9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
2024-01-12 – 2024-01-13 · Bullhead City, AZ · 📍 2315 Balboa Drive · State championship
Reps: BUNNY TUTTLE, MICHELLE MANN, RICH TUTTLE · Prize money: $20,000.00
Grand Champion: CHERRY ANCHOR BBQ (699.9428) · 58 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BIG POPPA SMOKERS
Entries
Top score
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Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
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Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1544 points — closer than 78% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Cherry Anchor BBQ took the Grand Championship home to CA.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🃏 An upset on the books
Cherry Anchor BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Heavy Smoke BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-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 | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5716 | 174.8572 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.1428 | 175.4172 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 174.8572 | 173.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
58 entries · top 699.9428 · median 676.1540
Chicken
57 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8344
Pork Ribs
58 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.8630
Pork
58 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
58 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.9770 · 🔥 perfect 180
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.
Ancillary — Appetizer
12 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |
Ancillary — Cook'S Choice
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 |
Ancillary — Dessert
15 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |
Kids-Q — Kid'S Que Older Division 11-16
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 |
Kids-Q — Kids Que Younger Division 5-10
4 entries · top 176.5716 · median 158.2572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abigail Lucky Ladies | |
| 2 | Kailtin Lucky Ladies | |
| 3 | Jocelyn | |
| 4 | Dexter |
Ancillary — Sausage
16 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.1200