Apr 21–22, 2023 · Derby, KS · 📍 Cook Airfield · State championship
Reps: Larry Voth, Lynda Voth · Prize money: $5,100
Smoked & Furious won Grand Champion at the Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition on April 21, 2023 in Derby, KS at Cook Airfield, scoring 708.5488 in a field of 28 teams. PROUD SOULS BARBECUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 703.3944. Category winners: Chicken — Fine As* Swine BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — Colorado Bulldawg BBQ (180.0000); Pork — THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS (180.0000); Brisket — CLARK CREW BBQ (180.0000). The Backyard Series standings were won by Swine-O-Licious BBQ with 357.7144.
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 90 times in 100
Smoked & Furious came in rated below the field's top team, CLARK CREW BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 10-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Smoked & Furious won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
8 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Master Series — Chicken places 1–2: Fine As* Swine BBQ and Fergolicious BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 2–3: Fergolicious BBQ and 4G's Smokin BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 5–6: MAN MEAT BBQ and CLARK CREW BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master Series — Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
| Master Series — Pork Ribs | 180 | 178.8572 | 175.4516 |
| Master Series — Pork | 180 | 175.4400 | 173.1200 |
| Master Series — Brisket | 180 | 177.7144 | 171.9656 |
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 180 | 178.8572 | 175.4288 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 170.8344 |
28 entries · top 708.5488 · median 683.3142
28 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.1200
28 entries · top 180 · median 171.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
28 entries · top 180 · median 170.2572 · 🔥 perfect 180
28 entries · top 180 · median 168.8342 · 🔥 perfect 180
15 entries · top 357.7144 · median 348.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 2 | Compete BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Aww Shucks BBQ | |
| 4 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 5 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 6 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 7 | Smokey Bey's Barbecue | |
| 8 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 9 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | |
| 10 | Money$hot BBQ | |
| 11 | The Meatsy Boys | |
| 12 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 13 | Rucking Fidiculous BBQ | |
| 14 | NEWBIE BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 15 | Kan-Ok BBQ |
15 entries · top 180 · median 176.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 2 | Compete BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Aww Shucks BBQ | |
| 4 | Smokey Bey's Barbecue | |
| 5 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 6 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | |
| 7 | Rucking Fidiculous BBQ | |
| 8 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 9 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 10 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 11 | Money$hot BBQ | |
| 12 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 13 | The Meatsy Boys | |
| 14 | NEWBIE BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 15 | Kan-Ok BBQ |
15 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 2 | Compete BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 4 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 5 | MUNNY'S STOVE | |
| 6 | Aww Shucks BBQ | |
| 7 | The Meatsy Boys | |
| 8 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 9 | Smokey Bey's Barbecue | |
| 10 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | |
| 11 | Money$hot BBQ | |
| 12 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 13 | Rucking Fidiculous BBQ | |
| 14 | NEWBIE BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 15 | Kan-Ok BBQ |