2018-09-14 – 2018-09-15 · Casper, WY · 📍 3rd Elm St
Grand Champion: YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG (677.6684) · 28 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 RICHIE Z's
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2017 to 2024 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100
YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG came in rated below the field's top team, PARROTHEAD SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG won here last time out too — 2 straight editions of this contest.
YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
3 of 6 tracked editions
YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG has won this contest 3 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Chicken places 8–9: PROUD SOULS BARBECUE and GRATE EXPECTATIONS tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: RICHIE Z's and BACKDRAFT BBQ tied on 170.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS edged YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG by 0.0112.
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ turned in 178.3200 in chicken — past the 176.0344 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG (won 2017).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-22 | Casper, WY | Casper, WY 82601 | 18 | 687.4404 | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | JO-BAWB'S BBQ |
| 2018-09-14 ← this one | Casper, WY | 3rd Elm St | 28 | 677.6684 | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | RICHIE Z's |
| 2019-09-13 | Casper, WY | Downtown | 28 | 698.8344 | You Que'd Me All Night Long | The Eagle BBQ Colorado |
| 2022-10-07 | Casper, WY | Casper, WY 82602 | 29 | 690.1712 | Bushmaster BBQ | Brinkerhoff BBQ |
| 2023-10-06 | Casper, WY | Casper, WY 82602 | 28 | 693.6572 | Needs More Cowbell BBQ | Brinkerhoff BBQ |
| 2024-07-12 | Casper, WY | 355 W Yellowstone Hwy | 26 | 697.6572 | Heifers Butts, & Clucks BBQ | Tuffy's BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.3200 | 173.1084 | 170.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 170.8572 | 166.8344 |
| Pork | 173.7256 | 165.7028 | 161.0856 |
| Brisket | 172.0000 | 166.8228 | 161.1084 |
28 entries · top 677.6684 · median 649.8800
28 entries · top 178.3200 · median 166.8572
28 entries · top 175.4172 · median 162.5428
28 entries · top 173.7256 · median 158.8458
28 entries · top 172.0000 · median 160.2456