Jul 29–30, 2016 · Alamosa, CO · 📍 Cole Park
BACKDRAFT BBQ won Grand Champion at the SanLuis Valley Beat The Heat Brew BBQ & Chili Challenge on July 29, 2016 in Alamosa, CO at Cole Park, scoring 689.6344 in a field of 27 teams. 4 LEGS UP BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.0972. Category winners: Chicken — JO-BAWB'S BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — SCORCH AND RESQUE (175.4172); Pork — BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES (177.1544); Brisket — BACKDRAFT BBQ (180.0000).
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 93% of the 4,714 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5372 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100
Backdraft BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BIG POPPA SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 9–10: SCORCH AND RESQUE and CRAZY COYOTE tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: WOODY'S Q SHACK and CRAZY COYOTE tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: B-S BBQ OUTLAWS and Duck Dog Bar-B-Que tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BACKDRAFT BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 12th.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 171.4516 | 170.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 171.4516 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 177.1544 | 172.5828 | 170.2972 |
| Brisket | 180 | 167.3944 | 165.0856 |
27 entries · top 689.6344 · median 665.6344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 2 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 3 | BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES | |
| 4 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 5 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 6 | 3 LIL' MACS BBQ | |
| 7 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 8 | SCORCH AND RESQUE | |
| 9 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 10 | CRAZY COYOTE | |
| 11 | BURNTOUT BBQ CO | |
| 12 | MONSOON BBQ | |
| 13 | WOODY'S Q SHACK | |
| 14 | BELLY RUB'N BBQ | |
| 15 | Duck Dog Bar-B-Que | |
| 16 | SUNDANCER BBQ | |
| 17 | Sho Dawg BBQ | |
| 18 | SIMMONS SECOND CHANCE RANCH BBQ | |
| 19 | BROKE ASS BAR-B-QUE CO. | |
| 20 | BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | |
| 21 | LUCKY SMOKE | |
| 22 | SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ | |
| 23 | LOST WEEKEND GRILL | |
| 24 | PIG IN A PIT | |
| 25 | Service Dog BBQ | |
| 26 | ROCKY MOUNTAIN PIT POSSE | |
| 27 | ORGANIZED CHAOS |
27 entries · top 180 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 2 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 3 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 4 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 5 | SUNDANCER BBQ | |
| 6 | SIMMONS SECOND CHANCE RANCH BBQ | |
| 7 | BURNTOUT BBQ CO | |
| 8 | BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES | |
| 9 | SCORCH AND RESQUE | |
| 10 | CRAZY COYOTE | |
| 11 | BELLY RUB'N BBQ | |
| 12 | Sho Dawg BBQ | |
| 13 | ORGANIZED CHAOS | |
| 14 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 15 | BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | |
| 16 | MONSOON BBQ | |
| 17 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 18 | 3 LIL' MACS BBQ | |
| 19 | BROKE ASS BAR-B-QUE CO. | |
| 20 | Duck Dog Bar-B-Que | |
| 21 | SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ | |
| 22 | LOST WEEKEND GRILL | |
| 23 | Service Dog BBQ | |
| 24 | ROCKY MOUNTAIN PIT POSSE | |
| 25 | WOODY'S Q SHACK | |
| 26 | LUCKY SMOKE | |
| 27 | PIG IN A PIT |
27 entries · top 175.4172 · median 166.2516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCORCH AND RESQUE | |
| 2 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 3 | 3 LIL' MACS BBQ | |
| 4 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 5 | SUNDANCER BBQ | |
| 6 | BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES | |
| 7 | BURNTOUT BBQ CO | |
| 8 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 9 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 10 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 11 | CRAZY COYOTE | |
