Miles City Cowtown Cookoff
2024-06-14 – 2024-06-15 · Miles City, MT · 📍 Riverside Park · State championship
Reps: MICHAEL SANTIAGO, RHONDA SANTIAGO · Prize money: $9,450.00
Grand Champion: Wyo Smoke Show (705.1088) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ
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Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
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Double threats
How hot was the win?
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🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0004 points — closer than 98% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
WYO SMOKE SHOW took the Grand Championship home to WY.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🃏 An upset on the books
WYO SMOKE SHOW came in rated below the field's top team, Colorado Bulldawg BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-16 | Riverside Park , 5th and Main | 26 | 686.8232 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | BIG DADDY QUE | |
| 2022-06-24 | Miles City, MT | Riverside Park | 26 | 699.3828 | Last Call Heroes BBQ | Bushmaster BBQ |
| 2023-06-16 | Miles City, MT | Riverside Park | 22 | 703.3944 | Cluster Cluck Barbecue | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ |
| 2024-06-14 ← this one | Miles City, MT | Riverside Park | 16 | 705.1088 | Wyo Smoke Show | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.8572 | 170.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.0116 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 173.1200 | 169.6800 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
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 |
Chicken
16 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |
Pork Ribs
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 |
Pork
16 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |
Brisket
16 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |