Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition (Day 2)
2022-07-30 – 2022-07-31 · Dodge City, KS · 📍 101 E. Wyatt Earp · State championship
Reps: LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH · Prize money: $9,250.00
Grand Champion: Janky Leg (711.9888) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SLAPS BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🔥 A day of perfect scores
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Slaps BBQ (won 2022).
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1600 power rating going in — stronger than 91% of every contest tracked.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-29 | Dodge City, KS | 101 E. Wyatt Earp | 26 | 714.2744 | Slaps BBQ | CLARK CREW BBQ |
| 2022-07-29 | Dodge City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-07-30 ← this one | Dodge City, KS | 101 E. Wyatt Earp | 25 | 711.9888 | Janky Leg | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2022-07-30 | Dodge City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 173.1316 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
25 entries · top 711.9888 · median 689.6576
Chicken
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.4056