Aug 21–22, 2021 · Excelsior Springs, MO · 📍 1203 E. Golf Hill Drive · State championship
Reps: Kim Collier, Mark Collier
GETTIN' BASTED won Grand Champion at the BBQ & Fly in on the River - Day 2 on August 21, 2021 in Excelsior Springs, MO at 1203 E. Golf Hill Drive, scoring 705.0972 in a field of 30 teams. TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER took Reserve Grand Champion with 705.0740. Category winners: Chicken — TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER (180.0000); Pork Ribs — 4 LEGS UP BBQ (180.0000); Pork — TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER (180.0000); Brisket — GETTIN' BASTED (180.0000).
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 97% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0232 points — closer than 97% of every championship in the data.
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 95% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1651 power rating going in — stronger than 95% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER and 913 BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: Smoke 'n Magic and GETTIN' BASTED tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: GETTIN' BASTED and LA PASADITA tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER won Chicken, Pork — a double.
GETTIN' BASTED took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 10th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 178.8572 | 176.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 180 | 174.2744 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 180 | 174.8572 | 173.1084 |
30 entries · top 705.0972 · median 683.9084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 2 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 3 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 4 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 5 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 6 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 7 | 913 BBQ | |
| 8 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G | |
| 9 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 10 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 11 | BONES BRIGADE KC | |
| 12 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 13 | GRILLAS | |
| 14 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 15 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 16 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 17 | LA PASADITA | |
| 18 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 19 | Keep Calm Sauce On | |
| 20 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 21 | S&S BBQ | |
| 22 | Ambition Que | |
| 23 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Fellas | |
| 24 | WEEKEND BUM BBQ | |
| 25 | The Art of Que | |
| 26 | Three Brothers Different Mothers | |
| 27 | Grandpa Smokey's | |
| 28 | Keep On Porkin On | |
| 29 | Woodticks | |
| 30 | Bad Influence BBQ |
30 entries · top 180 · median 175.1256 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 2 | 913 BBQ | |
| 3 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 4 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 5 | LA PASADITA | |
| 6 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 7 | S&S BBQ | |
| 8 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G | |
| 9 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 10 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 11 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 12 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 13 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 15 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 16 | BONES BRIGADE KC | |
| 17 | GRILLAS | |
| 18 | Keep Calm Sauce On | |
| 19 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 20 | The Art of Que | |
| 21 | Ambition Que | |
| 22 | Three Brothers Different Mothers | |
| 23 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 24 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Fellas | |
| 25 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 26 | WEEKEND BUM BBQ | |
| 27 | Woodticks | |
| 28 | Keep On Porkin On | |
| 29 | Grandpa Smokey's | |
| 30 | Bad Influence BBQ |
30 entries · top 180 · median 171.4058 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 2 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 3 | Keep Calm Sauce On | |
| 4 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 5 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 6 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 7 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G | |
| 8 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 9 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 10 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 11 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 12 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 13 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 14 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Fellas | |
| 15 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 16 | WEEKEND BUM BBQ | |
| 17 | Ambition Que | |
| 18 | 913 BBQ | |
| 19 | S&S BBQ | |
| 20 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 21 | Three Brothers Different Mothers | |
| 22 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 23 | BONES BRIGADE KC | |
| 24 | LA PASADITA | |
| 25 | GRILLAS | |
| 26 | Grandpa Smokey's | |
| 27 | Keep On Porkin On | |
| 28 | The Art of Que | |
| 29 | Bad Influence BBQ | |
| 30 | Woodticks |
30 entries · top 180 · median 168.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 2 | BONES BRIGADE KC | |
| 3 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 4 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 5 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 6 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 7 | LA PASADITA | |
| 8 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 9 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 10 | GRILLAS | |
| 11 | The Art of Que | |
| 12 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 13 | Three Brothers Different Mothers | |
| 14 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 15 | 913 BBQ | |
| 16 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Fellas | |
| 17 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 18 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G | |
| 19 | Keep Calm Sauce On | |
| 20 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 21 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 22 | S&S BBQ | |
| 23 | Woodticks | |
| 24 | WEEKEND BUM BBQ | |
| 25 | Bad Influence BBQ | |
| 26 | Ambition Que | |
| 27 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 28 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 29 | Grandpa Smokey's | |
| 30 | Keep On Porkin On |
30 entries · top 180 · median 169.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 2 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 3 | 913 BBQ | |
| 4 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 5 | GRILLAS | |
| 6 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 7 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 8 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 9 | Ambition Que | |
| 10 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 11 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G | |
| 12 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 13 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 14 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 15 | BONES BRIGADE KC | |
| 16 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 17 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 18 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 19 | WEEKEND BUM BBQ | |
| 20 | S&S BBQ | |
| 21 | LA PASADITA | |
| 22 | Keep Calm Sauce On | |
| 23 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Fellas | |
| 24 | Keep On Porkin On | |
| 25 | Grandpa Smokey's | |
| 26 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 27 | The Art of Que | |
| 28 | Three Brothers Different Mothers | |
| 29 | Bad Influence BBQ | |
| 30 | Woodticks |
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.
4 entries · top 180 · median 180 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 2 | Grandpa Smokey's | |
| 3 | The Art of Que | |
| 4 | Three Brothers Different Mothers |
7 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.1656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GRILLAS | |
| 2 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 3 | Three Brothers Different Mothers | |
| 4 | Woodticks | |
| 5 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Fellas | |
| 6 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 7 | Smoke 'n Magic |