Horse Town Brew n Que Festival

2016-06-03 – 2016-06-04 · Norco, CA · 📍 3737 Crestview Dr

Grand Champion: MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ. (705.1544) · 58 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ

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MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ

705.1544 · Master Series — Overall

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LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ

699.9888 · Master Series — Overall

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BURNIN AND LOOTIN

693.7260 · Master Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

503.38 median 662.20 705.15 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 180.00 🔥
Pork Ribs 180.00 🔥
Pork 180.00 🔥
Brisket 179.44

20.00 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2015 to 2025 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

705.1544

Winning margin

5.1656

GC over RC

Field average

655.10

503.38705.15

median 662.20 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ (Chicken), TOYS 4 BBQ'N (Pork), BURNIN AND LOOTIN (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Chicken

2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

682.8116

503.38705.15

10th place overall

Field spread

201.7716

winner to last place

Most consistent

MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ

avg finish 5.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 1.7372 pts — TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q

How hot was the win?

Top 13%

beats 87% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

44%

33 of 75 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.62 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1557

avg power rating going in · stronger than 43% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Rooftop BBQ

rated 1785 pre-contest

Storylines (7 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 3rd
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 10th
Brisket 5th

A day of perfect scores

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ · Chicken
TOYS 4 BBQ'N · Pork
BURNIN AND LOOTIN · Pork Ribs

A dynasty in the making

2× wins at this contest

2 of 7 tracked editions

Loot N' Booty BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 7 tracked editions.

2025
2025

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 3–4: MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ and DG FIREHOUSE BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ and ROOFTOP BBQ tied on 177.7372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: SMOKIN' HART'S and ROOFTOP BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 3–4 · tie
Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
Pork 3–4 · tie
Pork 9–10 · tie

A contest record in pork ribs

180.0000 best pork ribs ever cooked here

BURNIN AND LOOTIN turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 179.4400 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 179.4400
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PORTERHOUSE BBQ (won 2015).

PORTERHOUSE BBQ · 2015

One of the big ones

58 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 91% of the 5,410 contests in the data

58 teams made this a bigger field than 91% of every contest tracked.

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)

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2015-05-29	Norco, CA	Norco, CA 92860	75	708.5828	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	SMOKE HOUND BBQ
2016-06-03 ← this one	Norco, CA	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	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	180.0000	177.7028	173.1772
Pork Ribs	180.0000	176.5600	173.1316
Pork	180.0000	177.1428	174.2628
Brisket	179.4400	174.3200	173.1200

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

58 entries · top 705.1544 · median 662.2000

#	Team	Score
1	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	705.1544
2	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	699.9888
3	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	693.7260
4	ROOFTOP BBQ	693.6688
5	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	693.0972
6	LADY OF Q	691.3600
7	TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q	690.2856
8	TOYS 4 BBQ'N	689.6804
9	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	687.9660
10	PHIL THE GRILL	682.8116
11	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	681.1544
12	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	680.5256
13	NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q	679.9428
14	SMOKIN' HART'S	679.3716
15	RAD FONDO BBQ	677.6916
16	YOUR BEHIND BBQ	677.6572
17	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	677.6456
18	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	677.0172
19	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	675.9428
20	Meat Candy Q	675.9428
21	FUNTIME BBQ	674.7772
22	OUTTA GAS BBQ	671.9428
23	QUED UP	671.4056
24	BLUE EYED BBQ	671.3944
25	GORILLA ISLANDS	670.7428
26	JUNIORS UP IN SMOKE	668.4576
27	Brisket Brothers	666.3432
28	COOL GRILLING	665.6456
29	MONSOON BBQ	662.7200
30	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	661.6800
31	SMOKIN' MONEY	658.7884
32	Pops BBQ 22	658.7660
33	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	657.5312
34	SMOKIN FAT BOYS BBQ	654.7660
35	MOE CASON BBQ	652.3884
36	Smoke Dog BBQ	647.9080
37	RIBANATOR RUB BBQ TEAM	647.8748
38	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	647.2340
39	ODB Ribticklin BBQ	646.8116
40	ALL ABOUT THE Q	646.2288
41	BLAZED N' GLAZED	645.0744
42	JC BBQ	645.0400
43	NO JOKIN SMOKIN	644.4796
44	HOT LOVE BBQ	641.6916
45	Howlin BBQ	641.0400
46	MOSSY ROCK BBQ	640.4916
47	OINK OINK	632.9944
48	COME AND TAKE IT BBQ	631.8288
49	Ember	631.3368
50	Rod's Hickory Hawgs	627.7828
51	7 SINS BBQ	626.0916
52	RIO BRAVO BAR-B-Q	624.5032
53	CHICKS WITH PITS	621.1316
54	Fo Sizzle BBQ	621.0628
55	C&C BBQ	614.6744
56	Little Big Smoke	567.2456
57	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	521.6228
58	GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS	503.3828

