Jul 19–20, 2024 · Salt Lake City, UT · 📍 155 N. 1000 W. · State championship
Reps: Brian Moore, Steven Flewallen · Prize money: $20,000
Rhythm 'n Que won Grand Champion at The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff on July 19, 2024 in Salt Lake City, UT at 155 N. 1000 W., scoring 692.5832 in a field of 16 teams. Bourbon & Blues BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 691.4176. Category winners: Chicken — Brinkerhoff BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Bourbon & Blues BBQ (180.0000); Pork — SLINGIN MEATS (180.0000); Brisket — Bearded Boar BBQ (178.8572).
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 79% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1656 points — closer than 79% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 71 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 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Rhythm 'n Que won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 1–2: Brinkerhoff BBQ and 1 Bite BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: RACK CITY BBQ and Ribbin-1-Out tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: SLINGIN MEATS and Rhythm 'n Que tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 174.9144 | 168.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 172.5828 | 171.4288 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.0228 | 169.7028 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 170.8228 | 168.5716 |
16 entries · top 692.5832 · median 679.9372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhythm 'n Que | |
| 2 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 3 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 4 | SLINGIN MEATS | |
| 5 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 6 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 7 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 8 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 9 | Tuffy's BBQ | |
| 10 | Bearded Boar BBQ | |
| 11 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 12 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 13 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 14 | BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ | |
| 15 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 16 | 1 Bite BBQ |
16 entries · top 180 · median 169.6856 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 2 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 3 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 4 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 5 | BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ | |
| 6 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 7 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 8 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 9 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 10 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 11 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 12 | Rhythm 'n Que | |
| 13 | Tuffy's BBQ | |
| 14 | SLINGIN MEATS | |
| 15 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 16 | Bearded Boar BBQ |
16 entries · top 180 · median 171.7202 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 2 | SLINGIN MEATS | |
| 3 | Rhythm 'n Que | |
| 4 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 5 | BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ | |
| 6 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 7 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 8 | Tuffy's BBQ | |
| 9 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 10 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 11 | Bearded Boar BBQ | |
| 12 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 13 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 14 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 15 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 16 | Ribbin-1-Out |
16 entries · top 180 · median 170.2686 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SLINGIN MEATS | |
| 2 | Rhythm 'n Que | |
| 3 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 4 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 5 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 6 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 7 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 8 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 9 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 10 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 11 | Tuffy's BBQ | |
| 12 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 13 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 14 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 15 | Bearded Boar BBQ | |
| 16 | BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ |
15 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1888
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearded Boar BBQ | |
| 2 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 3 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 4 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 5 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 6 | Rhythm 'n Que | |
| 7 | BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ | |
| 8 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 9 | Tuffy's BBQ | |
| 10 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 11 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 12 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 13 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 14 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 15 | SLINGIN MEATS |