BBQ Boots & Brew

2024-04-12 – 2024-04-13 · Perris, CA · 📍 2201 South · State championship

Reps: MICHAEL SANTIAGO, RHONDA SANTIAGO · Prize money: $8,000.00

Grand Champion: Rhythm 'N Que (705.6800) · 39 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Meat Candy Q

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Rhythm 'N Que

705.6800 · Master Series — Overall

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Meat Candy Q

703.3944 · Master Series — Overall

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B' MACKIN BBQ

703.3828 · Master Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

624.98 median 679.30 705.68 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 180.00 🔥
Pork Ribs 180.00 🔥
Pork 180.00 🔥
Brisket 180.00 🔥

136.45 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2021 to 2025 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

705.6800

Winning margin

2.2856

GC over RC

Field average

674.52

624.98705.68

median 679.30 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

5 🔥

BURNIN AND LOOTIN (Brisket), DRY 2 DA BONE (Brisket), B' MACKIN BBQ (Chicken) + 2 more

Tightest race

Brisket

2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

688.4684

624.98705.68

10th place overall

Field spread

80.6976

winner to last place

Prize money

$8,000.00

on the line

Most consistent

Meat Candy Q

avg finish 6.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 3.4172 pts — Rhythm 'N Que

How hot was the win?

Top 12%

beats 88% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

67%

22 of 33 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.68 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1585

avg power rating going in · stronger than 68% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Burnin and Lootin

rated 1879 pre-contest

Storylines (8 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

An upset on the books

28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100

Rhythm n QUE came in rated below the field's top team, Burnin and Lootin, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

champion 1719
top seed 1879

A day of perfect scores

5 perfect 180s

5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

BURNIN AND LOOTIN · Brisket
DRY 2 DA BONE · Brisket
B' MACKIN BBQ · Chicken

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 5 tracked editions

Meat Candy Q has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.

2022
2023

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 4–5: STEVO'S BBQ TEAM and PORTERHOUSE BBQ tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: BURNIN AND LOOTIN and Dos Toros BBQ Team tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: 5TH GEAR BBQ and MYA&DJ'S BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 4–5 · tie
Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

Rhythm 'N Que took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 16th.

Chicken 16th
Pork Ribs 5th
Pork 1st
Brisket 5th

A contest record in chicken

180.0000 best chicken ever cooked here

B' MACKIN BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 177.7144 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.

old best 177.7144
across 3 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Meat Candy Q (won 2022, 2023).

Meat Candy Q · 2022, 2023

The biggest field yet

39 teams — a contest high

This contest usually draws about 29 teams

39 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 29.

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)

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2021-05-21	Perris, CA	2201 S A Street	25	706.2284	Big Poppa Smokers	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ
2022-04-08	Perris, CA	2201 S A Street	29	702.2512	Meat Candy Q	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE
2023-04-28	Perris, CA	2201 South	33	713.7144	Meat Candy Q	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ
2024-04-12 ← this one	Perris, CA	2201 South	39	705.6800	Rhythm 'N Que	Meat Candy Q
2025-04-11	Perris, CA	2201 South A Street	26	695.9544	Porterhouse BBQ	B' MACKIN BBQ

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	177.1428	173.7028
Pork Ribs	180.0000	176.5600	174.2628
Pork	180.0000	175.4172	173.7600
Brisket	180.0000	177.7028	173.1200

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

39 entries · top 705.6800 · median 679.3028

#	Team	Score
1	Rhythm 'N Que	705.6800
2	Meat Candy Q	703.3944
3	B' MACKIN BBQ	703.3828
4	SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ	702.8112
5	DRY 2 DA BONE	700.5600
6	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	697.6572
7	Big Johns BBQ Company	696.5144
8	Dos Toros BBQ Team	693.1088
9	ONE PIT WONDER	691.3256
10	5TH GEAR BBQ	688.4684
11	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	687.9428
12	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	687.3712
13	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	687.3600
14	Mid Valley BBQ	686.2744
15	Big Meat	683.3604
16	STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	682.1828
17	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	680.4572
18	SoCal Outlaw BBQ	679.9200
19	GIRLS CAN GRILL	679.8972
20	LADY OF Q	679.3028
21	THE BRISKET BROTHERS	678.7312
22	BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ	678.1828
23	MYA&DJ'S BBQ	677.6116
24	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	676.9940
25	RACK CITY BBQ	676.4688
26	RSA's Rollin' Smokehouse Team	673.5884
27	Big Boys BBQ	670.7316
28	Pork Bombin BBQ	667.2800
29	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	660.4456
30	Whiskey Tango 'Que	656.5144
31	New Life BBQ	650.0452
32	Bad Dude BBQ	648.4228
33	The Pit Master Sergeant	648.3768
34	Blackjack bbq	644.4688
35	Twiki G BBQ	644.4000
36	Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers	637.5540
37	Big J's So Cal Bbq	637.5320
38	AJ’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ	636.9604
39	The Burnt Ends	624.9824