Chicken

58 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1258 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	Pops BBQ 22	179.4400
3	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	177.7144
4	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	177.7144
5	FUNTIME BBQ	177.7028
6	SMOKIN' MONEY	177.1428
7	CHICKS WITH PITS	175.4628
8	SMOKIN FAT BOYS BBQ	174.8572
9	PHIL THE GRILL	173.7144
10	Brisket Brothers	173.1772
11	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	173.1200
12	GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS	172.5828
13	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	172.5716
14	TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q	172.5484
15	OUTTA GAS BBQ	172.0000
16	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	171.9772
17	ROOFTOP BBQ	171.9772
18	QUED UP	171.4284
19	LADY OF Q	171.4172
20	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	171.4056
21	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	171.4056
22	Meat Candy Q	171.4056
23	ALL ABOUT THE Q	170.8800
24	BLUE EYED BBQ	170.8456
25	TOYS 4 BBQ'N	170.2744
26	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	169.7028
27	Ember	169.6912
28	RAD FONDO BBQ	169.6684
29	RIBANATOR RUB BBQ TEAM	169.1316
30	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	169.1200
31	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	169.1200
32	YOUR BEHIND BBQ	169.1200
33	JC BBQ	168.5600
34	MONSOON BBQ	168.5372
35	GORILLA ISLANDS	168.5256
36	MOSSY ROCK BBQ	166.8572
37	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	166.8572
38	JUNIORS UP IN SMOKE	166.8344
39	COOL GRILLING	166.8228
40	NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q	166.8228
41	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	166.8228
42	SMOKIN' HART'S	165.6916
43	BLAZED N' GLAZED	165.1544
44	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	164.5372
45	ODB Ribticklin BBQ	163.9884
46	C&C BBQ	162.8228
47	MOE CASON BBQ	162.8000
48	Fo Sizzle BBQ	161.6800
49	Howlin BBQ	161.0856
50	COME AND TAKE IT BBQ	160.5372
51	HOT LOVE BBQ	160.0000
52	RIO BRAVO BAR-B-Q	159.9656
53	Smoke Dog BBQ	158.8456
54	NO JOKIN SMOKIN	155.9768
55	7 SINS BBQ	155.9656
56	OINK OINK	154.8344
57	Rod's Hickory Hawgs	153.6456
58	Little Big Smoke	133.6800

