Every sanctioned contest scored in September 2023 — 1 Sep to 30 Sep.
top 1% of every Master overall ever scored
GETTIN' BASTED put up 713.1200 at Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) — the highest overall of the month.
POOR BOYS BBQ took 3 Grand Championships in September 2023.
MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ won their first Grand Championship at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival, in their 59th contest in the data.
The ratings gave them a 15% chance
Race Crew Drum Smokers won Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff over top-rated Meat Candy Q as the ratings underdog.
Six judges, every card a 9: 77 perfect 180s were handed out in September 2023.
Mad Rocket Barbecue edged NORALA BBQ TEAM by 0.0000 at O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) #1.
BrewsCue gained 46 rating points across 5 contests — the biggest climb of the month.
Race Crew Drum Smokers finished 1st at Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff — the first contest they appear in anywhere in the data.
MAGNOLIA put up 695.3828 on the Backyard board at Bands & BBQ at the Point — two meats, a different scale, and the same nerves.
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest drew 487 teams, and JANKY LEG BBQ won it.
GETTIN' BASTED cooked 11 contests in September 2023 — nobody hauled the rig further.
Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff ran for the first time on record, drawing 99 teams, and Race Crew Drum Smokers won it. Somebody put in the work to make a new contest happen.
12 sanctioned contests were cooked on 8 Sep alone.
EUGENE WICKHAM repped 7 contests in September 2023 — somebody has to run the table.
| Category | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken ×24 💯 | GETTIN' BASTED Smoke on the River |
180.0000 |
| Pork Ribs ×13 💯 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) |
180.0000 |
| Pork ×21 💯 | Smoked & Furious Smoke on the River |
180.0000 |
| Brisket ×19 💯 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival |
180.0000 |
…and 53 more in September 2023.
| Team | Rating | Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| BrewsCue #316 | 1,719 | +46 |
| POOR BOYS BBQ #199 | 1,756 | +41 |
| Brisket Butts #631 | 1,653 | +40 |
| GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ #411 | 1,694 | +36 |
| Dirt Bag Barbeque #1262 | 1,581 | +35 |
| Leaning Jowler BBQ #98 | 1,808 | +34 |
| SMOKIN' OUTLAWS #320 | 1,719 | +34 |
| Smokey Bees BBQ - MS #119 | 1,794 | +33 |
| The BBQ Ranch #381 | 1,704 | +33 |
| Smokin Reefer BBQ #1466 | 1,567 | +33 |
| 5 Alarm BBQ #1281 | 1,580 | -27 |
| IN DEEP SAUCE #1001 | 1,605 | -27 |
| Smokin Aces #2232 | 1,529 | -29 |
| DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM #612 | 1,656 | -39 |
| Bourbon & Blues BBQ #1242 | 1,582 | -46 |
| Team | Contests | GCs | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| GETTIN' BASTED | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| JANKY LEG BBQ | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| QUE U | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 9 | — | 2 |
| THE BBQ BUS | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| BrewsCue | 8 | — | 2 |
| MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | 8 | — | 2 |
| SMOKECRAFT - MD | 8 | — | 2 |
| PORKRASTINATORS | 8 | — | 3 |
| GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| PADDY MCQ'S | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Shiggin aint easy | 7 | — | 2 |
| CycloneBBQ | 7 | — | 4 |
| WE WILL ROCK QUE | 7 | — | 4 |
| Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | 7 | — | 6 |
| Rep | Contests | States |
|---|---|---|
| EUGENE WICKHAM | 7 | 3 |
| LARRY VOTH | 7 | 2 |
| LYNDA VOTH | 7 | 2 |
| SARAH WICKHAM | 7 | 3 |
| BILL WRIGHT | 6 | 2 |
| DAVE ROGERS | 6 | 2 |
| FORREST BRUCE | 6 | 1 |
| JULIE COOK | 6 | 2 |
| KIM WRIGHT | 6 | 2 |
| LARRY HADLEY | 6 | 1 |
| PEG ROGERS | 6 | 2 |
| RUSTY COOK | 6 | 2 |
| BECKY DRUETZLER | 5 | 1 |
| DAVE DRUETZLER | 5 | 1 |
| MARIANNE VAN GALEN | 5 | — |
| MAYCO VAN GALEN | 5 | — |
| LOUISE WEIDNER | 4 | 2 |
| ROBERT MCKEE | 4 | 2 |
| BRENDA BLACK | 3 | 2 |
| BUNNY TUTTLE | 3 | 3 |
| State/Prov. | Contests | Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 7 | 667 |
| Illinois | 7 | 119 |
| Missouri | 5 | 126 |
| Alabama | 4 | 33 |
| North Carolina | 3 | 60 |
| Massachusetts | 3 | 46 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 45 |
| Wisconsin | 3 | 45 |
| Vermont | 3 | 26 |
| West Virginia | 3 | 24 |
| Texas | 2 | 199 |
| Alberta | 2 | 82 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 77 |
| California | 2 | 41 |
| Virginia | 2 | 24 |
| Iowa | 1 | 39 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 34 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 30 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 28 |
| Saskatchewan | 1 | 26 |
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAGNOLIA Bands & BBQ at the Point |
695.3828 |
| 2 | Pullin Out the Butts BBQ Bands & BBQ at the Point |
680.5712 |
| 3 | Smoke Wagon BBQ KY Bands & BBQ at the Point |
680.0000 |
| 4 | Big Daddy Dave's BBQ Bands & BBQ at the Point |
669.7140 |
| 5 | Dogpatch Q Bands & BBQ at the Point |
668.5140 |
| 6 | MADAB'S BBQ Bands & BBQ at the Point |
655.3144 |
| 7 | Five G Family Barbeque Bands & BBQ at the Point |
653.6572 |
| 8 | Kue Bands & BBQ at the Point |
642.2284 |
| 9 | Eddie Q Bands & BBQ at the Point |
625.7256 |
| 10 | Saucy Roy's BBQ Bands & BBQ at the Point |
625.6220 |
| 11 | Smoke - N - Hops Bands & BBQ at the Point |
624.4572 |
| 12 | Dude's Q Bands & BBQ at the Point |
623.9884 |
| Contest | Teams | Won by |
|---|---|---|
| Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff Waller, TX |
99 | Race Crew Drum Smokers |
| Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES) Midland, TX |
88 | Valtek |
| Shawnee Great Grillers Shawnee, KS |
73 | Slaps BBQ |
| Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB |
40 | Meat Sweats BBQ |
| 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails Gardner, KS |
38 | Fergolicious BBQ |
| WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES) Lee's Summit, MO |
37 | KC TRIAL LAW |
| Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge Omaha, NE |
34 | Janky Leg |
| Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) Sherwood Park, Edmonton, AB |
29 | Brisket Butts |
| Primo BBQ Bash Poplar Bluff, MO |
28 | Good Googly Goo BBQ |
| 35th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO |
26 | American Fire BBQ |
| Smoke 'N the Valley Lumsden, SK |
26 | 333 BBQ |
| 12 Bridge Rib Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lincoln, CA |
22 | Smolder & Wiser |
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