Silicon Valley BBQ Championship

2018-06-22 – 2018-06-23 · Santa Clara, CA · 📍 909 Kiely Blvd

Grand Champion: BURNIN AND LOOTIN (694.8000) · 49 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 BONE RUBBIN BBQ

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BURNIN AND LOOTIN

694.8000 · Master Series — Overall

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BONE RUBBIN BBQ

683.9540 · Master Series — Overall

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Sharpe's Woodshed

683.3716 · 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.

458.83 median 654.82 694.80 🏆

How the meats cooked

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

Chicken 177.18
Pork Ribs 176.00
Pork 177.70
Brisket 177.70

20.00 177.70

Entries

4 judged meats · 3 ancillary

Top score

694.8000

Winning margin

10.8460

GC over RC

Field average

643.89

458.83694.80

median 654.82 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

1.7372 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

677.6460

458.83694.80

10th place overall

Field spread

235.9656

winner to last place

Most consistent

BURNIN AND LOOTIN

avg finish 6.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 5.1428 pts — THE SMOKING HILLS

How hot was the win?

Top 54%

beats 46% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

58%

36 of 62 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.7 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1586

avg power rating going in · stronger than 68% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BIG POPPA SMOKERS

rated 1969 pre-contest

Storylines (6 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

694.8000 highest overall ever cooked here

694.8000 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 692.5372 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ. set in 2017.

old record 692.5372
set 2017 by MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ.

A statement win

10.8460 points clear of the field

Wider than 89% of the 4,742 championships in the data

The champion won by 10.8460 points — a wider margin than 89% of championships in the data.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 1–2: PIRATES OF THE PIG and BULL MARKET BBQ tied on 177.1772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Sharpe's Woodshed and THE SMOKING HILLS tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: THE SMOKING HILLS and BURNIN AND LOOTIN tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Chicken 1–2 · tie
Chicken 6–7 · tie
Chicken 7–8 · tie
Pork 6–7 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

BURNIN AND LOOTIN took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 13th.

Chicken 8th
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 2nd
Brisket 13th

A contest record in chicken

177.1772 best chicken ever cooked here

PIRATES OF THE PIG turned in 177.1772 in chicken — past the 176.5828 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.

old best 176.5828
across 1 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ. (won 2017).

MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ. · 2017

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
2017-06-23	Santa Clara, CA	909 Kiely Blvd	62	692.5372	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ.	PORTERHOUSE BBQ
2018-06-22 ← this one	Santa Clara, CA	909 Kiely Blvd	49	694.8000	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	BONE RUBBIN BBQ
2019-06-21	Santa Clara, CA	909 Kiely Blvd	—	—	—	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO
2021-06-18	Santa Clara, CA	—	—	—	—	—

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.1772	175.4400	173.7028
Pork Ribs	176.0000	170.8572	166.8800
Pork	177.7028	173.7028	171.4516
Brisket	177.7028	169.6800	166.8572

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

49 entries · top 694.8000 · median 654.8228

#	Team	Score
1	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	694.8000
2	BONE RUBBIN BBQ	683.9540
3	Sharpe's Woodshed	683.3716
4	THE SMOKING HILLS	682.8116
5	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	678.8800
6	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	678.8344
7	CYNICAL BBQ	678.7196
8	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	678.2172
9	SON OF SMOKE	678.2056
10	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	677.6460
11	PIRATES OF THE PIG	676.5484
12	BULL MARKET BBQ	670.3200
13	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	668.5028
14	OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ	667.8740
15	Smokey and the Pirate	667.3140
16	Dream'n Bout Que	666.7660
17	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	665.6572
18	FLAME THROWER BBQ CO.	665.0860
19	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	662.7316
20	SMOKESHOW	661.7032
21	SLO DOG Q	659.3944
22	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	657.6224
23	SMOKED SEDUCTION	656.5256
24	RBQ	655.9084
25	CHOWTOWN SMOKERS CALI	654.8228
26	THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES	653.1316
27	Bad S. BBQ with QBB	653.0172
28	BAR-B-CUDA BBQ	651.8628
29	JACK9 BBQ	651.8512
30	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	647.8400
31	THIN BLUE QUE	647.3828
32	BLAZIN BY THE BAY BBQ	643.8172
33	CANYON RIDERS BBQ	637.6344
34	D.A.D.S California Smokehouse	637.6120
35	7 SINS BBQ	636.4796
36	Pops BBQ 22	630.2400
37	BOWLING OVER PIGS	627.2796
38	SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	623.8628
39	HELLO BBQ	623.4628
40	.Cutting Edge BBQ	619.3032
41	WEST COAST SMOKE	615.3944
42	Smokin' Blokes	601.6228
43	Hot Link and Chorizo BBQ	598.7544
44	BLUE COLLAR BARBECUE	596.4800
45	ALL REASONS MOVING	591.8628
46	PorkDeploy	585.0968
47	Uncle Nino's BBQ	583.9084
48	Big Daddy BBQ	561.5996
49	Smoking Pigz	458.8344

