Sep 6–7, 2024 · Castle Rock, CO · 📍 500 Fairgrounds Dr · State championship
Reps: Brian Moore, Del Anderson · Prize money: $10,000
MAN MEAT BBQ won Grand Champion at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest on September 6, 2024 in Castle Rock, CO at 500 Fairgrounds Dr, scoring 705.6684 in a field of 36 teams. GETTIN' BASTED took Reserve Grand Champion with 704.5256. Category winners: Chicken — MAN MEAT BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER (180.0000); Pork — Colorado Bulldawg BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — Soul Master (180.0000). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2023 edition was won by Janky Leg BBQ.
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 81% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1428 points — closer than 81% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
MAN MEAT BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 6–7: HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ and Chucho Q tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: GETTIN' BASTED and MAN MEAT BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Ribs N Whiskey BBQ and HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
MAN MEAT BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 10th.
MAN MEAT BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2023 | Castle Rock, CO | 500 Fairgrounds Dr | 37 | 707.9772 | Janky Leg BBQ | GETTIN' BASTED |
| Sep 6, 2024 ← this one | Castle Rock, CO | 500 Fairgrounds Dr | 36 | 705.6684 | Man Meat BBQ | GETTIN' BASTED |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 175.4288 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 177.7144 | 174.2628 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5716 | 174.8456 |
| Brisket | 180 | 174.2972 | 171.9656 |
36 entries · top 705.6684 · median 674.7486
36 entries · top 180 · median 170.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180
36 entries · top 180 · median 167.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
35 entries · top 180 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
36 entries · top 180 · median 168.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
4 entries · top 177.7028 · median 172.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lil Heifers | |
| 2 | Unicorn Que | |
| 3 | Smoke on the Weekend | |
| 4 | Lil Sasquatch BBQ |