BBQ, Boots & Brew
2025-04-11 – 2025-04-12 · Perris, CA · 📍 2201 South A Street · State championship
Reps: MICHAEL SANTIAGO, RHONDA SANTIAGO · Prize money: $8,000.00
Grand Champion: Porterhouse BBQ (695.9544) · 26 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 B' MACKIN BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Meat Candy Q has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5828 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: LADY OF Q and OVERT OPS SMOKING tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: PORTERHOUSE BBQ and B' MACKIN BBQ tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: CYNICAL BBQ and Meat Candy Q tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Meat Candy Q (won 2022, 2023).
🃏 An upset on the books
Porterhouse BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Meat Candy Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-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
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-21 | Perris, CA | 2201 S A Street | 25 | 706.2284 | Big Poppa Smokers | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ |
| 2022-04-08 | Perris, CA | 2201 S A Street | 29 | 702.2512 | Meat Candy Q | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE |
| 2023-04-28 | Perris, CA | 2201 South | 33 | 713.7144 | Meat Candy Q | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ |
| 2024-04-12 | Perris, CA | 2201 South | 39 | 705.6800 | Rhythm 'N Que | Meat Candy Q |
| 2025-04-11 ← this one | Perris, CA | 2201 South A Street | 26 | 695.9544 | Porterhouse BBQ | B' MACKIN BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 173.1316 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.7028 | 169.6800 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 170.8344 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 167.9884 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
26 entries · top 695.9544 · median 672.7198
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 2 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 3 | ONE PIT WONDER | |
| 4 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 5 | LADY OF Q | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 7 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 8 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 9 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 10 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 11 | Dos Toros BBQ Team | |
| 12 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 13 | THE BRISKET BROTHERS | |
| 14 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 15 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 16 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 17 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 18 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 19 | Blackjack bbq | |
| 20 | Charred to the Corps | |
| 21 | Big FATT BBQ Boys | |
| 22 | Team Big Meat | |
| 23 | BBQ Rx | |
| 24 | AJ’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ | |
| 25 | OVERT OPS SMOKING | |
| 26 | Sweet T's BBQ Co. |
Chicken
26 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.8342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 2 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 3 | LADY OF Q | |
| 4 | OVERT OPS SMOKING | |
| 5 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 7 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 8 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 9 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 10 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 11 | Charred to the Corps | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 13 | THE BRISKET BROTHERS | |
| 14 | Big FATT BBQ Boys | |
| 15 | BBQ Rx | |
| 16 | Dos Toros BBQ Team | |
| 17 | ONE PIT WONDER | |
| 18 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 19 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 20 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 21 | Blackjack bbq | |
| 22 | Team Big Meat | |
| 23 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 24 | AJ’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ | |
| 25 | Sweet T's BBQ Co. | |
| 26 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ |
Pork Ribs
26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 2 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 3 | Dos Toros BBQ Team | |
| 4 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | ONE PIT WONDER | |
| 6 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 7 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 8 | LADY OF Q | |
| 9 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 10 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 11 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 13 | THE BRISKET BROTHERS | |
| 14 | AJ’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ | |
| 15 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 16 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 17 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 18 | Blackjack bbq | |
| 19 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 20 | Team Big Meat | |
| 21 | Big FATT BBQ Boys | |
| 22 | OVERT OPS SMOKING | |
| 23 | Sweet T's BBQ Co. | |
| 24 | BBQ Rx | |
| 25 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 26 | Charred to the Corps |
Pork
26 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.4344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 2 | THE BRISKET BROTHERS | |
| 3 | LADY OF Q | |
| 4 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 5 | ONE PIT WONDER | |
| 6 | Dos Toros BBQ Team | |
| 7 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 8 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 9 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 10 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 11 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 12 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 14 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 15 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 16 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 17 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 18 | Team Big Meat | |
| 19 | Blackjack bbq | |
| 20 | OVERT OPS SMOKING | |
| 21 | Big FATT BBQ Boys | |
| 22 | AJ’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ | |
| 23 | Charred to the Corps | |
| 24 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 25 | BBQ Rx | |
| 26 | Sweet T's BBQ Co. |
Brisket
26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2458
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 2 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 3 | ONE PIT WONDER | |
| 4 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 5 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 6 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 7 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 8 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 9 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 10 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 11 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 12 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 13 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 14 | LADY OF Q | |
| 15 | Charred to the Corps | |
| 16 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 17 | THE BRISKET BROTHERS | |
| 18 | BBQ Rx | |
| 19 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 20 | Blackjack bbq | |
| 21 | Dos Toros BBQ Team | |
| 22 | Big FATT BBQ Boys | |
| 23 | Team Big Meat | |
| 24 | AJ’S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ | |
| 25 | OVERT OPS SMOKING | |
| 26 | Sweet T's BBQ Co. |