Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest
2024-03-15 – 2024-03-16 · Dinuba, CA · 📍 855 E El Monte Way · State championship
Reps: IAN SCHMIDT, JULIE POE · Prize money: $6,000.00
Grand Champion: Old Town Franklin BBQ (698.2744) · 27 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Bad Bears 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
⚖️ Decided by a tiebreaker
The top two teams finished on identical totals — the Grand Championship came down to the KCBS tiebreaker rules.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 4–5: Bad Bears BBQ and OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ and SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 5–6: Bad Bears BBQ edged OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ by 0.0116.
🃏 An upset on the books
Old Town Franklin BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Meat Candy Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-15 ← this one | Dinuba, CA | 855 E El Monte Way | 27 | 698.2744 | Old Town Franklin BBQ | Bad Bears BBQ |
| 2025-03-14 | Dinuba, CA | 855 E El Monte Way | 26 | 699.4400 | Meat Candy Q | Big Boys BBQ |
| 2026-03-20 | Dinuba, CA | Rose Ann Vuich Park | 27 | 705.1200 | Cynical BBQ | Big Cat BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 171.4056 | 169.6684 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 175.4172 | 171.4172 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 175.4172 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 174.8916 | 172.5600 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
27 entries · top 698.2744 · median 675.3368
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 2 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 3 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 4 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 5 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 7 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 8 | Rio Good BBQ | |
| 9 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 10 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 11 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 12 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 14 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 15 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 16 | RBQ | |
| 17 | NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | |
| 18 | PORKCHOP & BUBBAS | |
| 19 | Beards BBQ | |
| 20 | GRILLIN' THE SHED | |
| 21 | Mid Valley BBQ | |
| 22 | Sequoia Smoke | |
| 23 | PRISON BREAK BBQ | |
| 24 | Sweets N Meats BBQ | |
| 25 | AJ’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ | |
| 26 | AK47 BBQ | |
| 27 | Don't Bite The Bone BBQ |
Chicken
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 2 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 3 | Rio Good BBQ | |
| 4 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 5 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 7 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 8 | Sweets N Meats BBQ | |
| 9 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 10 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 11 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 12 | NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | |
| 13 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 14 | Sequoia Smoke | |
| 15 | RBQ | |
| 16 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 17 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 18 | GRILLIN' THE SHED | |
| 19 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 20 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 21 | Beards BBQ | |
| 22 | PORKCHOP & BUBBAS | |
| 23 | Mid Valley BBQ | |
| 24 | PRISON BREAK BBQ | |
| 25 | AJ’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ | |
| 26 | Don't Bite The Bone BBQ | |
| 27 | AK47 BBQ |
Pork Ribs
27 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.0000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 2 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 4 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 5 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 6 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 7 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 8 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 9 | Mid Valley BBQ | |
| 10 | Rio Good BBQ | |
| 11 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 12 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 14 | NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | |
| 15 | PORKCHOP & BUBBAS | |
| 16 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 17 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 18 | PRISON BREAK BBQ | |
| 19 | Don't Bite The Bone BBQ | |
| 20 | Beards BBQ | |
| 21 | RBQ | |
| 22 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 23 | GRILLIN' THE SHED | |
| 24 | AJ’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ | |
| 25 | Sweets N Meats BBQ | |
| 26 | AK47 BBQ | |
| 27 | Sequoia Smoke |
Pork
27 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 2 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 3 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 4 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 5 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | PORKCHOP & BUBBAS | |
| 7 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 8 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 9 | AK47 BBQ | |
| 10 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 11 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 12 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 13 | Sequoia Smoke | |
| 14 | Sweets N Meats BBQ | |
| 15 | Mid Valley BBQ | |
| 16 | RBQ | |
| 17 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 18 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 19 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 20 | NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | |
| 21 | GRILLIN' THE SHED | |
| 22 | Beards BBQ | |
| 23 | Rio Good BBQ | |
| 24 | PRISON BREAK BBQ | |
| 25 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 26 | AJ’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ | |
| 27 | Don't Bite The Bone BBQ |
Brisket
27 entries · top 177.1428 · median 168.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 2 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 3 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 4 | RBQ | |
| 5 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 6 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 7 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 8 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 9 | Rio Good BBQ | |
| 10 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 11 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 12 | NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | |
| 13 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 14 | Beards BBQ | |
| 15 | GRILLIN' THE SHED | |
| 16 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 17 | Sequoia Smoke | |
| 18 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 19 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 20 | PORKCHOP & BUBBAS | |
| 21 | PRISON BREAK BBQ | |
| 22 | AK47 BBQ | |
| 23 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 24 | Mid Valley BBQ | |
| 25 | Sweets N Meats BBQ | |
| 26 | AJ’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ | |
| 27 | Don't Bite The Bone BBQ |
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 — Dessert
6 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.4286 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 2 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 3 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 4 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 5 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 6 | Sweets N Meats BBQ |