Sand Creek Summer Daze Saucy & Glazed BBQ Competition
2021-07-09 – 2021-07-10 · Newton, KS · 📍 Newton, KS 67114 · State championship
Reps: LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH · Prize money: $4,875.00
Grand Champion: Mad Mutt's BBQ (690.7884) · 21 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BARREL BOYS BBQ
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🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1080 points — closer than 84% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 6–7: PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G and BARREL BOYS BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: Smoked & Furious and FOUR MEN AND A PIG tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY edged MAD MUTT'S BBQ by 0.0116.
🃏 An upset on the books
MAD MUTT'S BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-09 ← this one | Newton, KS | Newton, KS 67114 | 21 | 690.7884 | Mad Mutt's BBQ | BARREL BOYS BBQ |
| 2022-07-08 | Newton, KS | Newton, KS 67114 | 21 | 709.6916 | 4 Legs Up BBQ | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.2744 | 167.9888 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 170.8572 | 165.6916 |
| Pork | 177.7372 | 173.1200 | 169.7028 |
| Brisket | 177.7144 | 171.4172 | 165.0972 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
21 entries · top 690.7884 · median 670.1256
Chicken
21 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8456 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
21 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.6800
Pork
21 entries · top 177.7372 · median 169.6800
Brisket
21 entries · top 177.7144 · median 164.5256