Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life"
2022-06-17 – 2022-06-18 · Kansas City, KS · 📍 Our Lady of Unity · State championship
Reps: FORREST BRUCE, LARRY HADLEY · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Go Pig or Go Home (705.0856) · 29 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LOVE 2 Q
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
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Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Go Pig or Go Home took the Grand Championship home to MO.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 8–9: Free Range Friends BBQ and SLAPS BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Free Range Friends BBQ and SLAPS BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: BULL CREEK BBQ and SLAPS BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Slaps BBQ (won 2021).
🃏 An upset on the books
Go Pig or Go Home came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 14-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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-16 | 2646 S 34th St | 34 | 694.7772 | HIGH i QUE II | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 2018-06-15 | 2646 S 34th St | 32 | 693.1084 | SKUNK RIVER BBQ | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 2019-06-14 | Kansas City, KS | 2646 S 34th St | 38 | 688.5028 | Fergolicious BBQ | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2021-06-18 | Kansas City, KS | Our Lady of Unity | 37 | 706.2744 | Slaps BBQ | Barking Dog BBQ |
| 2022-06-17 ← this one | Kansas City, KS | Our Lady of Unity | 29 | 705.0856 | Go Pig or Go Home | LOVE 2 Q |
| 2023-06-16 | Kansas City, KS | Our Lady of Unity | 29 | 707.4172 | BrewsCue | Cow Creek BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 171.9772 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 175.4056 | 169.7028 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 170.8456 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 173.1084 | 170.2512 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
29 entries · top 705.0856 · median 666.6968
Chicken
29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.3944
Pork Ribs
29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.8116
Pork
29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8228
Brisket
29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.0116 · 🔥 perfect 180
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 — Beans
4 entries · top 176.0000 · median 170.8400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 2 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 3 | The Smoky Mountain Boys | |
| 4 | Wildhouse BBQ |
Ancillary — Dessert
6 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS | |
| 2 | Free Range Friends BBQ | |
| 3 | The Smoky Mountain Boys | |
| 4 | Flying W North BBQ | |
| 5 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 6 | Simple Q Barbeque |