A statement win
9.7600
points clear of the field
Wider than 87% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.7600 points — a wider margin than 87% of championships in the data.
Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition-Day 1
Jul 30–31, 2021 · Dodge City, KS · 📍 Wright Park · State championship
Reps: Larry Voth, Lynda Voth · Prize money: $9,250
SLAPS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition-Day 1 on July 30, 2021 in Dodge City, KS at Wright Park, scoring 716.0116 in a field of 27 teams. GETTIN' BASTED took Reserve Grand Champion with 706.2516. Category winners: Chicken — SCORE ONE SMOKIN' (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SLAPS BBQ (180.0000); Pork — CLARK CREW BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — Crawford's BBQ (180.0000). The Backyard Series standings were won by Damn Fine Beef & Swine with 349.1200.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
623.26
median 679.92
716.01 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Master Series — Chicken 180 🔥
- Master Series — Pork Ribs 180 🔥
- Master Series — Pork 180 🔥
- Master Series — Brisket 180 🔥
- Backyard Series — Chicken 176.56
- Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 172.56
135.93
180
Entries
27
6 judged meats · 7 ancillary
Top score
716.0116
Winning margin
9.7600
GC over RC
Field average
680.94
623.26716.01
median 679.92 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
6 🔥
Tightest race
Chicken
1.1428 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
689.6456
623.26716.01
10th place overall
Field spread
92.7548
winner to last place
Prize money
$9,250
on the line
Double threats
7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 0%
beats 100% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.37 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,610
avg power rating going in · stronger than 83% of contests
Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
A day of perfect scores
6
perfect 180s
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- Crawford's BBQ · Brisket
- CLARK CREW BBQ · Brisket
- SCORE ONE SMOKIN' · Chicken
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point
Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: SCORE ONE SMOKIN' and SLAPS BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 3–4: GETTIN' BASTED and Smoked & Furious tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 4–5: Smoked & Furious and Well Sauced BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Master Series — Chicken 1–2 · tie
- Master Series — Chicken 3–4 · tie
- Master Series — Chicken 4–5 · tie
- Master Series — Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
Damn Fine Beef & Swine won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
SLAPS BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 3rd.
- Chicken 2nd
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 3rd
- Brisket 3rd
In the record book (1 in the KCBS record book)
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 180 | 178.8572 | 173.1316 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 180 | 174.2744 | 173.1200 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 172.5484 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180 | 177.1428 | 174.2628 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 176.5600 | 149.1200 | — |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 172.5600 | 155.4628 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
27 entries · top 716.0116 · median 679.9204
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 2 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 3 | CLARK CREW BBQ | |
| 4 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 5 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 6 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 7 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 8 | Crawford's BBQ | |
| 9 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 10 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 11 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 12 | LC BBQ | |
| 13 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 14 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 15 | Florida Boy's BBQ | |
| 16 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 17 | Salt Creek Smokers | |
| 18 | ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE | |
| 19 | Well Sauced BBQ | |
| 20 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 21 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 22 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 23 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 24 | Outllaw BBQ | |
| 25 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 26 | TEXAS BLUE LINE BBQ | |
| 27 | Freebird BBQ Company |
Chicken
27 entries · top 180 · median 172.5716 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 2 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 3 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 4 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 5 | Well Sauced BBQ | |
| 6 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 7 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 8 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 9 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 10 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 11 | ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE | |
| 12 | LC BBQ | |
| 13 | CLARK CREW BBQ | |
| 14 | Florida Boy's BBQ | |
| 15 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 16 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 17 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 18 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 19 | Salt Creek Smokers | |
| 20 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 21 | Crawford's BBQ | |
| 22 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 23 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 24 | Outllaw BBQ | |