Pork Ribs

57 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	180.0000 🔥
2	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	178.8572
3	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	177.7372
4	ROOFTOP BBQ	177.7372
5	LADY OF Q	176.5600
6	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	174.2856
7	RAD FONDO BBQ	173.7488
8	BLUE EYED BBQ	173.7372
9	OUTTA GAS BBQ	173.7028
10	Meat Candy Q	173.1316
11	FUNTIME BBQ	173.1200
12	Brisket Brothers	172.0344
13	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	171.4744
14	MONSOON BBQ	171.4172
15	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	171.4172
16	SMOKIN' MONEY	170.8228
17	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	170.2744
18	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	170.2744
19	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	169.7028
20	JUNIORS UP IN SMOKE	169.6916
21	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	169.6800
22	TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q	169.1888
23	GORILLA ISLANDS	169.1544
24	COOL GRILLING	168.0000
25	PHIL THE GRILL	166.8344
26	TOYS 4 BBQ'N	166.8344
27	NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q	165.7144
28	Fo Sizzle BBQ	164.5600
29	SMOKIN FAT BOYS BBQ	163.9772
30	YOUR BEHIND BBQ	162.8228
31	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	162.8228
32	HOT LOVE BBQ	162.2860
33	ALL ABOUT THE Q	162.2744
34	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	162.2400
35	SMOKIN' HART'S	161.6800
36	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	161.0856
37	Pops BBQ 22	160.5372
38	QUED UP	159.9772
39	BLAZED N' GLAZED	159.9772
40	Smoke Dog BBQ	159.9540
41	Howlin BBQ	159.4056
42	JC BBQ	158.8344
43	ODB Ribticklin BBQ	157.6916
44	OINK OINK	157.6800
45	RIBANATOR RUB BBQ TEAM	157.0744
46	MOE CASON BBQ	156.5144
47	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	155.9084
48	7 SINS BBQ	155.3832
49	COME AND TAKE IT BBQ	154.7888
50	RIO BRAVO BAR-B-Q	154.2860
51	NO JOKIN SMOKIN	154.2400
52	Rod's Hickory Hawgs	154.2172
53	CHICKS WITH PITS	150.8572
54	MOSSY ROCK BBQ	150.2516
55	C&C BBQ	149.6572
56	Ember	148.5028
57	Little Big Smoke	142.2284

Pork

58 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.6972 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	TOYS 4 BBQ'N	180.0000 🔥
2	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	178.2972
3	SMOKIN' HART'S	177.7144
4	ROOFTOP BBQ	177.7144
5	Meat Candy Q	177.1428
6	PHIL THE GRILL	176.0000
7	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	174.8456
8	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	174.2744
9	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	174.2628
10	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	174.2628
11	YOUR BEHIND BBQ	173.7372
12	HOT LOVE BBQ	173.1428
13	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	172.5828
14	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	170.8572
15	GORILLA ISLANDS	170.8228
16	QUED UP	170.2972
17	Rod's Hickory Hawgs	169.7256
18	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	169.7028
19	NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q	169.7028
20	LADY OF Q	169.6800
21	SMOKIN' MONEY	169.1200
22	TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q	169.1084
23	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	168.5372
24	OINK OINK	168.0000
25	COOL GRILLING	167.9772
26	COME AND TAKE IT BBQ	167.9656
27	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	167.3944
28	JUNIORS UP IN SMOKE	166.8344
29	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	166.2628
30	RIBANATOR RUB BBQ TEAM	165.1316
31	MOE CASON BBQ	163.9428
32	Smoke Dog BBQ	162.8456
33	OUTTA GAS BBQ	162.2744
34	RAD FONDO BBQ	162.2744
35	NO JOKIN SMOKIN	162.2628
36	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	162.2400
37	MOSSY ROCK BBQ	162.2284
38	BLUE EYED BBQ	161.6916
39	7 SINS BBQ	161.6572
40	Pops BBQ 22	160.5372
41	RIO BRAVO BAR-B-Q	159.3944
42	MONSOON BBQ	159.3828
43	JC BBQ	159.3828
44	Brisket Brothers	158.8800
45	GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS	158.2400
46	Howlin BBQ	157.6916
47	Ember	156.5828
48	ODB Ribticklin BBQ	156.5372
49	BLAZED N' GLAZED	155.4172
50	ALL ABOUT THE Q	154.2628
51	C&C BBQ	154.2172
52	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	152.0000
53	FUNTIME BBQ	151.3944
54	Little Big Smoke	149.1200
55	SMOKIN FAT BOYS BBQ	147.3600
56	Fo Sizzle BBQ	142.8228
57	CHICKS WITH PITS	133.0972
58	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	20.0000

