2023-03-25 – 2023-03-26 · St. Robert, MO · 📍 J.H. Williamson Drive · State championship
Reps: DONNA YOUNG, ED YOUNG · Prize money: $4,450.00
Grand Champion: There's No Place Like Smoke (705.0972) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 GETTIN' BASTED
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, 2023 to 2024 — 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.
Closer than 92% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5484 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 6 tracked editions
Gettin' Basted has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Stronger than 99% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1691 power rating going in — stronger than 99% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 2–3: SMOKE THIS BBQ MO and MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: GETTIN' BASTED and JANKY LEG BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: BIG BOOTS BBQ and Heavy Smoke BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 13th.
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE turned in 180.0000 in pork — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Fergolicious BBQ (won 2023).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-24 | St. Robert, MO | J.H. Williamson Drive | 26 | 706.8344 | Razorracks BBQ | JANKY LEG BBQ |
| 2023-03-24 | St. Robert, MO | J.H. Williamson Drive | 20 | 177.1544 | Fergolicious BBQ | — |
| 2023-03-25 ← this one | St. Robert, MO | J.H. Williamson Drive | 25 | 705.0972 | There's No Place Like Smoke | GETTIN' BASTED |
| 2024-03-22 | St. Robert, MO | J.H. Williamson Drive | 35 | 702.8460 | Gettin' Basted | MAN MEAT BBQ |
| 2024-03-23 | St. Robert, MO | J.H. Williamson Drive | 34 | 709.6800 | Rooters-N-Tooters | PIGGIN' WHISKEY |
| 2024-03-23 | St. Robert, MO | J.H. Williamson Drive | 20 | 180.0000 | Gettin' Basted | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 176.5600 | 173.1316 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 174.2744 | 171.9884 |
25 entries · top 705.0972 · median 685.6572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE | |
| 2 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 3 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 4 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 5 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 6 | BIG BOOTS BBQ | |
| 7 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 8 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | Kilt-N-It BBQ | |
| 10 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 11 | KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON | |
| 12 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 13 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 14 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 15 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 16 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 17 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 18 | Coming In Hot | |
| 19 | LA PASADITA | |
| 20 | Ambition Que | |
| 21 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 22 | AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW | |
| 23 | Blacktop BBQ | |
| 24 | Swaff Tastic BBQ | |
| 25 | Poppa D BBQ |
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON | |
| 2 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 3 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 4 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 5 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 6 | BIG BOOTS BBQ | |
| 7 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 9 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 10 | Kilt-N-It BBQ | |
| 11 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 12 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 13 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE | |
| 14 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 15 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 16 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 17 | LA PASADITA | |
| 18 | Blacktop BBQ | |
| 19 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 20 | Coming In Hot | |
| 21 | AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW | |
| 22 | Ambition Que | |
| 23 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 24 | Swaff Tastic BBQ | |
| 25 | Poppa D BBQ |
25 entries · top 177.7144 · median 170.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 2 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE | |
| 3 | KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON | |
| 4 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 5 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 6 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 7 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 8 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 9 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 10 | Coming In Hot | |
| 11 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 12 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 13 | BIG BOOTS BBQ | |
| 14 | Kilt-N-It BBQ | |
| 15 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 16 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 17 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 18 | AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW | |
| 19 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 20 | Ambition Que | |
| 21 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 22 | LA PASADITA | |
| 23 | Blacktop BBQ | |
| 24 | Poppa D BBQ | |
| 25 | Swaff Tastic BBQ |
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE | |
| 2 | LA PASADITA | |
| 3 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 4 | BIG BOOTS BBQ | |
| 5 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 6 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 7 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 8 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 9 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 10 | Kilt-N-It BBQ | |
| 11 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 12 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 13 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 14 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 15 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 16 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 17 | Ambition Que | |
| 18 | KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON | |
| 19 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 20 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 21 | Coming In Hot | |
| 22 | AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW | |
| 23 | Blacktop BBQ | |
| 24 | Swaff Tastic BBQ | |
| 25 | Poppa D BBQ |
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 2 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 3 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 4 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE | |
| 5 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 7 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 8 | Kilt-N-It BBQ | |
| 9 | BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | |
| 10 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 11 | Ambition Que | |
| 12 | Coming In Hot | |
| 13 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 14 | Can Country Outlaw BBQ | |
| 15 | BIG BOOTS BBQ | |
| 16 | AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW | |
| 17 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 18 | LA PASADITA | |
| 19 | KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON | |
| 20 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 21 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 22 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 23 | Blacktop BBQ | |
| 24 | Swaff Tastic BBQ | |
| 25 | Poppa D BBQ |