Sep 16–17, 2022 · Kearney, MO · 📍 3001 N 33 Hwy · State championship
Reps: Donna Young, Ed Young · Prize money: $5,950
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q won Grand Champion at the 34th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out on September 16, 2022 in Kearney, MO at 3001 N 33 Hwy, scoring 703.3828 in a field of 33 teams. Damn Fine Beef & Swine took Reserve Grand Champion with 699.9544. Category winners: Chicken — GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY (178.8572); Pork Ribs — THREE LEGS AND A PIG (177.1544); Pork — Dr. Squealgood BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — PARTS 'R' SMOKIN (180.0000).
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 82 times in 100
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 4–5: SLAPS BBQ and Damn Fine Beef & Swine tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: LOVE 2 Q and 33 SMOKERS tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: PARTS 'R' SMOKIN and Ambition Que tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 174.8456 | 172.5600 |
| Pork | 180 | 177.7028 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 180 | 176.5600 | 175.4172 |
33 entries · top 703.3828 · median 679.3372
33 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9656
33 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.9772
33 entries · top 180 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
33 entries · top 180 · median 170.8112 · 🔥 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.
21 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.8344
21 entries · top 180 · median 165.0972 · 🔥 perfect 180