Sep 9–10, 2022 · Gardner, KS · 📍 32501 159th Street · State championship
Reps: Dave Rogers, Forrest Bruce, Larry Hadley · Prize money: $10,000
4 LEGS UP BBQ won Grand Champion at the 6th Annual Smoke on the Trails on September 9, 2022 in Gardner, KS at 32501 159th Street, scoring 710.8344 in a field of 37 teams. Fergolicious BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 699.3484. Category winners: Chicken — WOOD HOOK BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — HIGH i QUE (180.0000); Pork — Cow Creek BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — MAN MEAT BBQ (176.5600).
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.
4 LEGS UP BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Wider than 91% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The champion won by 11.4860 points — a wider margin than 91% of championships in the data.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 2–3: Fergolicious BBQ and Barking Dog BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ and Just Smoked Your Butt tied on 173.1316 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: IGY 6 and Barking Hogs BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 175.4056 | 172.5484 |
37 entries · top 710.8344 · median 670.1256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 2 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 3 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 4 | HIGH i QUE | |
| 5 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 6 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 7 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 8 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 9 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 10 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 11 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 12 | PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY | |
| 13 | Smokin Brothers Pro Team | |
| 14 | KC MEAT SWEATS | |
| 15 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 16 | Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet | |
| 17 | Free Range Friends BBQ | |
| 18 | ROCK N BLUES BBQ | |
| 19 | Shark Q | |
| 20 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 21 | Flying W North BBQ | |
| 22 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 23 | three legged pig bbq | |
| 24 | IGY 6 | |
| 25 | Just Smoked Your Butt | |
| 26 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 27 | Kings of Smoke | |
| 28 | Pork'N'Butts | |
| 29 | BrewsCue | |
| 30 | Smoke Wurx BBQ | |
| 31 | ProPork | |
| 32 | Buccaneer BBQ | |
| 33 | A & A BBQ | |
| 34 | 3 Idiots & A Smoker | |
| 35 | Shammy's Smokehouse | |
| 36 | The Butt Rubbers | |
| 37 | Pork N Heifers |
37 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 2 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 3 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 4 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 5 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 6 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 7 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 8 | Just Smoked Your Butt | |
| 9 | IGY 6 | |
| 10 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 11 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 12 | ROCK N BLUES BBQ | |
| 13 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 14 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 15 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 16 | Free Range Friends BBQ | |
| 17 | PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY | |
| 18 | KC MEAT SWEATS | |
| 19 | HIGH i QUE | |
| 20 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 21 | Shark Q | |
| 22 | Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet | |
| 23 | Smokin Brothers Pro Team | |
| 24 | BrewsCue | |
| 25 | 3 Idiots & A Smoker | |
| 26 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 27 | three legged pig bbq | |
| 28 | Pork'N'Butts | |
| 29 | Buccaneer BBQ | |
| 30 | ProPork | |
| 31 | Flying W North BBQ | |
| 32 | A & A BBQ | |
| 33 | Pork N Heifers | |
| 34 | Kings of Smoke | |
| 35 | Smoke Wurx BBQ | |
| 36 | The Butt Rubbers | |
| 37 | Shammy's Smokehouse |
37 entries · top 180 · median 166.8800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HIGH i QUE | |
| 2 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 3 | PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY | |
| 4 | KC MEAT SWEATS | |
| 5 | Smokin Brothers Pro Team | |
| 6 | Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet | |
| 7 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 8 | Shark Q | |
| 9 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 10 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 11 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 12 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 13 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 14 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 15 | A & A BBQ | |
| 16 | three legged pig bbq | |
| 17 | Pork'N'Butts | |
| 18 | Free Range Friends BBQ | |
| 19 | ProPork | |
| 20 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 21 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 22 | Smoke Wurx BBQ | |
| 23 | Kings of Smoke | |
| 24 | Flying W North BBQ | |
| 25 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 26 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 27 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 28 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 29 | Just Smoked Your Butt | |
| 30 | IGY 6 | |
| 31 | 3 Idiots & A Smoker | |
| 32 | Pork N Heifers | |
| 33 | ROCK N BLUES BBQ | |
| 34 | BrewsCue | |
| 35 | Buccaneer BBQ | |
| 36 | The Butt Rubbers | |
| 37 | Shammy's Smokehouse |
37 entries · top 180 · median 168.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 2 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 3 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 4 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 5 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 6 | PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY | |
| 7 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 8 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 9 | Smokin Brothers Pro Team | |
| 10 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 11 | Free Range Friends BBQ | |
| 12 | ROCK N BLUES BBQ | |
| 13 | KC MEAT SWEATS | |
| 14 | Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet | |
| 15 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 16 | HIGH i QUE | |
| 17 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 18 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 19 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 20 | IGY 6 | |
| 21 | Shammy's Smokehouse | |
| 22 | The Butt Rubbers | |
| 23 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 24 | Buccaneer BBQ | |
| 25 | Flying W North BBQ | |
| 26 | Shark Q | |
| 27 | three legged pig bbq | |
| 28 | Smoke Wurx BBQ | |
| 29 | Just Smoked Your Butt | |
| 30 | Kings of Smoke | |
| 31 | BrewsCue | |
| 32 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 33 | Pork N Heifers | |
| 34 | Pork'N'Butts | |
| 35 | 3 Idiots & A Smoker | |
| 36 | ProPork | |
| 37 | A & A BBQ |
37 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 2 | HIGH i QUE | |
| 3 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 4 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 5 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 6 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 7 | ROCK N BLUES BBQ | |
| 8 | Flying W North BBQ | |
| 9 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 10 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 11 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 12 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 13 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 14 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 15 | Smokin Brothers Pro Team | |
| 16 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 17 | KC MEAT SWEATS | |
| 18 | Free Range Friends BBQ | |
| 19 | Kings of Smoke | |
| 20 | BrewsCue | |
| 21 | Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet | |
| 22 | Shark Q | |
| 23 | Shammy's Smokehouse | |
| 24 | three legged pig bbq | |
| 25 | ProPork | |
| 26 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 27 | PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY | |
| 28 | Smoke Wurx BBQ | |
| 29 | Buccaneer BBQ | |
| 30 | Just Smoked Your Butt | |
| 31 | A & A BBQ | |
| 32 | IGY 6 | |
| 33 | Pork'N'Butts | |
| 34 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 35 | 3 Idiots & A Smoker | |
| 36 | The Butt Rubbers | |
| 37 | Pork N Heifers |
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.
9 entries · top 180 · median 177.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Idiots & A Smoker | |
| 2 | Kings of Smoke | |
| 3 | Pork'N'Butts | |
| 4 | Shark Q | |
| 5 | Free Range Friends BBQ | |
| 6 | Smokin Brothers Pro Team | |
| 7 | Flying W North BBQ | |
| 8 | ProPork | |
| 9 | The Butt Rubbers |