19th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITOR SERIES)
2023-10-20 – 2023-10-21 · Riverside, CA · 📍 8351 Magnolia Ave
Reps: KATHLEEN MCINTOSH, KELLY MCINTOSH
Grand Champion: SoCal Outlaw BBQ (692.5488) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Chasin' Barrels BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 9–10: No Swine without Wine and Monita's Pythons in Search of the Holy Grill tied on 166.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Froggz Food edged No Swine without Wine by 0.0116. Chicken places 4–5: PS Smokin Meats edged BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ by 0.1028.
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0228 | 171.9772 | 166.8344 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 170.8344 | 166.8228 |
| Pork | 175.4172 | 168.5256 | 164.0000 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
20 entries · top 692.5488 · median 654.7830
Chicken
20 entries · top 176.0228 · median 165.9714
Pork Ribs
20 entries · top 178.8800 · median 165.6858
Pork
20 entries · top 175.4172 · median 163.9772
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.
Competitor Series — Tri-Tip
20 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.7030