Saluting with Smoke - Honor Q Reboot
2023-09-16 – 2023-09-17 · Yorkville, IL · 📍 4000 N. Bridge St. · State championship
Reps: BECKY DRUETZLER, DAVE DRUETZLER · Prize money: $2,500.00
Grand Champion: Fergolicious BBQ (707.9772) · 18 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 UP FROM THE PITS BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 9.7484 points — a wider margin than 90% of championships in the data.
🧳 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.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: GETTIN' BASTED and QUE U tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Fergolicious BBQ and UP FROM THE PITS BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: PORKRASTINATORS and WE WILL ROCK QUE tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ 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 28-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
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)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 174.2856 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.7144 | 168.5256 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 169.1428 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 170.2744 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |