McLouth BBQ Blowout 31st Annual
2022-06-03 – 2022-06-04 · McLouth, KS · 📍 110 Bulldog Way · State championship
Reps: CLARA WILLIAMS, JONATHAN B WILLIAMS · Prize money: $5,400.00
Grand Champion: Railyard BBQ (687.3940) · 30 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet
Entries
30
4 judged meats
Top score
687.3940
Winning margin
2.8684
GC over RC
Field average
656.22
median 661.70
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
2.8572 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
669.1084
10th place overall
Field spread
69.1996
winner to last place
Prize money
$5,400.00
on the line
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 89%
beats 11% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data
Traveled in
23%
of the 30 teams with a home region came from outside KS
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.33 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1525
avg power rating going in · stronger than 31% of contests
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 5–6: KC SMOKE DAWGS and Pine Tar BBQ tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: RICK'S RACKS edged PARTS 'R' SMOKIN by 0.0112. Pork places 9–10: Thigh Daddies edged DUSTY ROADS BBQ by 0.0112.
🃏 An upset on the books
RAILYARD BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-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)
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 174.8456 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0000 | 173.1428 | 169.7144 |
| Pork | 176.5944 | 173.1084 | 169.6916 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 170.2512 | 166.8112 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
30 entries · top 687.3940 · median 661.7026
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAILYARD BBQ | |
| 2 | Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet | |
| 3 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 4 | Pine Tar BBQ | |
| 5 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 6 | SMOKE RINGERS | |
| 7 | TOPEKA BBQ SHOP | |
| 8 | S&S BBQ | |
| 9 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 10 | KC SMOKE DAWGS | |
| 11 | RICK'S RACKS | |
| 12 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 13 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G | |
| 14 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 15 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 16 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 17 | Scratch that Itch BBQ | |
| 18 | ROCK N BLUES BBQ | |
| 19 | KC FINE SWINES | |
| 20 | DUSTY ROADS BBQ | |
| 21 | Smoke Dat Hog BBQ | |
| 22 | Hot Mess BBQ | |
| 23 | Knotheads BBQ | |
| 24 | Meat Street Hooligans | |
| 25 | T'S SMOKIN PIT | |
| 26 | Over the Hill BBQ | |
| 27 | Double D Motley Que | |
| 28 | Smoking Hippie BBQ | |
| 29 | Thigh Daddies | |
| 30 | Broken Dudes BBQ |
Chicken
30 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.2570
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 2 | RAILYARD BBQ | |
| 3 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 4 | TOPEKA BBQ SHOP | |
| 5 | Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet | |
| 6 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 7 | SMOKE RINGERS | |
| 8 | KC SMOKE DAWGS | |
| 9 | KC FINE SWINES | |
| 10 | Smoke Dat Hog BBQ | |
| 11 | Pine Tar BBQ | |
| 12 | Broken Dudes BBQ | |
| 13 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G | |
| 14 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 15 | Meat Street Hooligans | |
| 16 | RICK'S RACKS | |
| 17 | S&S BBQ | |
| 18 | Over the Hill BBQ | |
| 19 | Hot Mess BBQ | |
| 20 | Smoking Hippie BBQ | |
| 21 | Double D Motley Que | |
| 22 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 23 | ROCK N BLUES BBQ | |
| 24 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 25 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 26 | Knotheads BBQ | |
| 27 | T'S SMOKIN PIT | |
| 28 | Scratch that Itch BBQ | |
| 29 | DUSTY ROADS BBQ | |
| 30 | Thigh Daddies |
Pork Ribs
30 entries · top 176.0000 · median 164.2800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 2 | RAILYARD BBQ | |
| 3 | TOPEKA BBQ SHOP | |
| 4 | Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet | |
| 5 | KC SMOKE DAWGS | |
| 6 | Pine Tar BBQ | |
| 7 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 8 | RICK'S RACKS | |
| 9 | Scratch that Itch BBQ | |
| 10 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 11 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 12 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 13 | S&S BBQ | |
| 14 | T'S SMOKIN PIT | |
| 15 | SMOKE RINGERS | |
| 16 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 17 | DUSTY ROADS BBQ | |
| 18 | Thigh Daddies | |
| 19 | KC FINE SWINES | |
| 20 | Meat Street Hooligans | |
| 21 | Hot Mess BBQ | |
| 22 | ROCK N BLUES BBQ | |
| 23 | Over the Hill BBQ | |
| 24 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G | |
| 25 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 26 | Smoke Dat Hog BBQ | |
| 27 | Double D Motley Que | |
| 28 | Knotheads BBQ | |
| 29 | Smoking Hippie BBQ | |
| 30 | Broken Dudes BBQ |
Pork
30 entries · top 176.5944 · median 164.8628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G | |
| 2 | Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet | |
| 3 | Pine Tar BBQ | |
| 4 | S&S BBQ | |
| 5 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 6 | RICK'S RACKS | |
| 7 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 8 | ROCK N BLUES BBQ | |
| 9 | Thigh Daddies | |
| 10 | DUSTY ROADS BBQ | |
| 11 | Knotheads BBQ | |
| 12 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 13 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 14 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 15 | SMOKE RINGERS | |
| 16 | Hot Mess BBQ | |
| 17 | Scratch that Itch BBQ | |
| 18 | KC FINE SWINES | |
| 19 | Double D Motley Que | |
| 20 | TOPEKA BBQ SHOP | |
| 21 | RAILYARD BBQ | |
| 22 | Smoking Hippie BBQ | |
| 23 | Meat Street Hooligans | |
| 24 | KC SMOKE DAWGS | |
| 25 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 26 | Over the Hill BBQ | |
| 27 | Smoke Dat Hog BBQ | |
| 28 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 29 | Broken Dudes BBQ | |
| 30 | T'S SMOKIN PIT |
Brisket
30 entries · top 177.1428 · median 163.4342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAILYARD BBQ | |
| 2 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 3 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 4 | Bocephus BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKE RINGERS | |
| 6 | ROCK N BLUES BBQ | |
| 7 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 8 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 9 | Scratch that Itch BBQ | |
| 10 | KC SMOKE DAWGS | |
| 11 | DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | |
| 12 | S&S BBQ | |
| 13 | Smoke Dat Hog BBQ | |
| 14 | Knotheads BBQ | |
| 15 | TOPEKA BBQ SHOP | |
| 16 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 17 | Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet | |
| 18 | RICK'S RACKS | |
| 19 | DUSTY ROADS BBQ | |
| 20 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY O.G | |
| 21 | Pine Tar BBQ | |
| 22 | Broken Dudes BBQ | |
| 23 | T'S SMOKIN PIT | |
| 24 | KC FINE SWINES | |
| 25 | Double D Motley Que | |
| 26 | Smoking Hippie BBQ | |
| 27 | Hot Mess BBQ | |
| 28 | Meat Street Hooligans | |
| 29 | Over the Hill BBQ | |
| 30 | Thigh Daddies |