Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition
2020-11-13 – 2020-11-14 · Mayetta, KS · 📍 Prairie Band Casino and Resort · State championship
Reps: BOB MCKINNON, CHARLIE BRINZA, JEANNE TITUS, KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS, TERRI MCKINNON
Grand Champion: Smoking Butt Heads (708.5600) · 94 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
SMOKING BUTT HEADS took the Grand Championship home to GA.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
10 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A double category winner
Bowmans Butt & BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Master Series — Chicken places 4–5: PORKY BUTTS BBQ and SMOKING BUTT HEADS tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: PARTS 'R' SMOKIN and B-S BBQ OUTLAWS tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 7–8: B-S BBQ OUTLAWS and OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1606 power rating going in — stronger than 93% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
SMOKING BUTT HEADS came in rated below the field's top team, BOOMERANG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-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)
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 177.1428 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 176.5716 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180.0000 | 180.0000 | 178.8572 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 178.8572 | 174.2972 | 171.4172 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 174.2628 | 169.7256 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
94 entries · top 708.5600 · median 685.0628
Chicken
94 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8514 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
94 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
94 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
94 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
Backyard Series
Overall
28 entries · top 356.0000 · median 337.9486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowmans Butt & BBQ | |
| 2 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 3 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 4 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 5 | Zoni-Q | |
| 6 | MAGNUM P.I.G. MN BBQ TEAM | |
| 7 | PERFECTLY BLENDED | |
| 8 | POWER I BBQ | |
| 9 | SWEET & SAVORY BBQ | |
| 10 | LEE LA Q | |
| 11 | KenzielouQ | |
| 12 | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 13 | Ham Squad | |
| 14 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 15 | T Daddys BBQ | |
| 16 | RIBLIFE | |
| 17 | DB BBQ | |
| 18 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 19 | D’Qued Barbeque | |
| 20 | DAD BOD BARBEQUE | |
| 21 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 22 | TFS PIT VIPERS | |
| 23 | MANHATTAN JACK'S BBQ | |
| 24 | NAUGHTY DOG BBQ | |
| 25 | THE NUT HOUSE | |
| 26 | Thin Blue Southern Smoker | |
| 27 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 28 | BILLY MAC BBQ |
Chicken
28 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowmans Butt & BBQ | |
| 2 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 3 | SWEET & SAVORY BBQ | |
| 4 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 5 | Zoni-Q | |
| 6 | KenzielouQ | |
| 7 | D’Qued Barbeque | |
| 8 | T Daddys BBQ | |
| 9 | DB BBQ | |
| 10 | Ham Squad | |
| 11 | NAUGHTY DOG BBQ | |
| 12 | LEE LA Q | |
| 13 | POWER I BBQ | |
| 14 | RIBLIFE | |
| 15 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 16 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 17 | TFS PIT VIPERS | |
| 18 | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 19 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 20 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 21 | MAGNUM P.I.G. MN BBQ TEAM | |
| 22 | PERFECTLY BLENDED | |
| 23 | MANHATTAN JACK'S BBQ | |
| 24 | DAD BOD BARBEQUE | |
| 25 | THE NUT HOUSE | |
| 26 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 27 | Thin Blue Southern Smoker | |
| 28 | BILLY MAC BBQ |
Pork Ribs
28 entries · top 177.1428 · median 168.2572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowmans Butt & BBQ | |
| 2 | PERFECTLY BLENDED | |
| 3 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 4 | MAGNUM P.I.G. MN BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 6 | POWER I BBQ | |
| 7 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 8 | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 9 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 10 | Zoni-Q | |
| 11 | LEE LA Q | |
| 12 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 13 | DAD BOD BARBEQUE | |
| 14 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 15 | RIBLIFE | |
| 16 | KenzielouQ | |
| 17 | Ham Squad | |
| 18 | DB BBQ | |
| 19 | T Daddys BBQ | |
| 20 | SWEET & SAVORY BBQ | |
| 21 | MANHATTAN JACK'S BBQ | |
| 22 | D’Qued Barbeque | |
| 23 | Thin Blue Southern Smoker | |
| 24 | THE NUT HOUSE | |
| 25 | TFS PIT VIPERS | |
| 26 | NAUGHTY DOG BBQ | |
| 27 | BILLY MAC BBQ | |
| 28 | Stone Cold Grillers |
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 — Jack Daniel Make It Count Challenge
7 entries · top 163.3828 · median 155.4284
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 2 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 3 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 4 | KenzielouQ | |
| 5 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 6 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 7 | Zoni-Q |
Ancillary — Jack Daniel'S Cocktail Contest
26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 2 | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
| 3 | TEXAS WARPIG BBQ | |
| 4 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | |
| 5 | WEQ4U | |
| 6 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 7 | 913 BBQ | |
| 8 | MANHATTAN JACK'S BBQ | |
| 9 | Fat&Dumb BBQ | |
| 10 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 11 | LEE LA Q | |
| 12 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 13 | OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ | |
| 14 | Thin Blue Southern Smoker | |
| 15 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 16 | Ham Squad | |
| 17 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 18 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 19 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 20 | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 21 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 22 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 23 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 24 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 25 | NAUGHTY DOG BBQ | |
| 26 | THE NUT HOUSE |
Ancillary — Solo Foods Dessert
39 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOCAL YOKELS BBQ | |
| 2 | RIBLIFE | |
| 3 | CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO. | |
| 4 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 5 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 6 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 7 | LAKEVIEW BBQ | |
| 8 | LaTa-Que | |
| 9 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 10 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 11 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | |
| 12 | SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | |
| 13 | Who Dat BBQ | |
| 14 | WEQ4U | |
| 15 | 913 BBQ | |
| 16 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 17 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 18 | Ham Squad | |
| 19 | DB BBQ | |
| 20 | DAD BOD BARBEQUE | |
| 21 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 22 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 23 | Sugar 'n Spice BBQ | |
| 24 | iBQ'n | |
| 25 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 26 | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | |
| 27 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 28 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 29 | BARREL BOYS BBQ | |
| 30 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 31 | BILLY RAY BBQ | |
| 32 | KenzielouQ | |
| 33 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 34 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 35 | TFS PIT VIPERS | |
| 36 | BUFFALO'S BBQ | |
| 37 | Thin Blue Southern Smoker | |
| 38 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 39 | BIG BOOTS BBQ |
Ancillary — Turkey Smoke
58 entries · top 177.7372 · median 170.5428