BBQ Jackpot
2025-11-21 – 2025-11-22 · Las Vegas, NV · 📍 Bass Pro Shops · State championship
Reps: KATHLEEN MCINTOSH, KELLY MCINTOSH, MICHAEL SANTIAGO, RHONDA SANTIAGO · Prize money: $16,400.00
Grand Champion: Big Johns BBQ Company (706.2856) · 90 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BURNIN AND LOOTIN
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Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
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Double threats
How hot was the win?
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Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Big Johns BBQ Company took the Grand Championship home to CA.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
7 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: BULL MARKET BBQ and Furyous FIRE BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: BURNIN AND LOOTIN and SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Small Axe BBQ and IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
Big Johns BBQ Company came in rated below the field's top team, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 20-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-06 | Las Vegas, NV | Bass Pro Shops | 74 | 705.1200 | Gettin' Basted | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ |
| 2025-11-21 ← this one | Las Vegas, NV | Bass Pro Shops | 90 | 706.2856 | Big Johns BBQ Company | BURNIN AND LOOTIN |
| 2026-11-20 | Las Vegas, NV | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 177.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 177.1544 | 175.4172 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 176.5600 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.1544 | 176.5600 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
90 entries · top 706.2856 · median 681.6458
Chicken
90 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.1256 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
90 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6916 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
90 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.5484 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
89 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
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
36 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.5658 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 2 | VRM Pit Crew | |
| 3 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 4 | Furyous FIRE BBQ | |
| 5 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 6 | CROOKED PIGS | |
| 7 | Bowling Bro's BBQ | |
| 8 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Johns BBQ Company | |
| 10 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 11 | All About Smokin Q | |
| 12 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 13 | Wild West BBQ | |
| 14 | Beefy Boyz BBQ | |
| 15 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 16 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 17 | Troublemakers BBQ | |
| 18 | Jessie Raes BBQ | |
| 19 | Chicken Fried BBQ | |
| 20 | HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 21 | BAD RABBIT BBQ | |
| 22 | Small Axe BBQ | |
| 23 | Big Juicy BBQ | |
| 24 | Wired Up Smokers | |
| 25 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 26 | Churchill Downs Smokers | |
| 27 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 28 | RED EYED SMOKERS | |
| 29 | STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ | |
| 30 | Phil the Grill | |
| 31 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 32 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 33 | BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ | |
| 34 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. | |
| 35 | My Style BBQ | |
| 36 | LV Bucketlist BBQ |
Ancillary — Turkey Smoke
43 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.3944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | All About Smokin Q | |
| 2 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 3 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 4 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 5 | STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ | |
| 6 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 7 | Can Do BBQ | |
| 8 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 9 | Chicken Fried BBQ | |
| 10 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 11 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 12 | All Up In My Grill | |
| 13 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 14 | The Smokin' B.A.R. | |
| 15 | Wired Up Smokers | |
| 16 | LADY OF Q | |
| 17 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 18 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 19 | High Voltage BBQ | |
| 20 | THE BRISKET BROTHERS | |
| 21 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 22 | Wild West BBQ | |
| 23 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 24 | THE BIG BANG BBQ CREW | |
| 25 | Beefy Boyz BBQ | |
| 26 | Bowling Bro's BBQ | |
| 27 | Phil the Grill | |
| 28 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 29 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. | |
| 30 | BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ | |
| 31 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 32 | EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 33 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 34 | Big Johns BBQ Company | |
| 35 | Generation Q | |
| 36 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 37 | LV Bucketlist BBQ | |
| 38 | Troublemakers BBQ | |
| 39 | BarrelHead Cookers | |
| 40 | VRM Pit Crew | |
| 41 | Smoke on the Water BBQ | |
| 42 | Rio Good BBQ | |
| 43 | Big Juicy BBQ |