Jul 29–30, 2023 · Dodge City, KS · 📍 Wright Park · State championship
Reps: Larry Voth, Lynda Voth · Prize money: $9,250
Smoked & Furious won Grand Champion at The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2) on July 29, 2023 in Dodge City, KS at Wright Park, scoring 709.7032 in a field of 27 teams. CHICKEN FRIED BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 708.5716. Category winners: Chicken — MAN MEAT BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — 4 LEGS UP BBQ (177.7144); Pork — JANKY LEG BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — Smoked & Furious (177.7144). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2023 edition was won by CLARK CREW BBQ.
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.
Closer than 82% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1316 points — closer than 82% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 84 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 16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 96% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1653 power rating going in — stronger than 96% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 3–4: WELL SAUCED BBQ and JANKY LEG BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: JANKY LEG BBQ and Smoked & Furious tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: BrewsCue and CLARK CREW BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Smoked & Furious took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 6th.
MAN MEAT BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CLARK CREW BBQ (won 2023).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2023 | Dodge City, KS | Wright Park | 25 | 711.4172 | CLARK CREW BBQ | BrewsCue |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Dodge City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 29, 2023 ← this one | Dodge City, KS | Wright Park | 27 | 709.7032 | SMOKED & FURIOUS | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 178.8572 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 175.4288 | 173.1316 |
| Pork | 180 | 177.7144 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 177.7144 | 176 | 174.2628 |
27 entries · top 709.7032 · median 689.0512
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 2 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 3 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 4 | CLARK CREW BBQ | |
| 5 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 6 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 7 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 8 | BrewsCue | |
| 9 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 10 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 11 | BURNT FINGER BBQ | |
| 12 | Shark Q | |
| 13 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 14 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 15 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 16 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 17 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 18 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 19 | Needs More Cowbell BBQ | |
| 20 | Stitt Show BBQ | |
| 21 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 22 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 23 | PACS BBQ | |
| 24 | SHB Customs | |
| 25 | SMOKIN' JOE BBQ | |
| 26 | ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE | |
| 27 | HOT MESS |
27 entries · top 180 · median 174.2972 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 2 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 3 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 4 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 5 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 6 | BURNT FINGER BBQ | |
| 7 | BrewsCue | |
| 8 | CLARK CREW BBQ | |
| 9 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 10 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 11 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 12 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 13 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 14 | ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE | |
| 15 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 16 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 17 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 18 | Shark Q | |
| 19 | Needs More Cowbell BBQ | |
| 20 | Stitt Show BBQ | |
| 21 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 22 | SHB Customs | |
| 23 | SMOKIN' JOE BBQ | |
| 24 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 25 | PACS BBQ | |
| 26 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 27 | HOT MESS |
27 entries · top 177.7144 · median 171.9888
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 2 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 3 | PACS BBQ | |
| 4 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 5 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 6 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 7 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 8 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 9 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 10 | Needs More Cowbell BBQ | |
| 11 | CLARK CREW BBQ | |
| 12 | BrewsCue | |
| 13 | Shark Q | |
| 14 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 15 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 16 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 17 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 18 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 19 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 20 | BURNT FINGER BBQ | |
| 21 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 22 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 23 | SHB Customs | |
| 24 | Stitt Show BBQ | |
| 25 | ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE | |
| 26 | SMOKIN' JOE BBQ | |
| 27 | HOT MESS |
27 entries · top 180 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 2 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 3 | Stitt Show BBQ | |
| 4 | CLARK CREW BBQ | |
| 5 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 6 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 7 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 8 | BrewsCue | |
| 9 | BURNT FINGER BBQ | |
| 10 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 11 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 12 | SHB Customs | |
| 13 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 14 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 15 | Shark Q | |
| 16 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 17 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 18 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 19 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 20 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 21 | PACS BBQ | |
| 22 | Needs More Cowbell BBQ | |
| 23 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 24 | SMOKIN' JOE BBQ | |
| 25 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 26 | HOT MESS | |
| 27 | ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE |
27 entries · top 177.7144 · median 171.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 2 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 3 | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | |
| 4 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 5 | Cities Edge BBQ | |
| 6 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 7 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 8 | Shark Q | |
| 9 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 10 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 11 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 12 | Needs More Cowbell BBQ | |
| 13 | BURNT FINGER BBQ | |
| 14 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 15 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 16 | CLARK CREW BBQ | |
| 17 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 18 | BrewsCue | |
| 19 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 20 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 21 | PACS BBQ | |
| 22 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 23 | Stitt Show BBQ | |
| 24 | SMOKIN' JOE BBQ | |
| 25 | SHB Customs | |
| 26 | ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE | |
| 27 | HOT MESS |