A razor-thin finish
Closer than 87% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6056 points — closer than 87% of every championship in the data.
- Razorracks
- Chingon BBQ
2020-09-18 – 2020-09-19 · Shawnee, OK · 📍 FireLake Arena RV Park · State championship
Reps: BOB MCKINNON, KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS, SCOTT GRINSTEAD, STEVE GRINSTEAD, TERRI MCKINNON · Prize money: $15,000.00
Grand Champion: Razorracks (697.1200) · 56 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Chingon BBQ
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 87% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6056 points — closer than 87% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 65 times in 100
RAZORRACKS came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
RAZORRACKS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
Stronger than 99% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1685 power rating going in — stronger than 99% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 7–8: Texas Smoke Whisper and BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO and STX Smokers tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: RAZORRACKS and Chingon BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Bigger than 90% of the 5,410 contests in the data
56 teams made this a bigger field than 90% of every contest tracked.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 173.1316 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 175.4172 | 174.2744 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 174.2744 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 175.4056 |
56 entries · top 697.1200 · median 675.5882
56 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6972
56 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.6800
56 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.2686
56 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5772 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 913 BBQ | |
| 2 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 3 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 4 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 5 | BUFFALO'S BBQ | |
| 6 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 7 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKIN DAN | |
| 9 | SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ | |
| 10 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 11 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 12 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 13 | CEO BBQ | |
| 14 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 15 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 16 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 17 | Sugar & Spic | |
| 18 | Honeyman Bbq - Dessert | |
| 19 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 20 | THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE | |
| 21 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 22 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS |
38 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 2 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 4 | LC BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 6 | WHITE MOOSE BBQ | |
| 7 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 8 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 9 | BUFFALO'S BBQ | |
| 10 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 11 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 12 | 913 BBQ | |
| 13 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 14 | THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE | |
| 15 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 16 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 17 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 18 | Scooter's BBQ | |
| 19 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 20 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 21 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 22 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 23 | REDMULE'S BBQ | |
| 24 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 25 | BUTCHER BBQ | |
| 26 | GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY | |
| 27 | CEO BBQ | |
| 28 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 29 | Ncognito Cookers | |
| 30 | EVIL MONKEY BBQ | |
| 31 | BOOM CHICKA COW COW | |
| 32 | BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO | |
| 33 | SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ | |
| 34 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 35 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 36 | SMOKIN DAN | |
| 37 | BBQR'S DELIGHT | |
| 38 | Rockin R Bbq |