2021-03-19 – 2021-03-20 · Shawnee, OK · 📍 1570 S Gordon Cooper Dr
Reps: BOB MCKINNON, KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS, TERRI MCKINNON · Prize money: $11,300.00
Grand Champion: Rio Valley Meat BBQ (706.8456) · 56 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 CLARK CREW 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.
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.
706.8456 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 702.8116 Boomerang BBQ set in 2020.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100
Rio Valley Meat BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, CLARK CREW BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Wider than 85% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.1884 points — a wider margin than 85% of championships in the data.
3 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 1674 power rating going in — stronger than 98% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 3–4: CLARK CREW BBQ and PORKY BUTTS BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX and T-MAC SMOKIN tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: CLARK CREW BBQ and RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Boomerang BBQ (won 2020).
Bigger than 90% of the 5,410 contests in the data
56 teams made this a bigger field than 90% of every contest tracked.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-22 | Shawnee, OK | 1570 S Gordon Cooper | 74 | 701.6916 | Smoked Out BBQ | DEAD BIRD BBQ |
| 2020-10-23 | Shawnee, OK | 1570 S Gordon Cooper Dr | 64 | 702.8116 | Boomerang BBQ | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2021-03-19 ← this one | Shawnee, OK | 1570 S Gordon Cooper Dr | 56 | 706.8456 | Rio Valley Meat BBQ | CLARK CREW BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 177.7028 | 175.4400 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 176.5600 | 173.7144 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 174.2628 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 175.4172 | 174.2628 |
56 entries · top 706.8456 · median 679.9142
56 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.4230
56 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.5828
56 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.8342 · 🔥 perfect 180
56 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.6742
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.
34 entries · top 177.7372 · median 166.5542
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 2 | RodStarr BBQ | |
| 3 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 4 | LC BBQ | |
| 5 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 6 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 7 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 8 | RISE N SWINE | |
| 9 | TEXAS WARPIG BBQ | |
| 10 | YSB BBQ | |
| 11 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 12 | Third Circle BBQ | |
| 13 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G | |
| 14 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 15 | Pork Posse | |
| 16 | WHITE MOOSE BBQ | |
| 17 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 18 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 19 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 20 | Potbellied Stallions | |
| 21 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 22 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 23 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 24 | Ten-32 BBQ | |
| 25 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 26 | Lake Rat BBQ | |
| 27 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 28 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 29 | BOOM CHICKA COW COW | |
| 30 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 31 | THE GRISWOLDS | |
| 32 | Sweet Sexy Meat BBQ | |
| 33 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 34 | Red Belly Smokers |