Chicken

49 entries · top 177.1772 · median 166.2400

#	Team	Score
1	PIRATES OF THE PIG	177.1772
2	BULL MARKET BBQ	177.1772
3	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	176.5828
4	OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ	176.0000
5	BONE RUBBIN BBQ	175.4400
6	Sharpe's Woodshed	175.4172
7	THE SMOKING HILLS	175.4172
8	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	175.4172
9	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	173.7144
10	CHOWTOWN SMOKERS CALI	173.7028
11	SMOKESHOW	173.1428
12	JACK9 BBQ	173.1200
13	FLAME THROWER BBQ CO.	173.1084
14	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	172.5828
15	7 SINS BBQ	172.0228
16	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	171.9772
17	BAR-B-CUDA BBQ	170.2628
18	RBQ	169.7028
19	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	169.6800
20	SON OF SMOKE	169.1200
21	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	169.1200
22	THIN BLUE QUE	167.4400
23	SMOKED SEDUCTION	167.4400
24	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	166.3084
25	CYNICAL BBQ	166.2400
26	CANYON RIDERS BBQ	165.7144
27	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	165.1428
28	Pops BBQ 22	164.6056
29	Smokin' Blokes	164.5600
30	Smokey and the Pirate	163.4056
31	BOWLING OVER PIGS	162.8572
32	Dream'n Bout Que	162.2744
33	SLO DOG Q	161.6800
34	SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	161.1428
35	Hot Link and Chorizo BBQ	160.0000
36	Bad S. BBQ with QBB	158.8000
37	.Cutting Edge BBQ	158.2744
38	WEST COAST SMOKE	158.2628
39	HELLO BBQ	158.2628
40	THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES	157.7372
41	D.A.D.S California Smokehouse	157.6800
42	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	155.4060
43	BLAZIN BY THE BAY BBQ	153.0972
44	Uncle Nino's BBQ	150.2856
45	PorkDeploy	150.2856
46	ALL REASONS MOVING	148.5372
47	BLUE COLLAR BARBECUE	147.9772
48	Big Daddy BBQ	139.3828
49	Smoking Pigz	20.0000

Pork Ribs

49 entries · top 176.0000 · median 161.6684

#	Team	Score
1	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	176.0000
2	Sharpe's Woodshed	175.4400
3	BONE RUBBIN BBQ	174.2856
4	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	170.8688
5	FLAME THROWER BBQ CO.	170.8572
6	SON OF SMOKE	169.6684
7	CYNICAL BBQ	169.1084
8	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	168.5716
9	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	167.4172
10	HELLO BBQ	166.8800
11	SMOKESHOW	166.8688
12	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	166.8228
13	Dream'n Bout Que	165.6916
14	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	164.5716
15	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	164.5600
16	THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES	164.5372
17	BAR-B-CUDA BBQ	164.5372
18	CANYON RIDERS BBQ	163.4172
19	RBQ	163.3828
20	D.A.D.S California Smokehouse	162.8460
21	THIN BLUE QUE	162.8344
22	PIRATES OF THE PIG	162.8228
23	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	162.2744
24	SLO DOG Q	161.7144
25	OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ	161.6684
26	BULL MARKET BBQ	161.1656
27	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	161.1316
28	SMOKED SEDUCTION	160.5372
29	THE SMOKING HILLS	159.9772
30	Smokey and the Pirate	159.9428
31	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	159.3484
32	Bad S. BBQ with QBB	158.8344
33	BLAZIN BY THE BAY BBQ	158.8000
34	BOWLING OVER PIGS	158.7884
35	Hot Link and Chorizo BBQ	157.7372
36	7 SINS BBQ	157.7028
37	JACK9 BBQ	157.6456
38	CHOWTOWN SMOKERS CALI	157.1544
39	.Cutting Edge BBQ	155.3944
40	SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	154.2516
41	BLUE COLLAR BARBECUE	152.5716
42	WEST COAST SMOKE	152.5716
43	Pops BBQ 22	151.4172
44	ALL REASONS MOVING	150.2400
45	Uncle Nino's BBQ	148.5372
46	PorkDeploy	141.6684
47	Smoking Pigz	138.2856
48	Big Daddy BBQ	137.6456
49	Smokin' Blokes	131.3944

Pork

49 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.9656

#	Team	Score
1	Smokey and the Pirate	177.7028
2	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	176.5600
3	Sharpe's Woodshed	176.0000
4	CYNICAL BBQ	174.2628
5	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	173.7028
6	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	173.1200
7	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	173.1200
8	Dream'n Bout Que	173.1200
9	SON OF SMOKE	172.5600
10	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	171.4516
11	THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES	171.4400
12	Bad S. BBQ with QBB	171.4172
13	SMOKED SEDUCTION	171.4056
14	PIRATES OF THE PIG	170.3200
15	THE SMOKING HILLS	169.7144
16	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	169.6800
17	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	167.4056
18	BONE RUBBIN BBQ	167.3828
19	.Cutting Edge BBQ	166.2972
20	BAR-B-CUDA BBQ	166.2284
21	OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ	165.6800
22	BLAZIN BY THE BAY BBQ	165.0972
23	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	164.5716
24	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	163.9772
25	BOWLING OVER PIGS	163.9656
26	SLO DOG Q	163.4400
27	Big Daddy BBQ	162.9256
28	CHOWTOWN SMOKERS CALI	162.7884
29	JACK9 BBQ	162.2628
30	THIN BLUE QUE	162.2512
31	SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	161.6912
32	BULL MARKET BBQ	161.1200
33	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	161.0972
34	SMOKESHOW	160.5488
35	FLAME THROWER BBQ CO.	159.9660
36	HELLO BBQ	159.4400
37	RBQ	157.7144
38	CANYON RIDERS BBQ	157.0856
39	7 SINS BBQ	154.8340
40	WEST COAST SMOKE	154.8228
41	Smokin' Blokes	151.9884
42	Uncle Nino's BBQ	151.9656
43	D.A.D.S California Smokehouse	151.9316
44	BLUE COLLAR BARBECUE	149.1084
45	Pops BBQ 22	148.5372
46	Hot Link and Chorizo BBQ	146.2400
47	PorkDeploy	144.5484
48	Smoking Pigz	143.4172
49	ALL REASONS MOVING	141.1200

Brisket

49 entries · top 177.7028 · median 161.1544

#	Team	Score
1	THE SMOKING HILLS	177.7028
2	SLO DOG Q	172.5600
3	RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	172.0228
4	BULL MARKET BBQ	170.8572
5	MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ	169.6800
6	CYNICAL BBQ	169.1084
7	RIC'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS	168.5140
8	SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	167.4056
9	BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	167.3944
10	SON OF SMOKE	166.8572
11	BONE RUBBIN BBQ	166.8456
12	BIG POPPA SMOKERS	166.8456
13	BURNIN AND LOOTIN	166.8228
14	BLAZIN BY THE BAY BBQ	166.8228
15	Smokey and the Pirate	166.2628
16	PIRATES OF THE PIG	166.2284
17	Pops BBQ 22	165.6800
18	Dream'n Bout Que	165.6800
19	D.A.D.S California Smokehouse	165.1544
20	RBQ	165.1084
21	OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ	164.5256
22	PORTERHOUSE BBQ	164.5256
23	Bad S. BBQ with QBB	163.9656
24	CHOWTOWN SMOKERS CALI	161.1772
25	FLAME THROWER BBQ CO.	161.1544
26	SMOKESHOW	161.1428
27	ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	160.5140
28	THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES	159.4172
29	JACK9 BBQ	158.8228
30	SMOKED SEDUCTION	157.1428
31	Smoking Pigz	157.1316
32	Sharpe's Woodshed	156.5144
33	THIN BLUE QUE	154.8572
34	BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	154.8228
35	Smokin' Blokes	153.6800
36	ALL REASONS MOVING	151.9656
37	7 SINS BBQ	151.9200
38	CANYON RIDERS BBQ	151.4172
39	BAR-B-CUDA BBQ	150.8344
40	WEST COAST SMOKE	149.7372
41	PorkDeploy	148.5944
42	BLUE COLLAR BARBECUE	146.8228
43	SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	146.7772
44	BOWLING OVER PIGS	141.6684
45	.Cutting Edge BBQ	139.3372
46	HELLO BBQ	138.8800
47	Hot Link and Chorizo BBQ	134.7772
48	Uncle Nino's BBQ	133.1200
49	Big Daddy BBQ	121.6456

