Jun 15–16, 2018 · Miles City, MT · 📍 Riverside Park , 5th and Main
LAST CALL HEROES BBQ won Grand Champion at the Miles City Cowtown Cook Off on June 15, 2018 in Miles City, MT at Riverside Park , 5th and Main, scoring 691.9428 in a field of 27 teams. YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG took Reserve Grand Champion with 684.5372. Category winners: Chicken — YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG (177.1772); Pork Ribs — HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ (178.8572); Pork — LAST CALL HEROES BBQ (177.7028); Brisket — HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ (175.4172). This is the 1st of 3 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2019.
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, 2018 to 2021 — 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 72 times in 100
LAST CALL HEROES BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, PARROTHEAD SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was LAST CALL HEROES BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 32nd tracked contest.
Chicken places 5–6: LUCKY SMOKE and PARROTHEAD SMOKERS tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ and BURNT TREES BBQ tied on 168.5256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: LUCKY SMOKE and AMERICAN HEROES BBQ tied on 174.2856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double.
LAST CALL HEROES BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 6th.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2018 ← this one | Miles City, MT | Riverside Park , 5th and Main | 27 | 691.9428 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Miles City, MT | Riverside Park | 28 | 698.8112 | Beer Belly BBQ | RICHIE Z's |
| Jun 25, 2021 | Miles City, MT | Riverside Park | 25 | 704.5600 | Owens BBQ | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1772 | 173.1428 | 167.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.2744 | 167.9772 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 165.1772 |
| Brisket | 175.4172 | 172 | 166.2628 |
27 entries · top 691.9428 · median 655.3716
27 entries · top 177.1772 · median 163.4056
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 163.4400
27 entries · top 177.7028 · median 161.1200
27 entries · top 175.4172 · median 162.8228