Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
2016-09-09 – 2016-09-10 · 📍 1340 Gunnison Ave
Grand Champion: BIG POPPA SMOKERS (694.8460) · 49 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 UTAH BBQ COMPANY
Contest preview (from past editions of this contest)
🏆 Defending champion
LUCKY'S Q won the most recent scored edition (2015-09-11).
🎪 Typical draw
This contest has averaged 40 teams across 3 scored editions.
📏 Contest record
The highest overall score here is 702.8572, set by BIG POPPA SMOKERS in 2013.
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
BIG POPPA SMOKERS has won this contest 3 times across its 7 tracked editions.
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-13 | Grand Junction, CO | 42 | 702.8572 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES | |
| 2014-09-12 | Grand Junction, CO 81501 | 47 | 692.5944 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 2015-09-11 | Grand Junction, CO 81521 | 32 | 698.8344 | LUCKY'S Q | GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 2016-09-09 ← this one | 1340 Gunnison Ave | 49 | 694.8460 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 2017-09-08 | 1340 Gunnison Ave | 28 | 694.2516 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 2018-09-07 | 925 Struthers AVe | 32 | 693.6572 | SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 2019-09-06 | Grand Jct, CO | 925 Struthers AVe | 28 | 691.3488 | CROOKED PIGS | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS |
Official results are up on kcbs.us ↗ but haven’t been pulled here yet — they land with the nightly scrape.