Jun 9–10, 2023 · Springfield, MO · 📍 3001 N Grant Ave · State championship
Reps: Alfred T Bowen, Fran Bowen · Prize money: $17,200
SLAPS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Ozarks BBQ Fest on June 9, 2023 in Springfield, MO at 3001 N Grant Ave, scoring 706.2516 in a field of 30 teams. Fine As* Swine BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 705.6800. Category winners: Chicken — Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque (178.8572); Pork Ribs — GETTIN' BASTED (180.0000); Pork — TAILGATE GUYS BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque (178.8572). This is the 4th of 4 editions of this contest on record; the 2022 edition was won by 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, 2020 to 2023 — 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 90% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5716 points — closer than 90% of every championship in the data.
706.2516 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 703.9888 Gettin' Basted set in 2022.
SLAPS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
2 of 4 tracked editions
Gettin' Basted has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
Chicken places 1–2: Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque and SMOKE THIS BBQ MO tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON and GETTIN' SAUCED tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Q66 and Ambition Que tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Gettin' Basted (won 2020, 2022), Double Barrel BBQ (won 2021).
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2020 | Springfield, MO | Ozark Empire Fairground | 26 | 701.6456 | Gettin' Basted | GETTIN' SAUCED |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Springfield, MO | Ozark Empire Fairground | 37 | 702.8456 | Double Barrel BBQ | SLAPS BBQ |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Springfield, MO | 3001 N Grant Ave | 31 | 703.9888 | Gettin' Basted | MAN MEAT BBQ |
| Jun 9, 2023 ← this one | Springfield, MO | 3001 N Grant Ave | 30 | 706.2516 | SLAPS BBQ | Fine As* Swine BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 177.1428 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 177.7028 | 174.2744 |
| Pork | 180 | 177.1428 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 171.9772 |
30 entries · top 706.2516 · median 680.7426
30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6914
30 entries · top 180 · median 170.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180
30 entries · top 180 · median 169.1086 · 🔥 perfect 180
30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2686