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35th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out

2023-09-15 – 2023-09-16 · Kearney, MO · 📍 3001 N 33 Hwy · State championship

Reps: PHIL MORROW PHB, ROSEMARY MORROW · Prize money: $5,950.00

Grand Champion: American Fire BBQ (700.5144) · 26 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ

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AMERICAN FIRE BBQ
700.5144 · Master Series — Overall
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MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ
700.5028 · Master Series — Overall
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WABASH BBQ
698.2172 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

26
5 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

700.5144

Winning margin

0.0116
GC over RC

Field average

670.39
median 682.14

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
The Art of Que (Pork)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
2.3088 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

690.7656
10th place overall

Field spread

107.4288
winner to last place

Prize money

$5,950.00
on the line

Most consistent

Ambition Que
avg finish 4.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

9
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 2.2972 pts — AMERICAN FIRE BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 46%
beats 54% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

27%
of the 26 teams with a home region came from outside MO

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.68 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1552
avg power rating going in · stronger than 57% of contests

Top-rated in the field

HIGH i QUE
rated 1769 pre-contest

Storylines

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0116 points — closer than 97% of every championship in the data.

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

AMERICAN FIRE BBQ took the Grand Championship home to KS.

📸 Photo finishes

Master Series — Chicken places 6–7: Absolute Bull and 33 Smokers tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 7–8: 33 Smokers and AMERICAN FIRE BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Chicken places 9–10: Ambition Que and PORK COUNTY BARBECUE tied on 173.1084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

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)

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)

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken178.8572173.7028173.1084
Master Series — Pork Ribs177.7144175.4056170.8228
Master Series — Pork180.0000176.5600173.1200
Master Series — Brisket178.8572174.2628171.4056
Ancillary — Pork176.5600169.6800162.2400

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 700.5144 · median 682.1426

#TeamScore
1 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 700.5144
2 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 700.5028
3 WABASH BBQ 698.2172
4 HIGH i QUE 695.9200
5 Burnt Skull BBQ 695.3484
6 The Art of Que 694.8116
7 Damn Fine Beef & Swine 694.7540
8 RICK'S RACKS 692.4568
9 Three Legs & A Pig 691.9316
10 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 690.7656
11 Ambition Que 690.7540
12 Three Brothers Different Mothers 688.4452
13 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 687.8856
14 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 676.3996
15 PORK COUNTY BARBECUE 674.7084
16 Absolute Bull 672.4112
17 GRILLAS 663.8400
18 T'S SMOKIN PIT 658.6396
19 33 Smokers 658.1144
20 SEDALIA MASTERBASTERS 657.5540
21 Flower of the Flame 650.6396
22 Circle Z BBQ 638.6740
23 Tri-R-BBQ 635.2112
24 The Good, the Bad & the Ugly 624.2852
25 Big E and the Smoking Bandits 604.3884
26 Smokin Butts BBQ 593.0856

Chicken

26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9772

#TeamScore
1 HIGH i QUE 178.8572
2 WABASH BBQ 177.7144
3 RICK'S RACKS 177.7028
4 Damn Fine Beef & Swine 175.4172
5 The Art of Que 173.7028
6 Absolute Bull 173.1200
7 33 Smokers 173.1200
8 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 173.1200
9 Ambition Que 173.1084
10 PORK COUNTY BARBECUE 173.1084
11 Three Brothers Different Mothers 173.1084
12 Burnt Skull BBQ 172.5600
13 Three Legs & A Pig 171.9888
14 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 171.9656
15 GRILLAS 169.1200
16 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 167.3828
17 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 167.3828
18 T'S SMOKIN PIT 166.2516
19 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 166.2400
20 Circle Z BBQ 165.0856
21 Flower of the Flame 163.9312
22 The Good, the Bad & the Ugly 162.7884
23 SEDALIA MASTERBASTERS 161.0972
24 Big E and the Smoking Bandits 154.8000
25 Tri-R-BBQ 154.2400
26 Smokin Butts BBQ 146.2856

