Sep 9–10, 2023 · Gardner, KS · 📍 32501 159th Street · State championship
Reps: Forrest Bruce, Larry Hadley · Prize money: $10,000
Fergolicious BBQ won Grand Champion at the 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails on September 9, 2023 in Gardner, KS at 32501 159th Street, scoring 703.9544 in a field of 38 teams. BrewsCue took Reserve Grand Champion with 702.2400. Category winners: Chicken — PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Shark Q (180.0000); Pork — SLAPS BBQ (177.7144); Brisket — BrewsCue (180.0000).
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 75 times in 100
Fergolicious BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Fergolicious BBQ 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.
Chicken places 2–3: MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ and GEO SMOKERS tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: GEO SMOKERS and Happy Grillmore tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Damn Fine Beef & Swine and JANKY LEG BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.1428 | 174.2744 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 176.5716 | 174.2744 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 175.4172 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 180 | 174.2744 | 173.1200 |
38 entries · top 703.9544 · median 677.8744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 2 | BrewsCue | |
| 3 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 4 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 5 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 6 | Shark Q | |
| 7 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 8 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 9 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 10 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 11 | KC MEAT SWEATS | |
| 12 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 13 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 14 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 15 | Gettin' Basted | |
| 16 | PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY | |
| 17 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 18 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 19 | GEO SMOKERS | |
| 20 | M Squared Smokin' Q | |
| 21 | Pine Tar BBQ | |
| 22 | TAILGATE GUYS BBQ | |
| 23 | Scratch that Itch BBQ | |
| 24 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 25 | IGY6 | |
| 26 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 27 | Three Legged Pig BBQ | |
| 28 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 29 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 30 | Kings of Smoke | |
| 31 | Pork 'N' Butts | |
| 32 | Porkatory | |
| 33 | Float'n & Smokin | |
| 34 | JayHawgs BBQ | |
| 35 | Just Smoked Your Butt | |
| 36 | 2 50 MCS | |
| 37 | The Butt Rubbers | |
| 38 | Amigos BBQ |
38 entries · top 180 · median 171.1256 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY | |
| 2 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 3 | GEO SMOKERS | |
| 4 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 5 | BrewsCue | |
| 6 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 7 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 8 | KC MEAT SWEATS | |
| 9 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 10 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 11 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 12 | Gettin' Basted | |
| 13 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 14 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 15 | Shark Q | |
| 16 | Three Legged Pig BBQ | |
| 17 | Scratch that Itch BBQ | |
| 18 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 19 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 20 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 21 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 22 | TAILGATE GUYS BBQ | |
| 23 | M Squared Smokin' Q | |
| 24 | Pine Tar BBQ | |
| 25 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 26 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 27 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 28 | Kings of Smoke | |
| 29 | Porkatory | |
| 30 | JayHawgs BBQ | |
| 31 | IGY6 | |
| 32 | Amigos BBQ | |
| 33 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 34 | The Butt Rubbers | |
| 35 | Just Smoked Your Butt | |
| 36 | Float'n & Smokin | |
| 37 | Pork 'N' Butts | |
| 38 | 2 50 MCS |
38 entries · top 180 · median 170.5486 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shark Q | |
| 2 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 3 | Pine Tar BBQ | |
| 4 | BrewsCue | |
| 5 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 6 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 7 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 8 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 9 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 10 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 11 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 12 | KC MEAT SWEATS | |
| 13 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 14 | Gettin' Basted | |
| 15 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 16 | Scratch that Itch BBQ | |
| 17 | PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY | |
| 18 | IGY6 | |
| 19 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 20 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 21 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 22 | GEO SMOKERS | |
| 23 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 24 | M Squared Smokin' Q | |
| 25 | Three Legged Pig BBQ | |
| 26 | Pork 'N' Butts | |
| 27 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 28 | TAILGATE GUYS BBQ | |
| 29 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 30 | Float'n & Smokin | |
| 31 | Kings of Smoke | |
| 32 | Just Smoked Your Butt | |
| 33 | JayHawgs BBQ | |
| 34 | The Butt Rubbers | |
| 35 | 2 50 MCS | |
| 36 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 37 | Porkatory | |
| 38 | Amigos BBQ |
38 entries · top 177.7144 · median 168.5314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 2 | Pine Tar BBQ | |
| 3 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 4 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 5 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 6 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 7 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 8 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 9 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 10 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 11 | IGY6 | |
| 12 | PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY | |
| 13 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 14 | GEO SMOKERS | |
| 15 | Shark Q | |
| 16 | Scratch that Itch BBQ | |
| 17 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 18 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 19 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 20 | KC MEAT SWEATS | |
| 21 | TAILGATE GUYS BBQ | |
| 22 | BrewsCue | |
| 23 | Pork 'N' Butts | |
| 24 | M Squared Smokin' Q | |
| 25 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 26 | Three Legged Pig BBQ | |
| 27 | Gettin' Basted | |
| 28 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 29 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 30 | Porkatory | |
| 31 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 32 | Kings of Smoke | |
| 33 | Float'n & Smokin | |
| 34 | 2 50 MCS | |
| 35 | Just Smoked Your Butt | |
| 36 | JayHawgs BBQ | |
| 37 | The Butt Rubbers | |
| 38 | Amigos BBQ |
38 entries · top 180 · median 164.5200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BrewsCue | |
| 2 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 3 | Cow Creek BBQ | |
| 4 | LOVE 2 Q | |
| 5 | SLAPS BBQ | |
| 6 | KC MEAT SWEATS | |
| 7 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 8 | M Squared Smokin' Q | |
| 9 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 10 | Gettin' Basted | |
| 11 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 12 | Shark Q | |
| 13 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | |
| 14 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 15 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 16 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 17 | TAILGATE GUYS BBQ | |
| 18 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 19 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 20 | GETTIN' SAUCED | |
| 21 | GEO SMOKERS | |
| 22 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 23 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 24 | PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY | |
| 25 | Kings of Smoke | |
| 26 | Porkatory | |
| 27 | Scratch that Itch BBQ | |
| 28 | IGY6 | |
| 29 | TORNADO BBQ | |
| 30 | Float'n & Smokin | |
| 31 | Three Legged Pig BBQ | |
| 32 | Pine Tar BBQ | |
| 33 | The Butt Rubbers | |
| 34 | Pork 'N' Butts | |
| 35 | 2 50 MCS | |
| 36 | JayHawgs BBQ | |
| 37 | Just Smoked Your Butt | |
| 38 | Amigos BBQ |
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.
12 entries · top 180 · median 176.8858 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Butt Rubbers | |
| 2 | Shark Q | |
| 3 | Float'n & Smokin | |
| 4 | JDQ BBQ | |
| 5 | 2 50 MCS | |
| 6 | Porkatory | |
| 7 | Kings of Smoke | |
| 8 | Split Borders BBQ | |
| 9 | BrewsCue | |
| 10 | TAILGATE GUYS BBQ | |
| 11 | Barking Hogs BBQ | |
| 12 | JayHawgs BBQ |