Wild West BBQ Cook Off

2017-05-12 – 2017-05-13 · Lamar, CO · 📍 Willow Creek Park

Grand Champion: THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ (703.4400) · 31 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 CLARK CREW BBQ

🥇

THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ

703.4400 · Master Series — Overall

🥈

CLARK CREW BBQ

701.6568 · Master Series — Overall

🥉

BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES

687.9200 · 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.

483.42 median 663.37 703.44 🏆

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 178.88
Pork 176.56
Brisket 175.41

126.80 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2026 — this edition picked out.

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

703.4400

Winning margin

1.7832

GC over RC

Field average

653.19

483.42703.44

median 663.37 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

CLARK CREW BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork

1.7144 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

676.5488

483.42703.44

10th place overall

Field spread

220.0224

winner to last place

Most consistent

THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ

avg finish 4.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 4.6172 pts — THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 19%

beats 81% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

48%

16 of 33 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.74 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1583

avg power rating going in · stronger than 66% of contests

Top-rated in the field

CLARK CREW BBQ

rated 1943 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.

A new contest record

703.4400 highest overall ever cooked here

703.4400 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 692.5488 CLARK CREW BBQ set in 2016.

old record 692.5488
set 2016 by CLARK CREW BBQ

A dynasty in the making

3× wins at this contest

3 of 10 tracked editions

Gettin' Basted has won this contest 3 times across its 10 tracked editions.

2021
2024
2025

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 9–10: BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ and 4 LEGS UP BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: 4 LEGS UP BBQ and SCORCH AND RESQUE tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: SCORCH AND RESQUE and CLARK CREW BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 9–10 · tie
Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
Pork 1–2 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 12th.

Chicken 2nd
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 2nd
Brisket 12th

A contest record in chicken

180.0000 best chicken ever cooked here

CLARK CREW BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 174.8572 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 174.8572
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CLARK CREW BBQ (won 2016).

CLARK CREW BBQ · 2016

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

CLARK CREW BBQ · Chicken

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
2016-05-13	Lamar, CO	Willow Creek Park	33	692.5488	CLARK CREW BBQ	BACKDRAFT BBQ
2017-05-12 ← this one	Lamar, CO	Willow Creek Park	31	703.4400	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	CLARK CREW BBQ
2018-05-11	Lamar, CO	Willow Creek Park	26	680.5372	BACKDRAFT BBQ	BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ
2019-05-10	Lamar, CO	Willow Creek Park	28	691.4056	Bushmaster BBQ	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS
2021-05-07	Lamar, CO	Willow Creek Park	35	683.9428	Gettin' Basted	BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ
2022-05-06	Lamar, CO	Willow Creek Park	33	695.9772	Rise N Swine	CLARK CREW BBQ
2023-05-12	Lamar, CO	Willow Creek Park	30	702.8456	Bushmaster BBQ	GETTIN' BASTED
2024-05-10	Lamar, CO	Willow Creek Park	29	703.3828	Gettin' Basted	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ
2025-04-25	Lamar, CO	Willow Creek Park	30	691.9200	Gettin' Basted	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER
2026-04-24	Lamar, CO	Willow Creek Park	27	686.1828	BrewsCue	Brinkerhoff BBQ

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	173.7372	172.0000
Pork Ribs	178.8800	173.1316	169.1428
Pork	176.5600	174.8456	173.1084
Brisket	175.4056	172.5828	170.8456

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

31 entries · top 703.4400 · median 663.3716

#	Team	Score
1	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	703.4400
2	CLARK CREW BBQ	701.6568
3	BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	687.9200
4	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	687.4172
5	4 LEGS UP BBQ	686.2284
6	WOODY'S Q SHACK	684.5144
7	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	680.5028
8	KEEP CALM AND BLAZE ON	677.1200
9	BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ	677.0856
10	Smokin Hot J's	676.5488
11	RISE N SWINE	674.8000
12	SCORCH AND RESQUE	673.6340
13	BACKDRAFT BBQ	673.0400
14	Proud Souls	670.7772
15	WILD HOGS BBQ	667.9660
16	Lolli Q	663.3716
17	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	661.7028
18	LOST WEEKEND GRILL	659.9544
19	BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ	659.8968
20	LA PASADITA	655.3712
21	THE MIGHTY QUINNS BBQ	653.0516
22	Frank's BBQ Trading Post	650.7768
23	CONTENTMENT BLUES AND Q	648.4456
24	PIG IN A PIT	637.6344
25	ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	627.9204
26	SMOKED OUT BBQ	625.5660
27	ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE	623.9316
28	LUCKY'S HAVE BBQ WILL TRAVEL	619.8748
29	K & S BBQ	585.5092
30	Here For Beer	569.6688
31	COLORADO SPRINGS GRILL STORE	483.4176

Chicken

31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	CLARK CREW BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	178.2972
3	WILD HOGS BBQ	175.4516
4	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	174.3200
5	KEEP CALM AND BLAZE ON	173.7372
6	Proud Souls	173.1544
7	SCORCH AND RESQUE	173.1428
8	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	172.6172
9	BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ	172.0000
10	4 LEGS UP BBQ	172.0000
11	WOODY'S Q SHACK	171.9888
12	CONTENTMENT BLUES AND Q	171.9656
13	Frank's BBQ Trading Post	171.4284
14	Lolli Q	170.2972
15	RISE N SWINE	170.2628
16	LOST WEEKEND GRILL	168.0000
17	Smokin Hot J's	166.8572
18	ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	166.8572
19	LA PASADITA	166.8112
20	BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	166.2400
21	Here For Beer	165.7256
22	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	163.9772
23	SMOKED OUT BBQ	160.5028
24	THE MIGHTY QUINNS BBQ	159.9544
25	COLORADO SPRINGS GRILL STORE	159.4404
26	BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ	159.3940
27	PIG IN A PIT	158.8344
28	BACKDRAFT BBQ	154.2172
29	LUCKY'S HAVE BBQ WILL TRAVEL	153.6800
30	ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE	153.1200
31	K & S BBQ	147.3600

Pork Ribs

31 entries · top 178.8800 · median 163.3828

#	Team	Score
1	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	178.8800
2	4 LEGS UP BBQ	174.2628
3	SCORCH AND RESQUE	174.2628
4	CLARK CREW BBQ	174.2628
5	BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	173.1316
6	WOODY'S Q SHACK	173.1200
7	Lolli Q	172.0000
8	Smokin Hot J's	171.4516
9	BACKDRAFT BBQ	170.2628
10	Proud Souls	169.1428
11	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	168.5372
12	BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ	167.4172
13	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	167.3944
14	RISE N SWINE	165.7144
15	WILD HOGS BBQ	165.7144
16	BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ	163.3828
17	LUCKY'S HAVE BBQ WILL TRAVEL	162.8000
18	SMOKED OUT BBQ	160.0116
19	COLORADO SPRINGS GRILL STORE	160.0000
20	KEEP CALM AND BLAZE ON	159.9772
21	ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE	159.4172
22	LOST WEEKEND GRILL	157.1316
23	THE MIGHTY QUINNS BBQ	155.9888
24	LA PASADITA	155.4172
25	PIG IN A PIT	155.3828
26	K & S BBQ	152.5488
27	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	152.5372
28	ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	150.2516
29	Frank's BBQ Trading Post	148.4800
30	CONTENTMENT BLUES AND Q	144.4916
31	Here For Beer	126.8000

Pork

31 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.2400

#	Team	Score
1	4 LEGS UP BBQ	176.5600
2	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	176.5600
3	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	175.4400
4	KEEP CALM AND BLAZE ON	175.4056
5	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	174.8456
6	CONTENTMENT BLUES AND Q	173.7028
7	BACKDRAFT BBQ	173.1544
8	BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	173.1428
9	BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ	173.1200
10	CLARK CREW BBQ	173.1084
11	WILD HOGS BBQ	171.9772
12	SCORCH AND RESQUE	171.4172
13	RISE N SWINE	168.5600
14	WOODY'S Q SHACK	168.0000
15	THE MIGHTY QUINNS BBQ	166.2628
16	Smokin Hot J's	166.2400
17	LOST WEEKEND GRILL	165.1200
18	BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ	165.1084
19	Proud Souls	164.5372
20	COLORADO SPRINGS GRILL STORE	163.9772
21	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	163.9656
22	ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE	163.4400
23	SMOKED OUT BBQ	163.4288
24	PIG IN A PIT	162.8800
25	Frank's BBQ Trading Post	162.8456
26	LA PASADITA	162.2972
27	LUCKY'S HAVE BBQ WILL TRAVEL	162.2860
28	ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	162.2744
29	Lolli Q	161.6800
30	K & S BBQ	151.9544
31	Here For Beer	147.4516

Brisket

30 entries · top 175.4056 · median 168.0114

#	Team	Score
1	BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	175.4056
2	BACKDRAFT BBQ	175.4056
3	CLARK CREW BBQ	174.2856
4	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	174.2856
5	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	172.5828
6	BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ	172.0116
7	Smokin Hot J's	172.0000
8	WOODY'S Q SHACK	171.4056
9	THE MIGHTY QUINNS BBQ	170.8456
10	LA PASADITA	170.8456
11	RISE N SWINE	170.2628
12	THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	169.7028
13	LOST WEEKEND GRILL	169.7028
14	SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	169.1200
15	Frank's BBQ Trading Post	168.0228
16	KEEP CALM AND BLAZE ON	168.0000
17	BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ	164.5484
18	Proud Souls	163.9428
19	4 LEGS UP BBQ	163.4056
20	PIG IN A PIT	160.5372
21	Lolli Q	159.3944
22	CONTENTMENT BLUES AND Q	158.2856
23	WILD HOGS BBQ	154.8228
24	SCORCH AND RESQUE	154.8112
25	ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	148.5372
26	ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE	147.9544
27	SMOKED OUT BBQ	141.6228
28	LUCKY'S HAVE BBQ WILL TRAVEL	141.1088
29	K & S BBQ	133.6460
30	Here For Beer	129.6916

Wild West BBQ Cook Off

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)

A new contest record

A dynasty in the making

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in chicken

Back to defend

A perfect score on the table

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