Jan 12–13, 2024 · Bullhead City, AZ · 📍 2315 Balboa Drive · State championship
Reps: Bunny Tuttle, Michelle Mann, Rich Tuttle · Prize money: $20,000
Cherry Anchor BBQ won Grand Champion at the 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge on January 12, 2024 in Bullhead City, AZ at 2315 Balboa Drive, scoring 699.9428 in a field of 58 teams. BIG POPPA SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 698.7884. Category winners: Chicken — SD SMOKE (178.8572); Pork Ribs — PORTERHOUSE BBQ (178.8572); Pork — Cherry Anchor BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — SHENANIGANS BBQ (180.0000).
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 79% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1544 points — closer than 79% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 89 times in 100
Cherry Anchor BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BIG POPPA SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was CHERRY ANCHOR BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 11th tracked contest.
Chicken places 2–3: OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ and SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ and DRY 2 DA BONE tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Heavy Smoke BBQ and Big Cat BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Cherry Anchor BBQ took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 32nd.
Bigger than 91% of the 5,462 contests in the data
58 teams — bigger than 91% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5716 | 174.8572 |
| Pork | 180 | 177.1428 | 175.4172 |
| Brisket | 180 | 174.8572 | 173.1200 |
58 entries · top 699.9428 · median 676.1540
57 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8344
58 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.8630
58 entries · top 180 · median 168.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
58 entries · top 180 · median 165.9770 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
12 entries · top 180 · median 175.1372 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PHIL THE GRILL | |
| 2 | SLINGIN MEATS | |
| 3 | Underhogs | |
| 4 | No Swine without Wine | |
| 5 | BAMA BBQ | |
| 6 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 7 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | |
| 8 | B Lee's BBQ | |
| 9 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 10 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 11 | Shane Edd's BBQ | |
| 12 | TCB-TAKEN CARE OF BBQ |
10 entries · top 175.4172 · median 167.1028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 2 | New Life BBQ | |
| 3 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 4 | PHIL THE GRILL | |
| 5 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 6 | ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q | |
| 7 | Shane Edd's BBQ | |
| 8 | No Swine without Wine | |
| 9 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 10 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP |
15 entries · top 180 · median 178.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Underhogs | |
| 2 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 3 | BAMA BBQ | |
| 4 | Needs More Cowbell BBQ | |
| 5 | Shane Edd's BBQ | |
| 6 | RED EYED SMOKERS | |
| 7 | PHIL THE GRILL | |
| 8 | ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q | |
| 9 | B Lee's BBQ | |
| 10 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 11 | TCB-TAKEN CARE OF BBQ | |
| 12 | SLINGIN MEATS | |
| 13 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 14 | No Swine without Wine | |
| 15 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP |
11 entries · top 179.4400 · median 162.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MacKenna -Shenanigans BBQ | |
| 2 | Aiden | |
| 3 | Jaidynn | |
| 4 | Flame of Thrones | |
| 5 | Matthew - Honey Paws Kid | |
| 6 | Eden | |
| 7 | Gage - Honey Paws Kid | |
| 8 | Kinsey | |
| 9 | Samantha Lucky Ladies | |
| 10 | Yaba-Dabba-Do | |
| 11 | Avery |
4 entries · top 176.5716 · median 158.2572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abigail Lucky Ladies | |
| 2 | Kailtin Lucky Ladies | |
| 3 | Jocelyn | |
| 4 | Dexter |
16 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.1200