Best in the Southwest
2025-02-21 – 2025-02-22 · Yuma, AZ · State championship
Reps: MICHAEL SANTIAGO, RHONDA SANTIAGO · Prize money: $9,100.00
Grand Champion: Stevo's BBQ Team (698.2172) · 29 teams
Entries
29
5 categories
Top score
698.2172
Winning margin
3.4172
GC over RC
Field average
676.55
median 679.30
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Tightest race
Ancillary — Dessert
2.8572 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
680.5256
what a walk cost here
Field spread
65.8060
winner to last place
Prize money
$9,100.00
on the line
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 42%
beats 58% of 2715 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1613
avg power rating going in · stronger than 95% of contests
Storylines
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1613 power rating going in — stronger than 95% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
STEVO'S BBQ TEAM came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 15-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-23 | Yuma, AZ | 25 | 702.2400 | Meat Candy Q |
| 2025-02-21 ← this one | Yuma, AZ | 29 | 698.2172 | Stevo's BBQ Team |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Ancillary — Dessert
7 entries · top 176.5600 · median 174.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 2 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 3 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 4 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 5 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 6 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 7 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP |
Master Series — Brisket
29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 2 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 4 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 6 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 7 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 8 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 10 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 11 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 12 | HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 13 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 14 | Justice BBQ | |
| 15 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 16 | RUSTY JUNK BBQ | |
| 17 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 18 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 19 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 20 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 21 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 22 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 23 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 24 | SMOKERS PURGATORY | |
| 25 | Can Do BBQ | |
| 26 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 27 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 28 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 29 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ |
Master Series — Chicken
29 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 2 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 3 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 4 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 5 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 6 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 7 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 8 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 9 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 10 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 11 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 12 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 13 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 14 | Justice BBQ | |
| 15 | HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 16 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 17 | Can Do BBQ | |
| 18 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKERS PURGATORY | |
| 20 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 21 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 22 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 23 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 24 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 25 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 26 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 27 | RUSTY JUNK BBQ | |
| 28 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 29 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ |
Master Series — Overall
29 entries · top 698.2172 · median 679.3028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 3 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 4 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 5 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 6 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 7 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 8 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 9 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 10 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 11 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 12 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 13 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 14 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 15 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 16 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 17 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 18 | Justice BBQ | |
| 19 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 20 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 21 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 22 | HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 23 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 24 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 25 | SMOKERS PURGATORY | |
| 26 | Can Do BBQ | |
| 27 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 28 | RUSTY JUNK BBQ | |
| 29 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ |
Master Series — Pork
29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 2 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 3 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 4 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 5 | Justice BBQ | |
| 6 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 8 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 9 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 10 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 11 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 12 | Can Do BBQ | |
| 13 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 14 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 15 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 16 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 17 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 18 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 19 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 20 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 21 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 22 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 23 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 24 | HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 25 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 26 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 27 | SMOKERS PURGATORY | |
| 28 | RUSTY JUNK BBQ | |
| 29 | Ribbin-1-Out |
Master Series — Pork Ribs
29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 3 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 4 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 5 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 6 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 7 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 8 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 9 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 10 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 11 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 13 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 14 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 15 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 16 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 17 | SMOKERS PURGATORY | |
| 18 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 19 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 20 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 21 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 22 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 23 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 24 | HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 25 | Justice BBQ | |
| 26 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 27 | RUSTY JUNK BBQ | |
| 28 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 29 | Can Do BBQ |