Saluting with Smoke - Honor Q Reboot
2023-09-16 – 2023-09-17 · Yorkville, IL · State championship
Reps: BECKY DRUETZLER, DAVE DRUETZLER · Prize money: $2,500.00
Grand Champion: Fergolicious BBQ (707.9772) · 18 teams
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Fergolicious BBQ took the Grand Championship home to KS.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1616 power rating going in — stronger than 96% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
Fergolicious BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-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
18 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 2 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 3 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 4 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 5 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 6 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 7 | DB BBQ | |
| 8 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 9 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 10 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 11 | QUE U | |
| 12 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 13 | You Ain't Kidding BBQ | |
| 14 | C&M BBQ | |
| 15 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 16 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 17 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 18 | MIL-TOWN BBQ |
Master Series — Chicken
18 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.5714 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 2 | QUE U | |
| 3 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 4 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 5 | DB BBQ | |
| 6 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 7 | C&M BBQ | |
| 8 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 9 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 10 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 11 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 12 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 13 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 14 | MIL-TOWN BBQ | |
| 15 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 16 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 17 | You Ain't Kidding BBQ | |
| 18 | SI2 BBQ |
Master Series — Overall
18 entries · top 707.9772 · median 684.8058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 2 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 3 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 4 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 5 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 6 | QUE U | |
| 7 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 8 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 9 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 10 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 11 | C&M BBQ | |
| 12 | DB BBQ | |
| 13 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 14 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 15 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 16 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 17 | MIL-TOWN BBQ | |
| 18 | You Ain't Kidding BBQ |
Master Series — Pork
18 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.4114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 2 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 3 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 4 | C&M BBQ | |
| 5 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 6 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 7 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 8 | QUE U | |
| 9 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 10 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 11 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 12 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 13 | MIL-TOWN BBQ | |
| 14 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 15 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 16 | DB BBQ | |
| 17 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 18 | You Ain't Kidding BBQ |
Master Series — Pork Ribs
18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.8286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fergolicious BBQ | |
| 2 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 3 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 4 | GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | |
| 5 | QUE U | |
| 6 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 7 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 8 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 9 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 10 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 11 | C&M BBQ | |
| 12 | Smoke of Genius | |
| 13 | SI2 BBQ | |
| 14 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 15 | DB BBQ | |
| 16 | MIL-TOWN BBQ | |
| 17 | You Ain't Kidding BBQ | |
| 18 | Sky High BBQ |