A day of perfect scores
9
perfect 180s
9 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ · Brisket
- B' MACKIN BBQ · Brisket
- IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ · Brisket
BBQ Jackpot 2024
Dec 6–7, 2024 · Las Vegas, NV · 📍 Bass Pro Shops · State championship
Reps: Kathleen McIntosh, Kelly McIntosh · Prize money: $12,500
GETTIN' BASTED won Grand Champion at the BBQ Jackpot on December 6, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV at Bass Pro Shops, scoring 705.1200 in a field of 74 teams. SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 699.3600. Category winners: Chicken — Roughhouse Barbecue (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Rio Valley Meat BBQ (178.8572); Pork — GETTIN' BASTED (178.8572); Brisket — SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ (180.0000). This is the 1st of 3 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2025.
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.
589.52
median 678.19
705.12 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180 🔥
- Pork Ribs 178.86
- Pork 178.86
- Brisket 180 🔥
137.12
180
Entries
74
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
705.1200
Winning margin
5.7600
GC over RC
Field average
674.10
589.52705.12
median 678.19 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
9 🔥
Tightest race
Chicken
0 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
691.3256
589.52705.12
10th place overall
Field spread
115.6000
winner to last place
Prize money
$12,500
on the line
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 14%
beats 86% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,616
avg power rating going in · stronger than 86% of contests
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.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 22 calls decided inside half a point
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.
- Chicken 1–2 · tie
- Chicken 2–3 · tie
- Chicken 3–4 · tie
- Chicken 4–5 · tie
How the title was won
2 of 4
meats called to the stage
GETTIN' BASTED took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 19th.
- Chicken 19th
- Pork Ribs 4th
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 12th
One of the big ones
74
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 96% of the 5,482 contests in the data
74 teams — bigger than 96% of the 5,482 contests in the data.
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)
Score distribution
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2024 ← this one | Las Vegas, NV | Bass Pro Shops | 74 | 705.1200 | Gettin' Basted | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Las Vegas, NV | Bass Pro Shops | 90 | 706.2856 | Big Johns BBQ Company | BURNIN AND LOOTIN |
| Nov 20, 2026 | Las Vegas, NV | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 180 | 176.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176 | 174.2628 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Brisket | 180 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
74 entries · top 705.1200 · median 678.1942
Chicken
74 entries · top 180 · median 169.3942 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
74 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1200
Pork
74 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6858
Brisket
74 entries · top 180 · median 168.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary categories
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.
Ancillary — Dessert
18 entries · top 180 · 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 |