Oct 24–25, 2020 · Shawnee, OK · 📍 1570 S Gordon Cooper Dr · State championship
Reps: Bob McKinnon, Karen Jane Williams, Ralph Williams, Terri McKinnon · Prize money: $13,000
PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 on October 24, 2020 in Shawnee, OK at 1570 S Gordon Cooper Dr, scoring 703.4060 in a field of 58 teams. HIGH i QUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 701.6572. Category winners: Chicken — LA PASADITA (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ (179.4400); Brisket — Hat Creek Q (180.0000). This is the 2nd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2019 edition was won by Boomerang BBQ; the next was held in 2021.
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2019 to 2021 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 1 call from 3 boards, best of them 9th. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 67th tracked contest.
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 98% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1667 power rating going in — stronger than 98% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: LA PASADITA and THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE and MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ and Chingon BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ turned in 179.4400 in pork ribs — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Boomerang BBQ (won 2019).
Bigger than 91% of the 5,462 contests in the data
58 teams — bigger than 91% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2019 | Shawnee, OK | 1570 S Gordon Cooper | 62 | 706.2400 | Boomerang BBQ | 4 LEGS UP BBQ |
| Oct 24, 2020 ← this one | Shawnee, OK | 1570 S Gordon Cooper Dr | 58 | 703.4060 | Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | HIGH i QUE |
| Mar 20, 2021 | Shawnee, OK | 1570 S Gordon Cooper Dr | 50 | 701.6912 | Shake n' Bake BBQ | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 179.4400 | 176.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 177.7144 | 176.5600 |
| Brisket | 180 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
58 entries · top 703.4060 · median 685.3428
58 entries · top 180 · median 173.1258 · 🔥 perfect 180
58 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1314
58 entries · top 180 · median 170.8286 · 🔥 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.
58 entries · top 180 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
9 entries · top 180 · median 177.1544 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN DAN | |
| 2 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 3 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 4 | MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO | |
| 5 | BUFFALO'S BBQ | |
| 6 | BOGGS HOG BBQ | |
| 7 | Three Hog Night Smokers | |
| 8 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 9 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS |