Jun 14–15, 2024 · Miles City, MT · 📍 Riverside Park · State championship
Reps: Michael Santiago, Rhonda Santiago · Prize money: $9,450
WYO SMOKE SHOW won Grand Champion at the Miles City Cowtown Cookoff on June 14, 2024 in Miles City, MT at Riverside Park, scoring 705.1088 in a field of 16 teams. SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 705.1084. Category winners: Chicken — Dirty Little Pigs BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SPITFIRE (178.8572); Pork — WYO SMOKE SHOW (180.0000); Brisket — SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ (180.0000). This is the 4th of 4 editions of this contest on record; the 2023 edition was won by Cluster Cluck Barbecue.
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2017 to 2024 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 99% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0004 points — closer than 99% of every championship in the data.
705.1088 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 703.3944 Cluster Cluck Barbecue set in 2023.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100
WYO SMOKE SHOW came in rated below the field's top team, Colorado Bulldawg BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Wyo Smoke Show's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 24th tracked contest.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Pork Ribs places 6–7: WYO SMOKE SHOW and LaTa-Que tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: Dirty Little Pigs BBQ and ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: Boogs BBQ and SPITFIRE tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
WYO SMOKE SHOW took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 6th.
SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 178.8572 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2017 | Miles City, MT | Riverside Park , 5th and Main | 26 | 686.8232 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | BIG DADDY QUE |
| Jun 24, 2022 | Miles City, MT | Riverside Park | 26 | 699.3828 | Last Call Heroes BBQ | Bushmaster BBQ |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Miles City, MT | Riverside Park | 22 | 703.3944 | Cluster Cluck Barbecue | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ |
| Jun 14, 2024 ← this one | Miles City, MT | Riverside Park | 16 | 705.1088 | Wyo Smoke Show | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 174.8572 | 170.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.0116 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 180 | 175.4056 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 180 | 173.1200 | 169.6800 |
16 entries · top 705.1088 · median 690.2288
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WYO SMOKE SHOW | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | |
| 3 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 4 | Dirty Little Pigs BBQ | |
| 5 | SPITFIRE | |
| 6 | Boogs BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 8 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 9 | BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | |
| 10 | LaTa-Que | |
| 11 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 12 | Monarchbbq | |
| 13 | BIG BOYZ BBQ | |
| 14 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 15 | Pig Pounda Kappa | |
| 16 | Reynold's Market |
16 entries · top 180 · median 172.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dirty Little Pigs BBQ | |
| 2 | WYO SMOKE SHOW | |
| 3 | BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 5 | Boogs BBQ | |
| 6 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 7 | Monarchbbq | |
| 8 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 9 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 10 | SPITFIRE | |
| 11 | BIG BOYZ BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | |
| 13 | LaTa-Que | |
| 14 | Pig Pounda Kappa | |
| 15 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 16 | Reynold's Market |
16 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SPITFIRE | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | |
| 3 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 4 | Dirty Little Pigs BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 6 | WYO SMOKE SHOW | |
| 7 | LaTa-Que | |
| 8 | Boogs BBQ | |
| 9 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 10 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 11 | BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | |
| 12 | BIG BOYZ BBQ | |
| 13 | Monarchbbq | |
| 14 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 15 | Reynold's Market | |
| 16 | Pig Pounda Kappa |
16 entries · top 180 · median 172.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WYO SMOKE SHOW | |
| 2 | SPITFIRE | |
| 3 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 6 | Boogs BBQ | |
| 7 | Dirty Little Pigs BBQ | |
| 8 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 9 | BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | |
| 10 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 11 | BIG BOYZ BBQ | |
| 12 | LaTa-Que | |
| 13 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 14 | Monarchbbq | |
| 15 | Pig Pounda Kappa | |
| 16 | Reynold's Market |
16 entries · top 180 · median 171.1256 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | |
| 2 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 3 | BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | |
| 4 | Boogs BBQ | |
| 5 | SPITFIRE | |
| 6 | WYO SMOKE SHOW | |
| 7 | Dirty Little Pigs BBQ | |
| 8 | LaTa-Que | |
| 9 | Monarchbbq | |
| 10 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 12 | BIG BOYZ BBQ | |
| 13 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 14 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 15 | Pig Pounda Kappa | |
| 16 | Reynold's Market |