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Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cookoff
Jul 26–27, 2024
· Laramie, WY
· 📍 3510 S. 3rd Street
· State championship
Reps: Del Anderson, Michael Winter
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Prize money: $8,000
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701.7144 · Master Series — Overall
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695.3484 · Master Series — Overall
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694.2400 · Master Series — Overall
HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cookoff on July 26, 2024 in Laramie, WY at 3510 S. 3rd Street, scoring 701.7144 in a field of 17 teams. AMERICAN HEROES BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.3484. Category winners: Chicken — HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ (175.4172); Pork Ribs — Colorado Bulldawg BBQ (177.1428); Pork — HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — LaTa-Que (178.2972).
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.
625.53
median 670.77
701.71 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
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Chicken
175.42
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Pork Ribs
177.14
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Pork
180 🔥
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Brisket
178.30
146.80
180
Winning margin
6.3660
GC over RC
Field average
671.87
625.53701.71
median 670.77 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Chicken
2.2400 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
669.6572
625.53701.71
10th place overall
Field spread
76.1828
winner to last place
Prize money
$8,000
on the line
Most consistent
avg finish 2.75 across 4 meats
Double threats
7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
Widest winning margin
Pork
How hot was the win?
Top 25%
beats 75% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.73 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,566
avg power rating going in · stronger than 51% of contests
Top-rated in the field
rated 1783 pre-contest
Storylines (4 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.
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Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 3–4: Colorado Bulldawg BBQ and LaTa-Que tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: AMERICAN HEROES BBQ and ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ and M-DUBS BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 3–4 · tie
- Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
- Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
- Pork 4–5 · tie
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A double category winner
HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
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How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was brisket at 7th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 2nd
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 7th
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A perfect score on the table
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ · Pork
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
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| Chicken | 175.4172 | 173.1772 | 169.6684 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 172.5600 | 167.3944 |
| Pork | 180 | 175.4172 | 168.5600 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 170.8228 | 167.9772 |
Master Series
Overall
17 entries · top 701.7144 · median 670.7660
Chicken
17 entries · top 175.4172 · median 169.6800
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.9772
Pork
17 entries · top 180 · median 169.1316 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
17 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.5484