2023-08-18 – 2023-08-19 · Excelsior Springs, MO · 📍 201 E. Broadway · State championship
Reps: DAVE ROGERS, FORREST BRUCE, LARRY HADLEY · Prize money: $8,450.00
Grand Champion: Gettin' Basted (706.8344) · 57 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MACHETE BOYS 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.
What it has taken to win here, 2020 to 2026 — 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.
GETTIN' BASTED won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 6 tracked editions
Triple H BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Chicken places 1–2: KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON and PARTS 'R' SMOKIN tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: JANKY LEG BBQ and Bears Backyard Q tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Bears Backyard Q and Notch 9 tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Bigger than 91% of the 5,410 contests in the data
57 teams made this a bigger field than 91% of every contest tracked.
This contest usually draws about 55 teams
57 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 55.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-14 | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E Broadway | 55 | 703.3828 | Shake 'n Bake BBQ | GETTIN' SAUCED |
| 2022-08-19 | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E. Broadway | 54 | 707.4056 | Triple H BBQ | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2023-08-18 ← this one | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E. Broadway | 57 | 706.8344 | Gettin' Basted | MACHETE BOYS BBQ |
| 2024-08-16 | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E. Broadway | 65 | 703.9660 | Machete Boys BBQ | Ambition Que |
| 2025-08-15 | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E. Broadway | 62 | 710.8572 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ |
| 2026-08-14 | Excelsior Springs, MO | 201 E. Broadway | 83 | 711.9772 | Triple H BBQ | BBQ Maestros |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5828 | 176.0000 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 177.7144 | 175.4288 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 175.4056 | 173.1200 |
57 entries · top 706.8344 · median 673.6456
56 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
57 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8228
57 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6916 · 🔥 perfect 180
57 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9772
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 178.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
20 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.6914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 2 | Three Legged Pig BBQ | |
| 3 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 4 | S&S BBQ | |
| 5 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 6 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 7 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 8 | Atlas Saloon Brewery | |
| 9 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 10 | No Money No Honey BBQ | |
| 11 | GRILLAS | |
| 12 | K CASS BBQ | |
| 13 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 14 | 22 Que | |
| 15 | The Art of Que | |
| 16 | All Fired Up and Kicking Ash MO | |
| 17 | GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY | |
| 18 | HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS | |
| 19 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 20 | Notch 9 |
42 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 2 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 3 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 4 | RUB MY RACK | |
| 5 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 6 | IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ | |
| 7 | GRILLAS | |
| 8 | No Money No Honey BBQ | |
| 9 | Three Legged Pig BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | |
| 11 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 12 | BIG BOLA Q | |
| 13 | Atlas Saloon Brewery | |
| 14 | Bears Backyard Q | |
| 15 | Go Pig or Go Home | |
| 16 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 17 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 18 | K CASS BBQ | |
| 19 | Scratch that Itch BBQ | |
| 20 | M Squared Smokin' Q | |
| 21 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 22 | Smoke 'n Magic | |
| 23 | Platte County BBQ | |
| 24 | Notch 9 | |
| 25 | SMOKE THIS BBQ MO | |
| 26 | HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS | |
| 27 | Brushfire | |
| 28 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 29 | KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON | |
| 30 | Ambition Que | |
| 31 | Too Sauced To Smoke | |
| 32 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 33 | The Dogs Liked It | |
| 34 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 35 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 36 | All Fired Up and Kicking Ash MO | |
| 37 | S&S BBQ | |
| 38 | Yelton Wood Ticks | |
| 39 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 40 | Pancho, Sisco, The Kid and Company | |
| 41 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 42 | The Art of Que |