| 12 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 13 | MONSOON BBQ | |
| 14 | Sho Dawg BBQ | |
| 15 | Duck Dog Bar-B-Que | |
| 16 | BROKE ASS BAR-B-QUE CO. | |
| 17 | WOODY'S Q SHACK | |
| 18 | LUCKY SMOKE | |
| 19 | PIG IN A PIT | |
| 20 | BELLY RUB'N BBQ | |
| 21 | SIMMONS SECOND CHANCE RANCH BBQ | |
| 22 | ROCKY MOUNTAIN PIT POSSE | |
| 23 | SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ | |
| 24 | BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | |
| 25 | LOST WEEKEND GRILL | |
| 26 | ORGANIZED CHAOS | |
| 27 | Service Dog BBQ |
27 entries · top 177.1544 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES | |
| 2 | WOODY'S Q SHACK | |
| 3 | CRAZY COYOTE | |
| 4 | 3 LIL' MACS BBQ | |
| 5 | Service Dog BBQ | |
| 6 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 7 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 8 | Duck Dog Bar-B-Que | |
| 9 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 10 | BELLY RUB'N BBQ | |
| 11 | SCORCH AND RESQUE | |
| 12 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 13 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 14 | BURNTOUT BBQ CO | |
| 15 | BROKE ASS BAR-B-QUE CO. | |
| 16 | MONSOON BBQ | |
| 17 | Sho Dawg BBQ | |
| 18 | SUNDANCER BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ | |
| 20 | BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | |
| 21 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 22 | SIMMONS SECOND CHANCE RANCH BBQ | |
| 23 | LOST WEEKEND GRILL | |
| 24 | LUCKY SMOKE | |
| 25 | PIG IN A PIT | |
| 26 | ROCKY MOUNTAIN PIT POSSE | |
| 27 | ORGANIZED CHAOS |
27 entries · top 180 · median 161.6688 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 2 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 3 | MONSOON BBQ | |
| 4 | WOODY'S Q SHACK | |
| 5 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 6 | LUCKY SMOKE | |
| 7 | SIMMONS SECOND CHANCE RANCH BBQ | |
| 8 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 9 | ORGANIZED CHAOS | |
| 10 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 11 | BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES | |
| 12 | 3 LIL' MACS BBQ | |
| 13 | BELLY RUB'N BBQ | |
| 14 | Sho Dawg BBQ | |
| 15 | PIG IN A PIT | |
| 16 | BURNTOUT BBQ CO | |
| 17 | Duck Dog Bar-B-Que | |
| 18 | CRAZY COYOTE | |
| 19 | LOST WEEKEND GRILL | |
| 20 | BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | |
| 21 | SCORCH AND RESQUE | |
| 22 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 23 | ROCKY MOUNTAIN PIT POSSE | |
| 24 | BROKE ASS BAR-B-QUE CO. | |
| 25 | SUNDANCER BBQ | |
| 26 | SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ | |
| 27 | Service Dog BBQ |
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.
5 entries · top 180 · median 159.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan Grob 11 | |
| 2 | Angela Antonen 14 | |
| 3 | Kayla Medina | |
| 4 | Joe Rezac 12 | |
| 5 | Reid Strieker 13 |
11 entries · top 174.3316 · median 166.3084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Woodward 8 | |
| 2 | Madisen Heisey 10 | |
| 3 | Morgan Ortega 9 | |
| 4 | Nandi Strieker 9 | |
| 5 | Gage Agular 7 | |
| 6 | Zavier Medina | |
| 7 | Kaylee Gonzales 9 | |
| 8 | Dyson Woodward | |
| 9 | Kylee McMichael 9 | |
| 10 | Xander Aguilar 8 | |
| 11 | Julie Rezac 8 |
17 entries · top 178.8800 · median 169.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 LIL' MACS BBQ | |
| 2 | MONSOON BBQ | |
| 3 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 4 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 5 | LUCKY SMOKE | |
| 6 | SIMMONS SECOND CHANCE RANCH BBQ | |
| 7 | Duck Dog Bar-B-Que | |
| 8 | ROCKY MOUNTAIN PIT POSSE | |
| 9 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 10 | SUNDANCER BBQ | |
| 11 | PIG IN A PIT | |
| 12 | BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | |
| 13 | ORGANIZED CHAOS | |
| 14 | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 15 | Sho Dawg BBQ | |
| 16 | BROKE ASS BAR-B-QUE CO. | |
| 17 | Service Dog BBQ |