Primo BBQ Bash
2023-09-08 – 2023-09-09 · Poplar Bluff, MO · State championship
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $25,000.00
Grand Champion: Good Googly Goo BBQ (701.6800) · 28 teams
Entries
28
4 categories
Top score
701.6800
Winning margin
9.7488
GC over RC
Field average
671.33
median 680.74
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Tightest race
Pork
2.8344 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
684.4572
what a walk cost here
Field spread
103.6000
winner to last place
Prize money
$25,000.00
on the line
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 28%
beats 72% of 2715 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1614
avg power rating going in · stronger than 95% of contests
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ took the Grand Championship home to VA.
🏟️ 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
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series — 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 |
Master Series — 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 |
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 |
Master Series — 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 |
Master Series — 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 |