Brisket

58 entries · top 179.4400 · median 164.5428

#	Team	Score
1	TOOT & STINKY'S CALI-Q	179.4400
2	NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q	177.7028
3	DG FIREHOUSE BBQ	177.1544
4	THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	175.4400
5	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	174.3200
6	SMOKIN' HART'S	174.2856
7	SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ	174.2628
8	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	173.7144
9	LADY OF Q	173.7028
10	ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	173.1200
11	SMOKIN IT UP BBQ	172.5828
12	TOYS 4 BBQ'N	172.5716
13	FUNTIME BBQ	172.5600
14	GET SOME BBQ ASSASSINS	172.5600
15	RAD FONDO BBQ	172.0000
16	NO JOKIN SMOKIN	172.0000
17	YOUR BEHIND BBQ	171.9772
18	QUED UP	169.7028
19	WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	169.1428
20	MOE CASON BBQ	169.1312
21	ODB Ribticklin BBQ	168.5944
22	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	168.5716
23	SMOKIN FAT BOYS BBQ	168.5716
24	Smoke Dog BBQ	166.2628
25	PHIL THE GRILL	166.2628
26	ROOFTOP BBQ	166.2400
27	BLUE EYED BBQ	165.1200
28	JUNIORS UP IN SMOKE	165.0972
29	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	164.5600
30	BLAZED N' GLAZED	164.5256
31	OUTTA GAS BBQ	163.9656
32	MONSOON BBQ	163.3828
33	Howlin BBQ	162.8572
34	COOL GRILLING	162.8456
35	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	162.2628
36	Brisket Brothers	162.2516
37	GORILLA ISLANDS	162.2400
38	CHICKS WITH PITS	161.7144
39	MOSSY ROCK BBQ	161.1544
40	SMOKE HOUND BBQ	160.5144
41	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	160.5028
42	ALL ABOUT THE Q	158.8116
43	JC BBQ	158.2628
44	Pops BBQ 22	158.2516
45	Ember	156.5600
46	RIBANATOR RUB BBQ TEAM	156.5372
47	Meat Candy Q	154.2628
48	7 SINS BBQ	153.0856
49	OINK OINK	152.4800
50	Fo Sizzle BBQ	152.0000
51	RIO BRAVO BAR-B-Q	150.8572
52	JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	150.7884
53	Rod's Hickory Hawgs	150.1944
54	COME AND TAKE IT BBQ	148.5372
55	C&C BBQ	147.9772
56	HOT LOVE BBQ	146.2628
57	Little Big Smoke	142.2172
58	SMOKIN' MONEY	141.7028

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.

Master Series — Kids Que Ages 11 To 15

7 entries · top 176.0572 · median 169.1428

#	Team	Score
1	Jayden Hart	176.0572
2	Phoebe Q	174.8456
3	Christopher Collett	171.4744
4	Brendan Hart	169.1428
5	Pig-N-Out	166.2744
6	Savanna Ramos	159.3716
7	Ashley Heveron	153.1312

Master Series — Kids Que Ages 6 To 10

10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.1256

#	Team	Score
1	Swine Craft	178.8572
2	Jonah Hall	178.8572
3	Jimmy Lil Toot" Smith	176.0000
4	Natalie Wilson	174.8800
5	Nicole Heveron	171.4056
6	Dodger Dogs	170.8456
7	Anastasia Fink	167.9772
8	Nathan Etchison	166.8456
9	Maisie Magee	165.1312
10	Maitiu Mosher	141.0972

Horse Town Brew n Que Festival

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Winning score by edition

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Came back for more

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (7 found in this contest's numbers)

Won without a category win

A day of perfect scores

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

A contest record in pork ribs

Back to defend

One of the big ones

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket

Ancillary categories

Master Series — Kids Que Ages 11 To 15

Master Series — Kids Que Ages 6 To 10