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Q's & Brews

Mar 28–29, 2025 · Lake Havasu, AZ · 📍 1977 W. Acoma Blvd · State championship

Reps: Michael Santiago, Rhonda Santiago · Prize money: $8,000

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Meat Candy Q
701.1316 · Master Series — Overall
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DRY 2 DA BONE
695.3484 · Master Series — Overall
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SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ
694.2632 · Master Series — Overall

Meat Candy Q won Grand Champion at the Q's & Brews on March 28, 2025 in Lake Havasu, AZ at 1977 W. Acoma Blvd, scoring 701.1316 in a field of 26 teams. DRY 2 DA BONE took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.3484. Category winners: Chicken — SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — Meat Candy Q (178.2972); Pork — SoCal Outlaw BBQ (176.5828); Brisket — DRY 2 DA BONE (180.0000).

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.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 178.86
  • Pork Ribs 178.30
  • Pork 176.58
  • Brisket 180 🔥
123.19 180

Entries

26
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

701.1316

Winning margin

5.7832
GC over RC

Field average

661.55
516.53701.13
median 675.05 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

2 🔥
DRY 2 DA BONE (Brisket), Roughhouse Barbecue (Brisket)

Tightest race

Pork
1.1772 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

680.4572
516.53701.13
10th place overall

Field spread

184.6056
winner to last place

Prize money

$8,000
on the line

Most consistent

Meat Candy Q
avg finish 5.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 1.7372 pts — Meat Candy Q

How hot was the win?

Top 28%
beats 72% of 4715 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.58 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,619
avg power rating going in · stronger than 87% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Meat Candy Q
rated 1840 pre-contest

Storylines (3 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 16 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 5–6: SLINGIN MEATS and STEVO'S BBQ TEAM tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ and LADY OF Q tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: LADY OF Q and GIRLS CAN GRILL tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 5–6 · tie
  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Pork 3–4 · tie
  • Pork 5–6 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

Meat Candy Q took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 11th.

  • Chicken 4th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 11th
  • Brisket 5th

A perfect score on the table

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • DRY 2 DA BONE · Brisket
  • Roughhouse Barbecue · Brisket

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)

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)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572176173.1316
Pork Ribs178.2972174.2628169.6916
Pork176.5828175.4056173.7028
Brisket180173.1544170.8228

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

26 entries · top 701.1316 · median 675.0514

#TeamScore
1 Meat Candy Q 701.1316
2 DRY 2 DA BONE 695.3484
3 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 694.2632
4 Big Boys BBQ 690.7884
5 BAD BOYZ BBQ 690.2168
6 Small Axe BBQ 686.7768
7 GIRLS CAN GRILL 686.7540
8 SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ 686.1944
9 Roughhouse Barbecue 683.3716
10 LADY OF Q 680.4572
11 SoCal Outlaw BBQ 679.3600
12 STEVO'S BBQ TEAM 678.2060
13 SLINGIN MEATS 676.4800
14 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 673.6228
15 SMOKERS PURGATORY 673.0284
16 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 670.6740
17 Mad Dog BBQ 668.4572
18 POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP 659.8972
19 Big Cat BBQ 659.8172
20 Ribbin-1-Out 652.3312
21 The Smokin' B.A.R. 651.2688
22 LV Bucketlist BBQ 636.3660
23 Smoke on the Water BBQ 630.7204
24 Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers 608.3088
25 Rue-Do BBQ 569.9200
26 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 516.5260

Chicken

26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8286

#TeamScore
1 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 178.8572
2 POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP 177.7144
3 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 177.7028
4 Meat Candy Q 176.5600
5 SLINGIN MEATS 176
6 STEVO'S BBQ TEAM 176
7 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 174.2744
8 LADY OF Q 174.2744
9 Roughhouse Barbecue 173.1656
10 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 173.1316
11 SMOKERS PURGATORY 173.1200
12 SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ 171.9656
13 Mad Dog BBQ 170.8344
14 Ribbin-1-Out 170.8228
15 Big Boys BBQ 170.8228
16 BAD BOYZ BBQ 170.8228
17 DRY 2 DA BONE 170.2628
18 GIRLS CAN GRILL 169.6684
19 Small Axe BBQ 168.5256
20 Big Cat BBQ 167.3944
21 LV Bucketlist BBQ 166.2400
22 SoCal Outlaw BBQ 165.1200
23 The Smokin' B.A.R. 162.8116
24 Smoke on the Water BBQ 158.8344
25 Rue-Do BBQ 153.6572
26 Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers 142.1828