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 177.7144 · median 169.6742

#TeamScore
1 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 177.7144
2 Ambition Que 176.5600
3 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 176.0000
4 HIGH i QUE 175.4172
5 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 175.4056
6 Three Brothers Different Mothers 174.2628
7 Burnt Skull BBQ 174.2628
8 Damn Fine Beef & Swine 173.1084
9 The Art of Que 172.5716
10 WABASH BBQ 170.8228
11 RICK'S RACKS 170.8228
12 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 169.6800
13 Three Legs & A Pig 169.6800
14 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 169.6684
15 T'S SMOKIN PIT 168.5256
16 SEDALIA MASTERBASTERS 167.3828
17 Flower of the Flame 165.1200
18 33 Smokers 163.9544
19 Absolute Bull 163.3828
20 PORK COUNTY BARBECUE 159.3600
21 Tri-R-BBQ 155.9200
22 Smokin Butts BBQ 153.6800
23 Circle Z BBQ 153.6456
24 GRILLAS 151.9200
25 Big E and the Smoking Bandits 145.6572
26 The Good, the Bad & the Ugly 145.6228

Pork

26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6742 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 The Art of Que 180.0000 🔥
2 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 178.8572
3 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 177.7144
4 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 177.7028
5 Three Legs & A Pig 176.5600
6 Burnt Skull BBQ 174.2628
7 Damn Fine Beef & Swine 174.2628
8 PORK COUNTY BARBECUE 173.7028
9 GRILLAS 173.1200
10 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 173.1200
11 WABASH BBQ 173.1200
12 RICK'S RACKS 173.1200
13 Absolute Bull 169.6800
14 Three Brothers Different Mothers 169.6684
15 HIGH i QUE 168.5372
16 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 168.5256
17 Ambition Que 165.6684
18 Circle Z BBQ 162.2972
19 Tri-R-BBQ 162.2628
20 Flower of the Flame 161.0856
21 SEDALIA MASTERBASTERS 159.3712
22 T'S SMOKIN PIT 158.7768
23 The Good, the Bad & the Ugly 151.9428
24 Smokin Butts BBQ 151.4172
25 Big E and the Smoking Bandits 151.3828
26 33 Smokers 150.2172

Brisket

26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2570

#TeamScore
1 AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 178.8572
2 WABASH BBQ 176.5600
3 Ambition Que 175.4172
4 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 174.2628
5 Burnt Skull BBQ 174.2628
6 Three Legs & A Pig 173.7028
7 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 173.1200
8 HIGH i QUE 173.1084
9 Damn Fine Beef & Swine 171.9656
10 Three Brothers Different Mothers 171.4056
11 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 170.8228
12 33 Smokers 170.8228
13 RICK'S RACKS 170.8112
14 SEDALIA MASTERBASTERS 169.7028
15 GRILLAS 169.6800
16 The Art of Que 168.5372
17 PORK COUNTY BARBECUE 168.5372
18 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 168.5256
19 Absolute Bull 166.2284
20 T'S SMOKIN PIT 165.0856
21 The Good, the Bad & the Ugly 163.9312
22 Tri-R-BBQ 162.7884
23 Flower of the Flame 160.5028
24 Circle Z BBQ 157.6456
25 Big E and the Smoking Bandits 152.5484
26 Smokin Butts BBQ 141.7028

Ancillary

Pork

15 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.8000

#TeamScore
1 KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON 176.5600
2 PORK COUNTY BARBECUE 174.8572
3 RICK'S RACKS 171.9772
4 33 Smokers 171.9772
5 Ambition Que 169.6800
6 GRILLAS 167.3828
7 Three Legs & A Pig 163.9544
8 Circle Z BBQ 162.8000
9 Absolute Bull 162.7884
10 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 162.2400
11 The Good, the Bad & the Ugly 160.5144
12 Tri-R-BBQ 153.6228
13 SEDALIA MASTERBASTERS 153.0972
14 Smokin Butts BBQ 152.5716
15 Flower of the Flame 150.8000

Ancillary categories

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.

Ancillary — Brat

15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 GRILLAS 180.0000 🔥
2 T'S SMOKIN PIT 177.7028
3 The Good, the Bad & the Ugly 173.7256
4 PORK COUNTY BARBECUE 173.1200
5 33 Smokers 173.1084
6 PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS 171.9888
7 Circle Z BBQ 171.9656
8 Three Legs & A Pig 171.9656
9 Smokin Butts BBQ 170.8456
10 MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 169.6912
11 RICK'S RACKS 169.1084
12 Absolute Bull 166.2284
13 Flower of the Flame 166.2284
14 Tri-R-BBQ 166.2284
15 SEDALIA MASTERBASTERS 165.6800

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