2022-08-19 – 2022-08-20 · Excelsior Springs, MO · 📍 201 E. Broadway · State championship
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, FORREST BRUCE, LARRY HADLEY · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: Triple H BBQ (707.4056) · 54 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 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.
What it has taken to win here, 2020 to 2026 — 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.
707.4056 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 703.3828 Shake 'n Bake BBQ set in 2020.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100
TRIPLE H BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
TRIPLE H BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 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.
2 of 6 tracked editions
Triple H BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Stronger than 93% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1639 power rating going in — stronger than 93% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 3–4: Smoke 'n Magic and TRIPLE H BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT and SCORE ONE SMOKIN' tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: SCORE ONE SMOKIN' and ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
S&S BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
This contest was away for 2 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2020-08-14.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-14 | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E Broadway | 55 | 703.3828 | Shake 'n Bake BBQ | GETTIN' SAUCED |
| 2022-08-19 ← this one | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E. Broadway | 54 | 707.4056 | Triple H BBQ | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2023-08-18 | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E. Broadway | 57 | 706.8344 | Gettin' Basted | MACHETE BOYS BBQ |
| 2024-08-16 | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E. Broadway | 65 | 703.9660 | Machete Boys BBQ | Ambition Que |
| 2025-08-15 | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E. Broadway | 62 | 710.8572 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ |
| 2026-08-14 | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E. Broadway | 83 | 711.9772 | Triple H BBQ | BBQ Maestros |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 176.5600 | 174.2972 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 174.8800 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 174.8572 |
54 entries · top 707.4056 · median 681.0514
54 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.6742
54 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180
54 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180
54 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
12 entries · top 180.0000 · median 177.1314 · 🔥 perfect 180
18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.2684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Art of Que | |
| 2 | GRILLAS | |
| 3 | No Money No Honey BBQ | |
| 4 | PIG NEWTON | |
| 5 | Atlas Saloon Brewery | |
| 6 | Bad Influence BBQ | |
| 7 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 8 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 9 | K CASS BBQ | |
| 10 | All Fired Up and Kicking Ash MO | |
| 11 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 12 | BRISKETBONE BBQ | |
| 13 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 14 | Good Times Baby BBQ | |
| 15 | S&S BBQ | |
| 16 | FAIRWAY SMOKERS | |
| 17 | BURNT FINGER BBQ | |
| 18 | WABASH BBQ |
30 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.3942