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Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 2 2022

Nov 5–6, 2022 · Harper, KS · State championship

Reps: Larry Voth, Lynda Voth

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702.8232 · Master Series — Overall
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699.3832 · Master Series — Overall
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696.4912 · Master Series — Overall

Smoked & Furious won Grand Champion at the Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 2 on November 5, 2022 in Harper, KS, scoring 702.8232 in a field of 9 teams. MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 699.3832. Category winners: Chicken — MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — CEO BBQ (176.5716); Pork — Smoked & Furious (176.5600); Brisket — Smoked & Furious (174.2744). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2023.

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 180 🔥
  • Pork Ribs 176.57
  • Pork 176.56
  • Brisket 174.27
161.65 180

Entries

9
4 judged meats

Top score

702.8232

Winning margin

3.4400
GC over RC

Field average

692.24
672.97702.82
median 693.66 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

3 🔥
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ (Chicken), CEO BBQ (Chicken), THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
2.2856 pts across the top 5

Field spread

29.8520
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 2.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 1.1312 pts — Smoked & Furious

How hot was the win?

Top 22%
beats 78% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.3 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,652
avg power rating going in

Top-rated in the field

rated 1833 pre-contest

Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

An upset on the books

15-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 85 times in 100

Smoked & Furious came in rated below the field's top team, BUFFALO'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 15-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1530
  • top seed 1833

A day of perfect scores

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ · Chicken
  • CEO BBQ · Chicken
  • THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS · Chicken

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ and CEO BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: CEO BBQ and THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS and Smoked & Furious tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 1–2 · tie
  • Chicken 2–3 · tie
  • Chicken 4–5 · tie
  • Brisket 4–5 · tie

A double category winner

2 category wins in a day

Smoked & Furious won Pork, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

Smoked & Furious took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 5th.

  • Chicken 5th
  • Pork Ribs 3rd
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 1st

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)

Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)

Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
Nov 5, 2022 ← this one Harper, KS Harper County Fair Barn 9 702.8232 Smoked And Furious MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ
Oct 7, 2023 Harper, KS Harper, KS 67058 9 701.1316 SUPER SWINE PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ
Oct 19, 2024 Harper, KS — — — — —

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180176.5600—
Pork Ribs176.5716174.2860—
Pork176.5600173.1200—
Brisket174.2744170.8228—

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

9 entries · top 702.8232 · median 693.6576

#TeamScore
1 Smoked & Furious 702.8232
2 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 699.3832
3 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 696.4912
4 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 694.2288
5 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 693.6576
6 CEO BBQ 693.6460
7 BUFFALO'S BBQ 689.0632
8 Salted Anchor 687.9204
9 HOLLOW Q 672.9712

Chicken

9 entries · top 180 · median 176.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 180 🔥
2 CEO BBQ 180 🔥
3 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 180 🔥
4 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 176.5600
5 Smoked & Furious 176.5600
6 BUFFALO'S BBQ 174.2744
7 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 174.2628
8 Salted Anchor 173.1200
9 HOLLOW Q 167.3828

Pork Ribs

9 entries · top 176.5716 · median 174.2860

#TeamScore
1 CEO BBQ 176.5716
2 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 176.5600
3 Smoked & Furious 175.4288
4 BUFFALO'S BBQ 175.4172
5 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 174.2860
6 HOLLOW Q 173.1200
7 Salted Anchor 171.9888
8 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 170.8344
9 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 169.6916

Pork

9 entries · top 176.5600 · median 173.1200

#TeamScore
1 Smoked & Furious 176.5600
2 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 175.4288
3 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 174.8456
4 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 174.2744
5 Salted Anchor 173.1200
6 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 172.5716
7 BUFFALO'S BBQ 170.8344
8 CEO BBQ 163.9544
9 HOLLOW Q 161.6456

Brisket

9 entries · top 174.2744 · median 170.8228

#TeamScore
1 Smoked & Furious 174.2744
2 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 174.2628
3 CEO BBQ 173.1200
4 HOLLOW Q 170.8228
5 PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ 170.8228
6 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 170.8228
7 Salted Anchor 169.6916
8 BUFFALO'S BBQ 168.5372
9 THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS 168.5372

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