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 — Backyard

32 entries · top 326.2744 · median 295.6056

#	Team	Score
1	T & A BBQ	326.2744
2	Bob's Backyard BBQ	325.6916
3	.Sun, Smoke & Suds	325.1544
4	.Parks On Fire	315.9888
5	.Mahalo BBQ	315.9772
6	.Pinche BBQ	314.2056
7	Lazy BS BBQ	310.8800
8	.Smokin J's	307.9316
9	ZZ BBQ	306.2516
10	.Jake's Backyard BBQ	305.6228
11	.Nearly Famous BBQ	302.7312
12	K.I.S.S. THIS 'QUE	299.9772
13	.RJ SMOKE AND BBQ	299.4056
14	.Big Double B's BBQ	297.7256
15	.Eat My Smoke BBQ	296.0000
16	.KJ's Big Boy BBQ	295.8740
17	.El Rancho Relaxo Barbecue	295.3372
18	.LICO CONSORTIUM	293.6688
19	.Rising From ash	293.6456
20	.Reserve BBQ	293.2228
21	.Beer & Bones BBQ	287.3024
22	SMOKIN' TIKI BBQ	286.8912
23	Smokin Ray's BBQ	286.2516
24	.Golden Grill Warriors	285.0628
25	.JT and the Smokin Chestnuts	284.0572
26	.Herb's BBQ	283.9656
27	WHERE THERE'S SMOKE	282.8916
28	.Airbison BBQ	280.0112
29	Taste Bud's BBQ	279.4856
30	.Coach Steve's BBQ	276.9944
31	.It Just Doesn't Matter	242.8000
32	.Rods with a 'Q	145.7372

Master Series — Backyard Chicken

31 entries · top 167.9772 · median 143.9084

#	Team	Score
1	.Mahalo BBQ	167.9772
2	.Smokin J's	162.8344
3	ZZ BBQ	159.9544
4	Bob's Backyard BBQ	159.9428
5	.Sun, Smoke & Suds	156.0116
6	.El Rancho Relaxo Barbecue	155.3828
7	T & A BBQ	154.8228
8	.Nearly Famous BBQ	151.3484
9	.Jake's Backyard BBQ	150.7656
10	.Big Double B's BBQ	150.2856
11	.Parks On Fire	150.2744
12	.Coach Steve's BBQ	147.9428
13	K.I.S.S. THIS 'QUE	145.7372
14	.Beer & Bones BBQ	144.4912
15	.Golden Grill Warriors	143.9428
16	.Pinche BBQ	143.9084
17	SMOKIN' TIKI BBQ	142.8456
18	.JT and the Smokin Chestnuts	141.2000
19	.Reserve BBQ	141.1540
20	.RJ SMOKE AND BBQ	141.1428
21	.Rising From ash	141.0856
22	Lazy BS BBQ	140.5828
23	WHERE THERE'S SMOKE	138.2972
24	.Eat My Smoke BBQ	137.7256
25	.LICO CONSORTIUM	137.1200
26	Taste Bud's BBQ	136.5828
27	.Herb's BBQ	135.3828
28	.Airbison BBQ	135.3596
29	.KJ's Big Boy BBQ	135.3484
30	Smokin Ray's BBQ	129.1312
31	.It Just Doesn't Matter	109.6800

Master Series — Backyard Tri-Tip

32 entries · top 171.4516 · median 149.9828

#	Team	Score
1	T & A BBQ	171.4516
2	.Pinche BBQ	170.2972
3	Lazy BS BBQ	170.2972
4	.Sun, Smoke & Suds	169.1428
5	Bob's Backyard BBQ	165.7488
6	.Parks On Fire	165.7144
7	.KJ's Big Boy BBQ	160.5256
8	.Eat My Smoke BBQ	158.2744
9	.RJ SMOKE AND BBQ	158.2628
10	Smokin Ray's BBQ	157.1204
11	.LICO CONSORTIUM	156.5488
12	.Jake's Backyard BBQ	154.8572
13	K.I.S.S. THIS 'QUE	154.2400
14	.Rising From ash	152.5600
15	.Reserve BBQ	152.0688
16	.Nearly Famous BBQ	151.3828
17	.Herb's BBQ	148.5828
18	.Mahalo BBQ	148.0000
19	.Big Double B's BBQ	147.4400
20	ZZ BBQ	146.2972
21	.Rods with a 'Q	145.7372
22	.Smokin J's	145.0972
23	.Airbison BBQ	144.6516
24	WHERE THERE'S SMOKE	144.5944
25	SMOKIN' TIKI BBQ	144.0456
26	Taste Bud's BBQ	142.9028
27	.JT and the Smokin Chestnuts	142.8572
28	.Beer & Bones BBQ	142.8112
29	.Golden Grill Warriors	141.1200
30	.El Rancho Relaxo Barbecue	139.9544
31	.It Just Doesn't Matter	133.1200
32	.Coach Steve's BBQ	129.0516

Silicon Valley BBQ Championship

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

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

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 (6 found in this contest's numbers)

A new contest record

A statement win

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A contest record in chicken

Back to defend

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 — Backyard

Master Series — Backyard Chicken

Master Series — Backyard Tri-Tip