Jul 27–28, 2024 · Dillon, MT · 📍 Depot Park · State championship
Reps: Brian Moore, Steven Flewallen · Prize money: $4,500
Bearded Boar BBQ won Grand Champion at the Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off on July 27, 2024 in Dillon, MT at Depot Park, scoring 693.0972 in a field of 11 teams. Rhythm 'n QUE took Reserve Grand Champion with 691.4060. Category winners: Chicken — Rhythm 'n QUE (178.2972); Pork Ribs — Bearded Boar BBQ (176.0000); Pork — Rhythm 'n QUE (177.7144); Brisket — Bearded Boar BBQ (173.1084).
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100
Bearded Boar BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Rhythm n QUE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Bearded Boar BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 13th tracked contest.
Chicken places 3–4: Bearded Boar BBQ and Popping Smoke Barbecue tied on 166.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: Poor Richard's BBQ and Jay's BBQ tied on 149.0972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Jay's BBQ edged Up on the Mountain BBQ by 0.0112.
Rhythm 'n QUE won Chicken, Pork — a double.
Bearded Boar BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 3rd.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 166.8112 | 154.8000 |
| Pork Ribs | 176 | 164 | 155.4288 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 163.9884 | 146.2856 |
| Brisket | 173.1084 | 162.2400 | 149.0972 |
11 entries · top 693.0972 · median 641.0860
11 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2512
11 entries · top 176 · median 162.2744
11 entries · top 177.7144 · median 160.5256
11 entries · top 173.1084 · median 158.8344