2023-08-25 – 2023-08-26 · Liberal, KS · 📍 7422 RD 3 · State championship
Reps: LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH · Prize money: $15,000.00
Grand Champion: Double Barrel BBQ (700.5828) · 19 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MUNNY'S STOVE
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 87 times in 100
DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK came in rated below the field's top team, CLARK CREW BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 13-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Pork Ribs places 2–3: BRACKEN RACKS BBQ and Hollow-Q tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: BURNIN' SANDS BBQ and Tornado Alley tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: MUNNY'S STOVE and POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP tied on 175.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 12th.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-25 ← this one | Liberal, KS | 7422 RD 3 | 19 | 700.5828 | Double Barrel BBQ | MUNNY'S STOVE |
| 2024-08-23 | Liberal, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 174.2628 | 169.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 174.8572 | 171.4400 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 175.4056 | 173.1084 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 173.1084 | 169.6684 |
19 entries · top 700.5828 · median 677.1084
19 entries · top 178.8800 · median 169.1200
19 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.4400
19 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.1084
19 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.6684