2024-06-14 – 2024-06-15 · Clayton, CA · 📍 Ouakhurst Country Club · State championship
Reps: IAN SCHMIDT, JULIE POE · Prize money: $7,500.00
Grand Champion: Big Cat BBQ (698.2744) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Bad Bears BBQ
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 78% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1888 points — closer than 78% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100
Big Cat BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Cynical BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Big Cat BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Big Cat BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 26th tracked contest.
Chicken places 5–6: Big Cat BBQ and BONE RUBBIN BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: BONE RUBBIN BBQ and NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: Big Boys BBQ and BAR-B-CUDA BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.0000 | 170.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5944 | 170.8456 | 167.9888 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 175.4056 | 172.0228 |
| Brisket | 177.7372 | 173.7028 | 167.9656 |
25 entries · top 698.2744 · median 675.9088
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 2 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 3 | NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | |
| 4 | Cherry Anchor BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 6 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 8 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 9 | Beards BBQ | |
| 10 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 11 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 12 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 13 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 14 | Rio Good BBQ | |
| 15 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 16 | Team Taste Buds BBQ | |
| 17 | Team 25 | |
| 18 | Smoking A's | |
| 19 | Claytonville BBQ Crue | |
| 20 | Mid Valley BBQ | |
| 21 | Joe's BBQ | |
| 22 | Smokin' Browns BBQ | |
| 23 | ACES N EIGHTS BBQ | |
| 24 | Mojave Meat Masters | |
| 25 | Broccos BBQ |
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beards BBQ | |
| 2 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 3 | Cherry Anchor BBQ | |
| 4 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 5 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 6 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 7 | NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | |
| 8 | Rio Good BBQ | |
| 9 | Team Taste Buds BBQ | |
| 10 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 11 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 13 | Team 25 | |
| 14 | Claytonville BBQ Crue | |
| 15 | Mid Valley BBQ | |
| 16 | Smoking A's | |
| 17 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 19 | Smokin' Browns BBQ | |
| 20 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 21 | Joe's BBQ | |
| 22 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 23 | Mojave Meat Masters | |
| 24 | Broccos BBQ | |
| 25 | ACES N EIGHTS BBQ |
25 entries · top 176.5944 · median 166.8460
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 2 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 3 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 4 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 5 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 6 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 7 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 9 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 10 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 11 | Rio Good BBQ | |
| 12 | NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | |
| 13 | Smoking A's | |
| 14 | Cherry Anchor BBQ | |
| 15 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 16 | Joe's BBQ | |
| 17 | Mid Valley BBQ | |
| 18 | Smokin' Browns BBQ | |
| 19 | Team 25 | |
| 20 | Claytonville BBQ Crue | |
| 21 | Beards BBQ | |
| 22 | ACES N EIGHTS BBQ | |
| 23 | Team Taste Buds BBQ | |
| 24 | Mojave Meat Masters | |
| 25 | Broccos BBQ |
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 4 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 5 | Cherry Anchor BBQ | |
| 6 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 7 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 8 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 9 | Beards BBQ | |
| 10 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 11 | NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | |
| 12 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 13 | Rio Good BBQ | |
| 14 | Team 25 | |
| 15 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 16 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 17 | Team Taste Buds BBQ | |
| 18 | Joe's BBQ | |
| 19 | Mid Valley BBQ | |
| 20 | ACES N EIGHTS BBQ | |
| 21 | Mojave Meat Masters | |
| 22 | Smoking A's | |
| 23 | Claytonville BBQ Crue | |
| 24 | Smokin' Browns BBQ | |
| 25 | Broccos BBQ |
25 entries · top 177.7372 · median 163.3944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 3 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 4 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 6 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 7 | Cherry Anchor BBQ | |
| 8 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 9 | Beards BBQ | |
| 10 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 11 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 12 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 13 | Team Taste Buds BBQ | |
| 14 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 15 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 16 | Claytonville BBQ Crue | |
| 17 | Rio Good BBQ | |
| 18 | Smoking A's | |
| 19 | Smokin' Browns BBQ | |
| 20 | Mid Valley BBQ | |
| 21 | ACES N EIGHTS BBQ | |
| 22 | Team 25 | |
| 23 | Joe's BBQ | |
| 24 | Mojave Meat Masters | |
| 25 | Broccos BBQ |
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.
6 entries · top 179.4400 · median 174.2858
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 2 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 3 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 4 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 6 | Pops BBQ 22 |