Jul 30–31, 2022 · Dodge City, KS · 📍 101 E. Wyatt Earp · State championship
Reps: Larry Voth, Lynda Voth · Prize money: $9,250
JANKY LEG BBQ won Grand Champion at the Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition (Day 2) on July 30, 2022 in Dodge City, KS at 101 E. Wyatt Earp, scoring 711.9888 in a field of 25 teams. SLAPS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 709.6800. Category winners: Chicken — SCORE ONE SMOKIN' (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SLAPS BBQ (180.0000); Pork — MAN MEAT BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — Frank's BBQ Trading Post (179.4400). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2022 edition was won by Slaps BBQ.
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100
JANKY LEG BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, CLARK CREW BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
JANKY LEG BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 93% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1637 power rating going in — stronger than 93% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 3–4: SLAPS BBQ and DRIFTERS Q tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: GRILLIN' BEAVERS and POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: SLAPS BBQ and 4 LEGS UP BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
MAN MEAT BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Slaps BBQ (won 2022).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2022 | Dodge City, KS | 101 E. Wyatt Earp | 26 | 714.2744 | Slaps BBQ | CLARK CREW BBQ |
| Jul 29, 2022 | Dodge City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 30, 2022 ← this one | Dodge City, KS | 101 E. Wyatt Earp | 25 | 711.9888 | Janky Leg | SLAPS BBQ |
| Jul 30, 2022 | Dodge City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7028 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 175.4172 | 173.1316 |
| Pork | 180 | 178.8572 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
25 entries · top 711.9888 · median 689.6576
25 entries · top 180 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
25 entries · top 180 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
25 entries · top 180 · median 172 · 🔥 perfect 180
25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.4056