The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands
2025-05-02 – 2025-05-03 · Ruidoso Downs, NM
Reps: DEBBIE SPRAY, SCOTT SPRAY · Prize money: $23,000.00
Grand Champion: Cuatro D Barbeque (706.8456) · 30 teams
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?
Field strength
Storylines
🔥 A day of perfect scores
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🃏 An upset on the books
Cuatro D Barbeque came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 7-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
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Ancillary — Bbq sides
10 entries · top 174.3316 · median 169.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mrs. Plucky | |
| 2 | Cluster Cluck Barbecue | |
| 3 | Nena Q BBQ | |
| 4 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 5 | BrewsCue | |
| 6 | Cuatro D Barbeque | |
| 7 | Kanned Heat | |
| 8 | Pit Pirates BBQ | |
| 9 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 10 | Chingon BBQ |
Ancillary — Dessert
14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 2 | LC BBQ | |
| 3 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 4 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 5 | Mrs. Plucky | |
| 6 | Cuatro D Barbeque | |
| 7 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 8 | BrewsCue | |
| 9 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 10 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 12 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 13 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 14 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER |
Ancillary — Tacos
11 entries · top 173.1200 · median 168.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 2 | LC BBQ | |
| 3 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 4 | Cuatro D Barbeque | |
| 5 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 7 | Mrs. Plucky | |
| 8 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 9 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 10 | HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 11 | BrewsCue |
Master Series — Brisket
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6972 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Chicken
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5658 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Overall
30 entries · top 706.8456 · median 684.5086
Master Series — Pork
30 entries · top 179.4400 · median 172.5600
Master Series — Pork Ribs
30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9714