Chicken

39 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	B' MACKIN BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ	179.4400
3	Big Boys BBQ	178.8572
4	STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	177.1428
5	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	177.1428
6	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	176.5600
7	Pork Bombin BBQ	176.0116
8	5TH GEAR BBQ	175.4056
9	Big Meat	173.7144
10	DRY 2 DA BONE	173.7028
11	Meat Candy Q	173.1316
12	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	173.1200
13	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	173.1200
14	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	172.0000
15	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	171.9772
16	Rhythm 'N Que	171.4172
17	BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ	170.2628
18	SoCal Outlaw BBQ	169.6916
19	Big Johns BBQ Company	169.6800
20	ONE PIT WONDER	169.6800
21	Dos Toros BBQ Team	169.1428
22	MYA&DJ'S BBQ	168.5256
23	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	168.0000
24	Mid Valley BBQ	167.9772
25	GIRLS CAN GRILL	167.9772
26	Bad Dude BBQ	167.3944
27	AJ’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ	166.8916
28	THE BRISKET BROTHERS	166.8228
29	RACK CITY BBQ	165.0972
30	Blackjack bbq	164.0000
31	The Pit Master Sergeant	163.9656
32	LADY OF Q	163.3828
33	Big J's So Cal Bbq	160.5028
34	Whiskey Tango 'Que	159.9428
35	RSA's Rollin' Smokehouse Team	159.3828
36	The Burnt Ends	158.2512
37	Twiki G BBQ	157.6572
38	Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers	156.5028
39	New Life BBQ	145.0284

Pork Ribs

39 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Meat Candy Q	180.0000 🔥
2	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	177.7144
3	Dos Toros BBQ Team	177.7144
4	BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ	177.7028
5	Rhythm 'N Que	176.5600
6	5TH GEAR BBQ	176.0000
7	MYA&DJ'S BBQ	176.0000
8	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	174.8572
9	Big Johns BBQ Company	174.2628
10	ONE PIT WONDER	174.2628
11	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	174.2628
12	RACK CITY BBQ	173.1316
13	DRY 2 DA BONE	173.1200
14	SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ	173.1200
15	GIRLS CAN GRILL	173.1200
16	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	171.9772
17	Mid Valley BBQ	171.4400
18	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	170.8228
19	B' MACKIN BBQ	170.2628
20	RSA's Rollin' Smokehouse Team	169.6684
21	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	169.1544
22	STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	169.1200
23	New Life BBQ	169.1084
24	SoCal Outlaw BBQ	168.5484
25	THE BRISKET BROTHERS	168.5372
26	Big Boys BBQ	167.9656
27	Pork Bombin BBQ	166.2400
28	Big Meat	165.6916
29	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	165.6916
30	LADY OF Q	165.0972
31	Whiskey Tango 'Que	159.4288
32	Blackjack bbq	158.8572
33	Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers	157.1200
34	The Burnt Ends	156.5256
35	Big J's So Cal Bbq	155.9660
36	The Pit Master Sergeant	155.9200
37	Twiki G BBQ	154.2516
38	Bad Dude BBQ	151.9428
39	AJ’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ	147.8972

Pork

39 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Rhythm 'N Que	180.0000 🔥
2	SoCal Outlaw BBQ	176.5828
3	Dos Toros BBQ Team	176.5600
4	ONE PIT WONDER	175.4172
5	Big Johns BBQ Company	175.4172
6	Meat Candy Q	174.8456
7	Mid Valley BBQ	174.2972
8	Whiskey Tango 'Que	174.2856
9	B' MACKIN BBQ	174.2628
10	The Burnt Ends	173.7600
11	DRY 2 DA BONE	173.7372
12	RSA's Rollin' Smokehouse Team	173.7144
13	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	173.7028
14	Big Boys BBQ	172.5600
15	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	172.5600
16	SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ	172.5484
17	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	171.9772
18	Big Meat	171.9772
19	LADY OF Q	171.9656
20	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	170.8228
21	New Life BBQ	170.8228
22	5TH GEAR BBQ	169.6800
23	THE BRISKET BROTHERS	169.1084
24	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	166.8228
25	GIRLS CAN GRILL	166.8228
26	Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers	166.8112
27	Bad Dude BBQ	165.1200
28	RACK CITY BBQ	165.1200
29	BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ	165.1200
30	STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	165.0972
31	The Pit Master Sergeant	164.5256
32	MYA&DJ'S BBQ	162.2400
33	AJ’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ	161.6456
34	Twiki G BBQ	161.0856
35	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	160.5028
36	Blackjack bbq	159.9544
37	Big J's So Cal Bbq	159.3944
38	Pork Bombin BBQ	158.8000
39	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	154.2056

Brisket

39 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	180.0000 🔥
2	DRY 2 DA BONE	180.0000 🔥
3	LADY OF Q	178.8572
4	B' MACKIN BBQ	178.8572
5	Rhythm 'N Que	177.7028
6	SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ	177.7028
7	Big Johns BBQ Company	177.1544
8	Meat Candy Q	175.4172
9	THE BRISKET BROTHERS	174.2628
10	RACK CITY BBQ	173.1200
11	Mid Valley BBQ	172.5600
12	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	172.5484
13	Big Meat	171.9772
14	GIRLS CAN GRILL	171.9772
15	ONE PIT WONDER	171.9656
16	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	171.4056
17	Twiki G BBQ	171.4056
18	MYA&DJ'S BBQ	170.8460
19	RSA's Rollin' Smokehouse Team	170.8228
20	STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	170.8228
21	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	170.2512
22	Dos Toros BBQ Team	169.6916
23	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	169.1200
24	5TH GEAR BBQ	167.3828
25	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	166.2628
26	Pork Bombin BBQ	166.2284
27	BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ	165.0972
28	SoCal Outlaw BBQ	165.0972
29	New Life BBQ	165.0856
30	Bad Dude BBQ	163.9656
31	The Pit Master Sergeant	163.9656
32	Whiskey Tango 'Que	162.8572
33	Big J's So Cal Bbq	161.6688
34	Blackjack bbq	161.6572
35	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	161.6456
36	AJ’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ	160.5260
37	Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers	157.1200
38	Big Boys BBQ	151.3488
39	The Burnt Ends	136.4456

BBQ Boots & Brew

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (8 found in this contest's numbers)

An upset on the books

A day of perfect scores

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in chicken

Back to defend

The biggest field yet

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket