Nov 2–3, 2018 · Indio, CA · 📍 83040 Ave 42
GETTIN' BASTED won Grand Champion at the Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 1 (JUDGES FULL) on November 2, 2018 in Indio, CA at 83040 Ave 42, scoring 706.8228 in a field of 33 teams. BOOMERANG BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 702.2284. Category winners: Chicken — BIG POPPA SMOKERS (180.0000); Pork Ribs — BIG POPPA SMOKERS (177.1544); Pork — SMOKIN IT UP BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — BOOMERANG BBQ (178.8572).
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
GETTIN' BASTED won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Stronger than 99% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1679 power rating going in — stronger than 99% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: BIG POPPA SMOKERS and GETTIN' BASTED tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: SMOKERS PURGATORY and BOOMERANG BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: SMOKERS PURGATORY and PORTERHOUSE BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
BIG POPPA SMOKERS won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7028 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 173.7028 | 171.9772 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 174.8572 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 176 | 171.9772 |
33 entries · top 706.8228 · median 675.9200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 2 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 3 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 4 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 5 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 6 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKERS PURGATORY | |
| 8 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 9 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 10 | TEAM WOODSHED | |
| 11 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 12 | RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | |
| 13 | 7-8-9 BBQ | |
| 14 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 15 | SMOKED SEDUCTION | |
| 16 | SMOKIN IT UP BBQ | |
| 17 | 2 Live Q | |
| 18 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 19 | JC BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 21 | DAY OF THE PIG BBQ | |
| 22 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 23 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 24 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 25 | JIMMY'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 26 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 27 | PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ | |
| 28 | Sharpe's Woodshed | |
| 29 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 30 | JACK9 BBQ - CA | |
| 31 | JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE | |
| 32 | SHAKEY BONES BBQ | |
| 33 | Big Dev's Down-Home" Barbeque |
33 entries · top 180 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 2 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 3 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKERS PURGATORY | |
| 5 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 6 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 7 | PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ | |
| 8 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 9 | DAY OF THE PIG BBQ | |
| 10 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 11 | 2 Live Q | |
| 12 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 13 | JIMMY'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKED SEDUCTION | |
| 15 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 16 | RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | |
| 17 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKIN IT UP BBQ | |
| 19 | Sharpe's Woodshed | |
| 20 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 21 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 22 | 7-8-9 BBQ | |
| 23 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 24 | TEAM WOODSHED | |
| 25 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 26 | JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE | |
| 27 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 28 | JC BBQ | |
| 29 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 30 | JACK9 BBQ - CA | |
| 31 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 32 | SHAKEY BONES BBQ | |
| 33 | Big Dev's Down-Home" Barbeque |
33 entries · top 177.1544 · median 168.0116
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 2 | RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 4 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 5 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKERS PURGATORY | |
| 7 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 8 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 9 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 10 | TEAM WOODSHED | |
| 11 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 12 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 13 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 14 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 15 | SMOKIN IT UP BBQ | |
| 16 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 17 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 18 | Sharpe's Woodshed | |
| 19 | JIMMY'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKED SEDUCTION | |
| 21 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 22 | JC BBQ | |
| 23 | JACK9 BBQ - CA | |
| 24 | DAY OF THE PIG BBQ | |
| 25 | 7-8-9 BBQ | |
| 26 | 2 Live Q | |
| 27 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 28 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 29 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 30 | PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ | |
| 31 | SHAKEY BONES BBQ | |
| 32 | JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE | |
| 33 | Big Dev's Down-Home" Barbeque |
33 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN IT UP BBQ | |
| 2 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 3 | 7-8-9 BBQ | |
| 4 | JC BBQ | |
| 5 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 6 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 7 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 8 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 9 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 10 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 11 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 12 | 2 Live Q | |
| 13 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 14 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 15 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 16 | TEAM WOODSHED | |
| 17 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKED SEDUCTION | |
| 19 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 20 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 21 | RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | |
| 22 | PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ | |
| 23 | DAY OF THE PIG BBQ | |
| 24 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 25 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 26 | SMOKERS PURGATORY | |
| 27 | JIMMY'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 28 | Sharpe's Woodshed | |
| 29 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 30 | Big Dev's Down-Home" Barbeque | |
| 31 | JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE | |
| 32 | SHAKEY BONES BBQ | |
| 33 | JACK9 BBQ - CA |
33 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 2 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 3 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 4 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 5 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 6 | GETTIN' BASTED | |
| 7 | TEAM WOODSHED | |
| 8 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKED SEDUCTION | |
| 10 | SMOKERS PURGATORY | |
| 11 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 12 | 7-8-9 BBQ | |
| 13 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 14 | JACK9 BBQ - CA | |
| 15 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 16 | JC BBQ | |
| 17 | 2 Live Q | |
| 18 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 19 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 20 | RAD FONDO BBQ | |
| 21 | DAY OF THE PIG BBQ | |
| 22 | Sharpe's Woodshed | |
| 23 | JIMMY'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 24 | PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ | |
| 25 | RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ | |
| 26 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 27 | BLUE EYED BBQ | |
| 28 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | |
| 29 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 30 | SMOKIN IT UP BBQ | |
| 31 | JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE | |
| 32 | SHAKEY BONES BBQ | |
| 33 | Big Dev's Down-Home" Barbeque |
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.
9 entries · top 180 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180