Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
2021-09-17 – 2021-09-18 · Kearney, MO · 📍 3001 N 33 Hwy · State championship
Reps: DONNA YOUNG, ED YOUNG · Prize money: $5,025.00
Grand Champion: The Art of Que (705.1200) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN' TOAD'S
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👑 A dynasty in the making
SLAPS BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
🧹 A double category winner
The Art of Que won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Brisket places 1–2: The Art of Que and PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: SMOOTH SMOKE edged SMOKIN' TOAD'S by 0.0116. Pork places 3–4: SMOOTH SMOKE edged Flower of the Flame by 0.0116.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS (won 2018).
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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-20 | Kearney, MO | 53 | 682.2056 | SWEET BEAVER BBQ | JAESTAR BBQ | |
| 2014-09-19 | Kearney, MO 64060 | 49 | 702.2856 | FOUR MEN AND A PIG | GRILLAS | |
| 2015-09-18 | Kearney, MO 64060 | 41 | 698.7884 | SLAPS BBQ | PORKARITAVILLE | |
| 2016-09-16 | Kearney, MO | 35 | 703.3940 | SMOKE THIS BBQ-MO | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 2017-09-15 | 3001 N 33 Highway | 37 | 696.5028 | SLAPS BBQ | SONS OF A BRISKET | |
| 2018-09-14 | 3001 N 33 Highway | 35 | 700.5600 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | JAESTAR BBQ | |
| 2019-09-20 | Kearney, MO | 3001 N 33 Hwy | 31 | 704.5372 | The Boys in Que | Valley Oaks Steak Company |
| 2021-09-17 ← this one | Kearney, MO | 3001 N 33 Hwy | 16 | 705.1200 | The Art of Que | SMOKIN' TOAD'S |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 170.2628 | 162.8000 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 170.8228 | 164.5256 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 171.9772 | 166.8456 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 163.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
16 entries · top 705.1200 · median 665.6342
Chicken
16 entries · top 177.1428 · median 163.1258
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
16 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6914
Brisket
16 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.5372
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.
Kids-Q — Kids Q 11-15
3 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Savannah Smith | |
| 2 | Adam Spiteri | |
| 3 | Addison Morris |
Kids-Q — Kids Q 5-10
2 entries · top 179.4400 · median 178.2914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Elliott | |
| 2 | Landon Elliott |
Ancillary — Turkey
8 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 SMOKERS | |
| 2 | Team Price Chopper | |
| 3 | THREE LEGS AND A PIG | |
| 4 | Flower of the Flame | |
| 5 | Circle Z Beef | |
| 6 | One Slab at a Time | |
| 7 | The Art of Que | |
| 8 | T'S SMOKIN PIT |