.5372
33	BOOMERANG BBQ	168.5372
34	SLAPS BBQ	168.5256
35	JJ’s Bangin’ BBQ	168.5256
36	Land Locked BBQ	167.9772
37	Go Pig or Go Home	166.8228
38	GETTIN' BASTED	166.2400
39	Bears Backyard Q	166.2400
40	Three Brothers Different Mothers	166.2400
41	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	165.6684
42	Y-We-Q	165.1200
43	RAZORRACKS	165.0972
44	OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO	165.0972
45	S&S BBQ	164.5256
46	ShowMeMoSmoke	163.9312
47	BID WIZ PLAYER BBQ TEAM	162.8344
48	913 BBQ	162.8000
49	WEEKEND BUM BBQ	162.7884
50	The Bearded Pig	162.2284
51	T'S SMOKIN PIT	159.3484
52	Keep On Porkin' On	156.5716
53	BAD INFLUENCE BBQ	147.9428
54	LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ	145.6572
55	LOCOMOTIVE #1	142.8344

Brisket

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

#	Team	Score
1	MAN MEAT BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	178.2972
3	SLAPS BBQ	177.7028
4	DIRT ROAD BBQ	177.7028
5	GETTIN' SAUCED	177.1428
6	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	176.5600
7	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	175.4172
8	BOOMERANG BBQ	175.4056
9	Bears Backyard Q	175.4056
10	AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	175.4056
11	GEO SMOKERS	174.8572
12	DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK	174.2628
13	GETTIN' BASTED	174.2628
14	SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	174.2628
15	Land Locked BBQ	172.5484
16	InTheRedZoneBBQ	171.9656
17	SONS OF A BRISKET	171.4056
18	WEEKEND BUM BBQ	170.8228
19	BONES BRIGADE KC	170.2744
20	RAZORRACKS	170.2628
21	Happy Grillmore - KS	169.6800
22	TRIPLE H BBQ	169.6800
23	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	169.1084
24	S&S BBQ	169.1084
25	Cow Creek BBQ	168.5372
26	4 LEGS UP BBQ	168.5256
27	Heavy Smoke BBQ	168.5256
28	BYO GRILL	167.9772
29	OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO	167.3828
30	LOVE 2 Q	167.3828
31	Go Pig or Go Home	167.3712
32	913 BBQ	166.2512
33	The Art of Que	165.6800
34	PIG NEWTON	165.0972
35	DROP THE MIKE	162.8572
36	T'S SMOKIN PIT	162.2516
37	The Bearded Pig	161.0972
38	Wildhouse BBQ	161.0972
39	LA PASADITA	161.0856
40	Three Brothers Different Mothers	160.5028
41	PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G	159.9544
42	NEVER EASY BBQ	159.3944
43	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	159.3940
44	LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ	158.8228
45	Ambition Que	157.0628
46	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	155.4172
47	JJ’s Bangin’ BBQ	154.7888
48	ShowMeMoSmoke	154.2284
49	Y-We-Q	152.5256
50	GRILLAS	151.9200
51	LOCOMOTIVE #1	150.2400
52	BAD INFLUENCE BBQ	148.5144
53	Rednecks Rollin Smoke BBQ	146.8116
54	BID WIZ PLAYER BBQ TEAM	145.0628
55	Keep On Porkin' On	20.0000

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 — Dessert

8 entries · top 180.0000 · median 178.8800 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	180.0000 🔥
2	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	180.0000 🔥
3	The Art of Que	180.0000 🔥
4	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	180.0000 🔥
5	OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO	177.7600
6	PIG NEWTON	177.7028
7	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	176.5600
8	The Bearded Pig	168.0000

Ancillary — Pasta

9 entries · top 179.4400 · median 172.0228

#	Team	Score
1	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	179.4400
2	ShowMeMoSmoke	175.4056
3	GRILLAS	174.2628
4	The Bearded Pig	173.1772
5	T'S SMOKIN PIT	172.0228
6	Go Pig or Go Home	170.2744
7	Y-We-Q	169.6800
8	OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO	166.2628
9	BAD INFLUENCE BBQ	162.2512

Ancillary — Turkey

34 entries · top 174.8572 · median 167.3828

#	Team	Score
1	Wildhouse BBQ	174.8572
2	OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO	174.2628
3	S&S BBQ	172.5944
4	SONS OF A BRISKET	172.5828
5	SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	172.5600
6	NICKLE BOYS BBQ	172.5600
7	PIG NEWTON	171.9772
8	MAN MEAT BBQ	171.4056
9	Three Brothers Different Mothers	170.8456
10	T'S SMOKIN PIT	170.8344
11	Cow Creek BBQ	170.8228
12	Rednecks Rollin Smoke BBQ	169.1084
13	LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ	169.1084
14	BOOMERANG BBQ	168.5256
15	GETTIN' SAUCED	167.4172
16	PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G	167.4056
17	GRILLAS	167.3828
18	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	167.3828
19	BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ	166.8456
20	BAD INFLUENCE BBQ	165.7028
21	ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	165.6916
22	Happy Grillmore - KS	163.9428
23	BID WIZ PLAYER BBQ TEAM	163.9428
24	The Bearded Pig	163.4628
25	Go Pig or Go Home	162.8000
26	Bears Backyard Q	161.6684
27	DROP THE MIKE	159.9884
28	JJ’s Bangin’ BBQ	159.9544
29	The Art of Que	159.9312
30	4 LEGS UP BBQ	158.2628
31	Keep On Porkin' On	157.6572
32	InTheRedZoneBBQ	151.3256
33	ShowMeMoSmoke	150.2172
34	Y-We-Q	149.6340

BBQ & Fly in on the River

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Traveled in

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

🪒 A razor-thin finish

🔥 A day of perfect scores

📸 Photo finishes

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

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

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Ancillary — Dessert

Ancillary — Pasta

Ancillary — Turkey