Ozarks BBQ Fest
2021-04-23 – 2021-04-24 · Springfield, MO · 📍 Ozark Empire Fairground · State championship
Reps: ALFRED T BOWEN, FRAN BOWEN
Grand Champion: Double Barrel BBQ (702.8456) · 37 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SLAPS BBQ
Entries
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Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
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Double threats
How hot was the win?
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Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Gettin' Basted has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6056 points — closer than 86% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK took the Grand Championship home to OK.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A double category winner
SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: Pits - N - Grills and HOT COLE'S BBQ tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK and WABASH BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G and SLAPS BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Gettin' Basted (won 2020).
🃏 An upset on the books
DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-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)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-19 | Springfield, MO | Ozark Empire Fairground | 26 | 701.6456 | Gettin' Basted | GETTIN' SAUCED |
| 2021-04-23 ← this one | Springfield, MO | Ozark Empire Fairground | 37 | 702.8456 | Double Barrel BBQ | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2022-04-22 | Springfield, MO | 3001 N Grant Ave | 31 | 703.9888 | Gettin' Basted | MAN MEAT BBQ |
| 2023-06-09 | Springfield, MO | 3001 N Grant Ave | 30 | 706.2516 | SLAPS BBQ | Fine As* Swine BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.3200 | 176.0000 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 176.0000 | 173.7144 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 172.0116 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 176.0000 | 171.4056 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
37 entries · top 702.8456 · median 671.2912
Chicken
37 entries · top 178.3200 · median 167.9772
Pork Ribs
37 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.6916 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
37 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
37 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.6684
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 — Whole Hog
3 entries · top 180.0000 · median 180.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hogzilla | |
| 2 | TAILGATE GUYS BBQ | |
| 3 | Double Dun Ranch BBQ |