2024-12-06 – 2024-12-07 · Las Vegas, NV · 📍 Bass Pro Shops · State championship
Reps: KATHLEEN MCINTOSH, KELLY MCINTOSH · Prize money: $12,500.00
Grand Champion: Gettin' Basted (705.1200) · 74 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SHAKE 'N BAKE 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.
9 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 1–2: Roughhouse Barbecue and OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ and BULL MARKET BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: BULL MARKET BBQ and Mad Dog BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
GETTIN' BASTED took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 19th.
Bigger than 97% of the 5,410 contests in the data
74 teams made this a bigger field than 97% of every contest tracked.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-06 ← this one | Las Vegas, NV | Bass Pro Shops | 74 | 705.1200 | Gettin' Basted | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ |
| 2025-11-21 | Las Vegas, NV | Bass Pro Shops | 90 | 706.2856 | Big Johns BBQ Company | BURNIN AND LOOTIN |
| 2026-11-20 | Las Vegas, NV | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 180.0000 | 176.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.0000 | 174.2628 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
74 entries · top 705.1200 · median 678.1942
74 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.3942 · 🔥 perfect 180
74 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1200
74 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6858
74 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5372 · 🔥 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.
18 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.8514 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | All About Smokin Q | |
| 2 | Cynical BBQ | |
| 3 | STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ | |
| 4 | Tuffy's BBQ | |
| 5 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 6 | BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ | |
| 7 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 8 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 9 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 10 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 11 | Big Juicy BBQ | |
| 12 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 13 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 14 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 15 | Shane Edd's BBQ | |
| 16 | Churchill Downs Smokers | |
| 17 | Furyous FIRE BBQ | |
| 18 | Q LIVE CREW |