2022-08-05 – 2022-08-06 · Warsaw, MO · 📍 Warsaw, MO 65355 · State championship
Reps: CLARA WILLIAMS, JONATHAN B WILLIAMS · Prize money: $4,900.00
Grand Champion: Black Magic BBQ (701.6912) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Heavy Smoke 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.
What it has taken to win here, 2019 to 2022 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
701.6912 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 671.4856 Love 2 Q set in 2021.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 86 times in 100
Smoke 'n Magic 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.
Smoke 'n Magic won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5712 points.
Chicken places 7–8: Smoke 'n Magic and Big Woodie BBQ MO tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 6–7: Big Woodie BBQ MO and SLAPS BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: ShowMeMoSmoke edged Damn Fine Beef & Swine by 0.0116.
TAILGATE GUYS BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double.
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 170.8572 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Love 2 Q (won 2021).
This contest usually draws about 17 teams
25 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 17.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-02 | Warsaw, MO | Drake Harbor | 15 | 349.7144 | Miller's Barnyard | — |
| 2021-08-20 | Warsaw, MO | 181 West Harrison | 19 | 671.4856 | Love 2 Q | THE SMOKING HILLS |
| 2022-08-05 ← this one | Warsaw, MO | Warsaw, MO 65355 | 25 | 701.6912 | Black Magic BBQ | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2022-08-05 | Warsaw, MO | Warsaw, MO 65355 | 5 | 350.2512 | Swine-O-Licious | — |
| 2023-08-05 | Warsaw, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 175.4056 | 171.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 174.3088 | 170.8572 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 176.0572 | 172.5944 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.5828 | 174.2856 |
25 entries · top 701.6912 · median 685.1544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 2 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 4 | ShowMeMoSmoke | |
| 5 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 6 | TAILGATE GUYS BBQ | |
| 7 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 8 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 9 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 10 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 11 | Notch 9 | |
| 12 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 13 | All Fired Up and Kicking Ash MO | |
| 14 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 15 | Big Woodie BBQ MO | |
| 16 | Burnt End Burnett's | |
| 17 | Onlyfansbbq | |
| 18 | Sofa King | |
| 19 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 20 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | |
| 21 | Windy City Smoke | |
| 22 | Sorry Ass Smokers | |
| 23 | Float'n & Smokin | |
| 24 | Blowin'Smoke BBQ | |
| 25 | Neighbors County Store |
25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TAILGATE GUYS BBQ | |
| 2 | ShowMeMoSmoke | |
| 3 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 4 | Onlyfansbbq | |
| 5 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 7 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 8 | Big Woodie BBQ MO | |
| 9 | Burnt End Burnett's | |
| 10 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 11 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 12 | Windy City Smoke | |
| 13 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 14 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 15 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 16 | Blowin'Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | Notch 9 | |
| 18 | All Fired Up and Kicking Ash MO | |
| 19 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | |
| 20 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 21 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 22 | Sorry Ass Smokers | |
| 23 | Sofa King | |
| 24 | Float'n & Smokin | |
| 25 | Neighbors County Store |
25 entries · top 178.2972 · median 170.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 3 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 4 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 5 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 6 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 7 | ShowMeMoSmoke | |
| 8 | Burnt End Burnett's | |
| 9 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 10 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 11 | Notch 9 | |
| 12 | All Fired Up and Kicking Ash MO | |
| 13 | TAILGATE GUYS BBQ | |
| 14 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | |
| 15 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 16 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 17 | Sofa King | |
| 18 | Big Woodie BBQ MO | |
| 19 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 20 | Onlyfansbbq | |
| 21 | Neighbors County Store | |
| 22 | Windy City Smoke | |
| 23 | Sorry Ass Smokers | |
| 24 | Float'n & Smokin | |
| 25 | Blowin'Smoke BBQ |
25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TAILGATE GUYS BBQ | |
| 2 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 3 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 4 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 5 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 6 | Big Woodie BBQ MO | |
| 7 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 8 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | All Fired Up and Kicking Ash MO | |
| 10 | Notch 9 | |
| 11 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 12 | ShowMeMoSmoke | |
| 13 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 14 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | |
| 15 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 16 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 17 | Sofa King | |
| 18 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 19 | Windy City Smoke | |
| 20 | Float'n & Smokin | |
| 21 | Onlyfansbbq | |
| 22 | Burnt End Burnett's | |
| 23 | Blowin'Smoke BBQ | |
| 24 | Sorry Ass Smokers | |
| 25 | Neighbors County Store |
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1428 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 2 | ShowMeMoSmoke | |
| 3 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | Notch 9 | |
| 5 | Sofa King | |
| 6 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 7 | All Fired Up and Kicking Ash MO | |
| 8 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 9 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 10 | Onlyfansbbq | |
| 11 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 12 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 13 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 14 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 15 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 16 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 17 | Sorry Ass Smokers | |
| 18 | Burnt End Burnett's | |
| 19 | TAILGATE GUYS BBQ | |
| 20 | Float'n & Smokin | |
| 21 | Big Woodie BBQ MO | |
| 22 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | |
| 23 | Windy City Smoke | |
| 24 | Blowin'Smoke BBQ | |
| 25 | Neighbors County Store |
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.
7 entries · top 175.4172 · median 170.2972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 2 | TAILGATE GUYS BBQ | |
| 3 | ShowMeMoSmoke | |
| 4 | Blowin'Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | Neighbors County Store | |
| 6 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 7 | All Fired Up and Kicking Ash MO |