Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1)
2025-05-30 – 2025-05-31 · Norco, CA · 📍 3737 Crestview · State championship
Reps: KATHLEEN MCINTOSH, KELLY MCINTOSH · Prize money: $8,000.00
Grand Champion: Loot N' Booty BBQ (711.9884) · 27 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Meat Candy Q
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
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 dynasty in the making
Loot N' Booty BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 16.0456 points — a wider margin than 98% of championships in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ took the Grand Championship home to AZ.
🧹 A double category winner
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: SMOKE HOUND BBQ and LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Meat Candy Q and The Pitfather BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ and LADY OF Q tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Burnin' and Lootin' (won 2019).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-29 | Norco, CA 92860 | 75 | 708.5828 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 2016-06-03 | 3737 Crestview Dr | 58 | 705.1544 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ. | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 2019-05-31 | Norco, CA | 3737 Crestview Dr | 49 | 695.9312 | Burnin' and Lootin' | Team Woodshed |
| 2022-06-03 | Norco, CA | 3737 Crestview Dr | 37 | 706.2400 | Big Poppa Smokers | Meat Candy Q |
| 2023-06-02 | Norco, CA | 3737 Crestview Dr | 43 | 705.1316 | Big Red BBQ | Meat Candy Q |
| 2025-05-30 ← this one | Norco, CA | 3737 Crestview | 27 | 711.9884 | Loot N' Booty BBQ | Meat Candy Q |
| 2025-05-31 | Norco, CA | 3737 Crestview | 20 | 710.2744 | Loot N' Booty BBQ | Meat Candy Q |
| 2026-05-29 | Norco, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 173.1200 | 170.2512 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 176.0000 | 171.9656 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.1428 | 170.2744 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 173.1428 | 171.9772 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
27 entries · top 711.9884 · median 678.7540
Chicken
27 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.9772
Pork Ribs
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.8286 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
26 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.6856
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.
Kids-Q — Kids-Q 11+
8 entries · top 176.5600 · median 173.7086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | S&S 1 BBQ | |
| 2 | Khloe Bug | |
| 3 | Dandy's BBQ | |
| 4 | Good Cooker | |
| 5 | S&S 2 BBQ | |
| 6 | CP BBQ Jr2 | |
| 7 | Camby Wamby | |
| 8 | Little Fat Sal's |
Kids-Q — Kids-Q 6-10
9 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Rack City | |
| 2 | G-Wood BBQ | |
| 3 | Mini Justin Jefferson | |
| 4 | Spirit | |
| 5 | Let's Go Panda | |
| 6 | Little Texas BBQ | |
| 7 | Mega Shark | |
| 8 | CP BBQ Jr | |
| 9 | Cat's BBQ |
Ancillary — Turkey Smoke
7 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.3944 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 2 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 3 | RACK CITY BBQ | |
| 4 | SoCal Outlaw BBQ | |
| 5 | THE BRISKET BROTHERS | |
| 6 | B Lee's BBQ | |
| 7 | BlueFly BBQ |