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.1086

#TeamScore
1 Meat Candy Q 178.2972
2 GIRLS CAN GRILL 176.5600
3 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 174.2972
4 Mad Dog BBQ 174.2744
5 DRY 2 DA BONE 174.2628
6 Big Boys BBQ 173.7144
7 BAD BOYZ BBQ 172.0228
8 SoCal Outlaw BBQ 170.2744
9 POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP 170.2628
10 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 169.6916
11 LADY OF Q 167.9656
12 Small Axe BBQ 167.4056
13 Ribbin-1-Out 167.3828
14 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 166.8344
15 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 166.2400
16 SLINGIN MEATS 166.2400
17 SMOKERS PURGATORY 165.6800
18 Big Cat BBQ 165.6800
19 SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ 165.1088
20 Roughhouse Barbecue 163.9544
21 The Smokin' B.A.R. 158.8228
22 STEVO'S BBQ TEAM 157.0972
23 Smoke on the Water BBQ 157.0744
24 LV Bucketlist BBQ 155.9316
25 Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers 151.9544
26 Rue-Do BBQ 123.1884

Pork

26 entries · top 176.5828 · median 169.4114

#TeamScore
1 SoCal Outlaw BBQ 176.5828
2 SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ 176
3 LADY OF Q 175.4172
4 GIRLS CAN GRILL 175.4172
5 BAD BOYZ BBQ 175.4056
6 Small Axe BBQ 175.4056
7 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 174.2744
8 STEVO'S BBQ TEAM 174.2744
9 Big Boys BBQ 174.2628
10 PORTERHOUSE BBQ 173.7028
11 Meat Candy Q 173.1200
12 DRY 2 DA BONE 170.8228
13 SLINGIN MEATS 170.2856
14 The Smokin' B.A.R. 168.5372
15 Big Cat BBQ 167.3828
16 Roughhouse Barbecue 166.2516
17 POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP 166.2400
18 SMOKERS PURGATORY 164.5256
19 Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers 161.6572
20 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 161.6456
21 LV Bucketlist BBQ 161.0972
22 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 160.5256
23 Ribbin-1-Out 158.2056
24 Smoke on the Water BBQ 153.0744
25 Mad Dog BBQ 152.5256
26 Rue-Do BBQ 148.5600

Brisket

25 entries · top 180 · median 165.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 DRY 2 DA BONE 180 🔥
2 Roughhouse Barbecue 180 🔥
3 Small Axe BBQ 175.4400
4 SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ 174.2972
5 Meat Candy Q 173.1544
6 SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ 173.1200
7 Big Boys BBQ 171.9884
8 BAD BOYZ BBQ 171.9656
9 STEVO'S BBQ TEAM 170.8344
10 Mad Dog BBQ 170.8228
11 SMOKERS PURGATORY 169.7028
12 SoCal Outlaw BBQ 167.3828
13 GIRLS CAN GRILL 165.1084
14 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 165.0856
15 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 164.5256
16 SLINGIN MEATS 163.9544
17 LADY OF Q 162.8000
18 Smoke on the Water BBQ 161.7372
19 The Smokin' B.A.R. 161.0972
20 Big Cat BBQ 159.3600
21 Ribbin-1-Out 155.9200
22 LV Bucketlist BBQ 153.0972
23 Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers 152.5144
24 POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP 145.6800
25 Rue-Do BBQ 144.5144

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

4 entries · top 178.8572 · median 178.2800

#TeamScore
1 GIRLS CAN GRILL 178.8572
2 Big Boys BBQ 178.8572
3 Smoke on the Water BBQ 177.7028
4 Ribbin-1-Out 171.4056

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