| 25 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 26 | Freebird BBQ Company | |
| 27 | TEXAS BLUE LINE BBQ |
Pork Ribs
27 entries · top 180 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 2 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 3 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 4 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 5 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 6 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 7 | Crawford's BBQ | |
| 8 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 9 | Florida Boy's BBQ | |
| 10 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 11 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 12 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 13 | Outllaw BBQ | |
| 14 | Salt Creek Smokers | |
| 15 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 16 | Well Sauced BBQ | |
| 17 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 18 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 19 | CLARK CREW BBQ | |
| 20 | LC BBQ | |
| 21 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 22 | Freebird BBQ Company | |
| 23 | ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE | |
| 24 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 25 | TEXAS BLUE LINE BBQ | |
| 26 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 27 | WILD HOGS BBQ |
Pork
27 entries · top 180 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CLARK CREW BBQ | |
| 2 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 3 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 4 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 5 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 6 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 7 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 8 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 9 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 10 | ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE | |
| 11 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 12 | LC BBQ | |
| 13 | Florida Boy's BBQ | |
| 14 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 15 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 16 | Crawford's BBQ | |
| 17 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 18 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 19 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 20 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 21 | Salt Creek Smokers | |
| 22 | TEXAS BLUE LINE BBQ | |
| 23 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 24 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 25 | Outllaw BBQ | |
| 26 | Well Sauced BBQ | |
| 27 | Freebird BBQ Company |
Brisket
27 entries · top 180 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crawford's BBQ | |
| 2 | CLARK CREW BBQ | |
| 3 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 4 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 5 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 6 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 7 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 8 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 9 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 10 | LC BBQ | |
| 11 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 12 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 13 | Outllaw BBQ | |
| 14 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 15 | Salt Creek Smokers | |
| 16 | ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE | |
| 17 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 18 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 19 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 20 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 21 | Florida Boy's BBQ | |
| 22 | Well Sauced BBQ | |
| 23 | TEXAS BLUE LINE BBQ | |
| 24 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 25 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 26 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 27 | Freebird BBQ Company |
Backyard Series
Overall
7 entries · top 349.1200 · median 310.7428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 2 | Tailgaters | |
| 3 | Fallen Out Doors | |
| 4 | Shotgun BBQ | |
| 5 | Brian's Hillybilly BBQ | |
| 6 | Papa D's BBQ | |
| 7 | Line Shack |
Chicken
5 entries · top 176.5600 · median 154.2056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 2 | Shotgun BBQ | |
| 3 | Fallen Out Doors | |
| 4 | Brian's Hillybilly BBQ | |
| 5 | Tailgaters |
Pork Ribs
7 entries · top 172.5600 · median 156.5144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 2 | Tailgaters | |
| 3 | Fallen Out Doors | |
| 4 | Papa D's BBQ | |
| 5 | Line Shack | |
| 6 | Shotgun BBQ | |
| 7 | Brian's Hillybilly BBQ |
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 — By Beef
4 entries · top 170.2856 · median 160.8516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shotgun BBQ | |
| 2 | Papa D's BBQ | |
| 3 | Fallen Out Doors | |
| 4 | Brian's Hillybilly BBQ |
Ancillary — By Misc
4 entries · top 177.1772 · median 166.5544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian's Hillybilly BBQ | |
| 2 | Shotgun BBQ | |
| 3 | Line Shack | |
| 4 | Fallen Out Doors |
Kids-Q — Kid'S Q Sliders 11-15
2 entries · top 177.1428 · median 175.7086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Little Cookers ofOutlaw BBQ | |
| 2 | Teen Outlaw |
Kids-Q — Kid'S Q Sliders 5-10
5 entries · top 178.2972 · median 171.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Divine Swine | |
| 2 | The Chief | |
| 3 | Jet | |
| 4 | Running Boar BBQ | |
| 5 | Shady F Chuckwagon |
Kids-Q — Kid'S Q Steak 5-10
5 entries · top 180 · median 177.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Divine Swine | |
| 2 | The Chief | |
| 3 | Jet | |
| 4 | Mighty Llama | |
| 5 | Shady F Chuckwagon |
Ancillary — Misc Pro
15 entries · top 180 · median 173.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180