Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival
2025-08-15 – 2025-08-16 · Worland, WY · 📍 501 15 Mile Rd. · State championship
Reps: BRIAN MOORE, DEL ANDERSON · Prize money: $15,000.00
Grand Champion: Wyo Smoke Show (706.8228) · 27 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Brinkerhoff 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 razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5828 points — closer than 88% of every championship in the data.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: Brinkerhoff BBQ and AMERICAN HEROES BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: WYO SMOKE SHOW and HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: Brinkerhoff BBQ and PAPA'S PIT CREW tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
WYO SMOKE SHOW came in rated below the field's top team, B-S BBQ OUTLAWS, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-16 | Worland, WY | 501 15 Mile Rd. | 29 | 709.7144 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ |
| 2025-08-15 ← this one | Worland, WY | 501 15 Mile Rd. | 27 | 706.8228 | Wyo Smoke Show | Brinkerhoff BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 169.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 175.4400 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 172.5944 |
| Brisket | 176.0000 | 174.2628 | 173.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
27 entries · top 706.8228 · median 672.4340
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WYO SMOKE SHOW | |
| 2 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 3 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 4 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | |
| 6 | HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ | |
| 7 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 8 | LaTa-Que | |
| 9 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 10 | FTS | |
| 11 | Monarch BBQ | |
| 12 | Lost Weekend Grill | |
| 13 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 14 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 15 | The Smokin Dawg | |
| 16 | H&H BBQ | |
| 17 | Chubby Cheeks BBQ | |
| 18 | Sons of Thunder BBQ | |
| 19 | Great Shepherd BBQ | |
| 20 | The Outback Cookin' Company | |
| 21 | Barr's BBQ | |
| 22 | Sochie's BBQ | |
| 23 | Crooked L's | |
| 24 | White Smoke | |
| 25 | 3 Smokin Chicks | |
| 26 | Got Your Six Portions | |
| 27 | Salinas Smoke Show |
Chicken
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 2 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 3 | WYO SMOKE SHOW | |
| 4 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | |
| 6 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 7 | FTS | |
| 8 | LaTa-Que | |
| 9 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 10 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 11 | HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ | |
| 12 | Chubby Cheeks BBQ | |
| 13 | Monarch BBQ | |
| 14 | Lost Weekend Grill | |
| 15 | Crooked L's | |
| 16 | The Smokin Dawg | |
| 17 | Sons of Thunder BBQ | |
| 18 | 3 Smokin Chicks | |
| 19 | Got Your Six Portions | |
| 20 | H&H BBQ | |
| 21 | White Smoke | |
| 22 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 23 | Sochie's BBQ | |
| 24 | Barr's BBQ | |
| 25 | The Outback Cookin' Company | |
| 26 | Great Shepherd BBQ | |
| 27 | Salinas Smoke Show |
Pork Ribs
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WYO SMOKE SHOW | |
| 2 | HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ | |
| 3 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 4 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 5 | FTS | |
| 6 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 7 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 8 | LaTa-Que | |
| 9 | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | |
| 10 | H&H BBQ | |
| 11 | The Smokin Dawg | |
| 12 | Monarch BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 14 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 15 | The Outback Cookin' Company | |
| 16 | Lost Weekend Grill | |
| 17 | Great Shepherd BBQ | |
| 18 | Sons of Thunder BBQ | |
| 19 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 20 | Sochie's BBQ | |
| 21 | Chubby Cheeks BBQ | |
| 22 | Crooked L's | |
| 23 | Salinas Smoke Show | |
| 24 | White Smoke | |
| 25 | Got Your Six Portions | |
| 26 | Barr's BBQ | |
| 27 | 3 Smokin Chicks |
Pork
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 2 | Lost Weekend Grill | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | |
| 4 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 5 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 6 | HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ | |
| 7 | WYO SMOKE SHOW | |
| 8 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 10 | Sochie's BBQ | |
| 11 | Monarch BBQ | |
| 12 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 13 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 14 | The Outback Cookin' Company | |
| 15 | FTS | |
| 16 | Barr's BBQ | |
| 17 | LaTa-Que | |
| 18 | The Smokin Dawg | |
| 19 | Got Your Six Portions | |
| 20 | 3 Smokin Chicks | |
| 21 | Great Shepherd BBQ | |
| 22 | Chubby Cheeks BBQ | |
| 23 | Sons of Thunder BBQ | |
| 24 | H&H BBQ | |
| 25 | White Smoke | |
| 26 | Crooked L's | |
| 27 | Salinas Smoke Show |
Brisket
27 entries · top 176.0000 · median 165.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | |
| 2 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 3 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 4 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 5 | LaTa-Que | |
| 6 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 7 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 8 | WYO SMOKE SHOW | |
| 9 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 10 | Lost Weekend Grill | |
| 11 | HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ | |
| 12 | Monarch BBQ | |
| 13 | FTS | |
| 14 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 15 | The Smokin Dawg | |
| 16 | Barr's BBQ | |
| 17 | Great Shepherd BBQ | |
| 18 | Chubby Cheeks BBQ | |
| 19 | Sons of Thunder BBQ | |
| 20 | 3 Smokin Chicks | |
| 21 | Salinas Smoke Show | |
| 22 | White Smoke | |
| 23 | H&H BBQ | |
| 24 | Crooked L's | |
| 25 | Got Your Six Portions | |
| 26 | The Outback Cookin' Company | |
| 27 | Sochie's BBQ |
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 — Mystery Meat
13 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.5372
Ancillary — Sauce
14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180