Primo BBQ Bash
2023-09-08 – 2023-09-09 · Poplar Bluff, MO · 📍 2450 South 11th Street · State championship
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $25,000.00
Grand Champion: Good Googly Goo BBQ (701.6800) · 28 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 JANKY LEG 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 statement win
The champion won by 9.7488 points — a wider margin than 90% of championships in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ took the Grand Championship home to VA.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: Poppa Pig and GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: JANKY LEG BBQ and RAZORRACKS tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: BLIND HOG BBQ and JANKY LEG BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1614 power rating going in — stronger than 95% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, JANKY LEG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 171.9772 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 172.5484 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 173.7256 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 173.1544 | 171.4056 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
28 entries · top 701.6800 · median 680.7428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 2 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 3 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 4 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 5 | Rankin County BBQ Company | |
| 6 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 7 | Poppa Pig | |
| 8 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 9 | HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 10 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 11 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 12 | Blacktop BBQ | |
| 13 | Kilt-in It BBQ | |
| 14 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 15 | Sum' Buck BBQ | |
| 16 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 17 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 18 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 19 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 20 | T-Squared BBQ | |
| 21 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 22 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 23 | CLAUDE'S Q | |
| 24 | Smokehouse Gang | |
| 25 | Kick Em In The Butt BBQ | |
| 26 | Outsiders BBQ | |
| 27 | Two Guys and A Hog | |
| 28 | Russell's Dam Good BBQ |
Chicken
28 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.8286 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poppa Pig | |
| 2 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 3 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 4 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 5 | Kilt-in It BBQ | |
| 6 | Rankin County BBQ Company | |
| 7 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 8 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 9 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 10 | Blacktop BBQ | |
| 11 | CLAUDE'S Q | |
| 12 | Smokehouse Gang | |
| 13 | HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 14 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 15 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 16 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 17 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 18 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 19 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 20 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 21 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 22 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 23 | Sum' Buck BBQ | |
| 24 | T-Squared BBQ | |
| 25 | Outsiders BBQ | |
| 26 | Two Guys and A Hog | |
| 27 | Kick Em In The Butt BBQ | |
| 28 | Russell's Dam Good BBQ |
Pork Ribs
28 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 2 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 3 | HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 4 | Kilt-in It BBQ | |
| 5 | Rankin County BBQ Company | |
| 6 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 7 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 8 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 9 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 10 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 11 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 12 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 13 | Blacktop BBQ | |
| 14 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 15 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 16 | Poppa Pig | |
| 17 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 18 | T-Squared BBQ | |
| 19 | Sum' Buck BBQ | |
| 20 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 21 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 22 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 23 | Kick Em In The Butt BBQ | |
| 24 | Smokehouse Gang | |
| 25 | CLAUDE'S Q | |
| 26 | Outsiders BBQ | |
| 27 | Two Guys and A Hog | |
| 28 | Russell's Dam Good BBQ |
Pork
28 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.4344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 2 | Rankin County BBQ Company | |
| 3 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 4 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 5 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 6 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 7 | Sum' Buck BBQ | |
| 8 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 9 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 10 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 11 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 12 | Blacktop BBQ | |
| 13 | Poppa Pig | |
| 14 | Smokehouse Gang | |
| 15 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 16 | T-Squared BBQ | |
| 17 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 18 | HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 19 | Kilt-in It BBQ | |
| 20 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 21 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 22 | Kick Em In The Butt BBQ | |
| 23 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 24 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 25 | CLAUDE'S Q | |
| 26 | Outsiders BBQ | |
| 27 | Russell's Dam Good BBQ | |
| 28 | Two Guys and A Hog |
Brisket
28 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.2800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sum' Buck BBQ | |
| 2 | Glamping Grillers | |
| 3 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | |
| 5 | CLAUDE'S Q | |
| 6 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 7 | RAZORRACKS | |
| 8 | T-Squared BBQ | |
| 9 | HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 10 | Kith n' Kin | |
| 11 | Kermit's Ex | |
| 12 | PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | |
| 13 | Poppa Pig | |
| 14 | Blacktop BBQ | |
| 15 | BLIND HOG BBQ | |
| 16 | Smoked & Furious | |
| 17 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 18 | Kick Em In The Butt BBQ | |
| 19 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 20 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 21 | MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | |
| 22 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 23 | Kilt-in It BBQ | |
| 24 | Rankin County BBQ Company | |
| 25 | Outsiders BBQ | |
| 26 | Russell's Dam Good BBQ | |
| 27 | Smokehouse Gang | |
| 28 | Two Guys and A Hog |