Sep 8–9, 2023 · Poplar Bluff, MO · 📍 2450 South 11th Street · State championship
Reps: Janet Appleton, Sam Appleton · Prize money: $25,000
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ won Grand Champion at the Primo BBQ Bash on September 8, 2023 in Poplar Bluff, MO at 2450 South 11th Street, scoring 701.6800 in a field of 28 teams. JANKY LEG BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 691.9312. Category winners: Chicken — Poppa Pig (180.0000); Pork Ribs — TRIPLE H BBQ (178.8572); Pork — GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ (176.5600); Brisket — Sum' Buck BBQ (177.7028).
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 78 times in 100
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.
Wider than 87% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The champion won by 9.7488 points — a wider margin than 87% of championships in the data.
Stronger than 96% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1655 power rating going in — stronger than 96% of every contest tracked.
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.
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 9th.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 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 |
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 |
28 entries · top 180 · 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |