11th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life
2025-06-13 – 2025-06-14 · Kansas City, KS · State championship
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, LARRY HADLEY · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Hefty Lefty BBQ (701.7032) · 30 teams
Entries
30
6 categories
Top score
701.7032
Winning margin
0.6292
GC over RC
Field average
670.32
median 679.30
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Tightest race
Chicken
2.2972 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
686.1944
what a walk cost here
Field spread
115.0064
winner to last place
Prize money
$5,000.00
on the line
Double threats
7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 27%
beats 73% of 2715 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1567
avg power rating going in · stronger than 72% of contests
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6292 points — closer than 86% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
HEFTY LEFTY BBQ took the Grand Championship home to IL.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🃏 An upset on the books
HEFTY LEFTY BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 13-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Ancillary — Dessert
6 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 2 | BrewsCue | |
| 3 | Badder Influence BBQ MO | |
| 4 | Pit Crew BBQ | |
| 5 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 6 | Buds Boys BBQ |
Ancillary — Sausage
9 entries · top 178.2972 · median 174.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 2 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 3 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 4 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 5 | Badder Influence BBQ MO | |
| 6 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 7 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 8 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 9 | Trophy Husbands BBQ |
Master Series — Brisket
30 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.1314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 2 | Pits and Grills | |
| 3 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 4 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 5 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 6 | BrewsCue | |
| 7 | Electrified BBQ | |
| 8 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 9 | 913 BBQ | |
| 10 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 11 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 12 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 13 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 14 | Badder Influence BBQ MO | |
| 15 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 16 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 17 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 18 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 19 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 20 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 21 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 22 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 23 | B&D BBQ | |
| 24 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 25 | Smokey Bandits | |
| 26 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 27 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 28 | Pit Crew BBQ | |
| 29 | Simple Q | |
| 30 | Trophy Husbands BBQ |
Master Series — Chicken
30 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.4000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 2 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 3 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 4 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 5 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 6 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 7 | Electrified BBQ | |
| 8 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 9 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 10 | 913 BBQ | |
| 11 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 12 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 13 | BrewsCue | |
| 14 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 15 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 16 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 17 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 18 | Pits and Grills | |
| 19 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 20 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 21 | Pit Crew BBQ | |
| 22 | Trophy Husbands BBQ | |
| 23 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 24 | Simple Q | |
| 25 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 26 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 27 | Badder Influence BBQ MO | |
| 28 | B&D BBQ | |
| 29 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 30 | Smokey Bandits |
Master Series — Overall
30 entries · top 701.7032 · median 679.3026
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 3 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 4 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 5 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 6 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 7 | Electrified BBQ | |
| 8 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 9 | 913 BBQ | |
| 10 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 11 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 12 | BrewsCue | |
| 13 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 14 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 15 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 16 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 17 | Pits and Grills | |
| 18 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 19 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 20 | Badder Influence BBQ MO | |
| 21 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 22 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 23 | B&D BBQ | |
| 24 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 25 | Trophy Husbands BBQ | |
| 26 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 27 | Pit Crew BBQ | |
| 28 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 29 | Simple Q | |
| 30 | Smokey Bandits |
Master Series — Pork
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 2 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 3 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 4 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 5 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 6 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 7 | Badder Influence BBQ MO | |
| 8 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 9 | Pit Crew BBQ | |
| 10 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 11 | BrewsCue | |
| 12 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 13 | Pits and Grills | |
| 14 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 15 | Electrified BBQ | |
| 16 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 17 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 18 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 19 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 20 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 21 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 22 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 23 | B&D BBQ | |
| 24 | 913 BBQ | |
| 25 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 26 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 27 | Trophy Husbands BBQ | |
| 28 | Simple Q | |
| 29 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 30 | Smokey Bandits |
Master Series — Pork Ribs
30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 2 | Who's Cookin' | |
| 3 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 4 | 913 BBQ | |
| 5 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 6 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | |
| 7 | Trophy Husbands BBQ | |
| 8 | HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | |
| 9 | Squealin N Dealin BBQ | |
| 10 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 11 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 12 | B&D BBQ | |
| 13 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 14 | Badder Influence BBQ MO | |
| 15 | Electrified BBQ | |
| 16 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 17 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 18 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 19 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 20 | BrewsCue | |
| 21 | IN DEEP SAUCE | |
| 22 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 23 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 24 | Pits and Grills | |
| 25 | Buds Boys BBQ | |
| 26 | RUB THAT MEAT BBQ | |
| 27 | Simple Q | |
| 28 | WINGED SWINE | |
| 29 | Pit Crew BBQ | |
| 30 | Smokey Bandits |