The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2)
2023-07-29 – 2023-07-30 · Dodge City, KS · 📍 Wright Park · State championship
Reps: LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH · Prize money: $9,250.00
Grand Champion: SMOKED & FURIOUS (709.7032) · 27 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 CHICKEN FRIED BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1316 points — closer than 81% of every championship in the data.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CLARK CREW BBQ (won 2023).
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1613 power rating going in — stronger than 95% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
Smoked & Furious came in rated below the field's top team, JANKY LEG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
Score distribution
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-28 | Dodge City, KS | Wright Park | 25 | 711.4172 | CLARK CREW BBQ | BrewsCue |
| 2023-07-28 | Dodge City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-07-29 ← this one | Dodge City, KS | Wright Park | 27 | 709.7032 | SMOKED & FURIOUS | CHICKEN FRIED BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 175.4288 | 173.1316 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 177.7144 | 176.0000 | 174.2628 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
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 |
Chicken
27 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |
Pork Ribs
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 |
Pork
27 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |
Brisket
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 |