Humble Rodeo and BBQ
2019-02-01 – 2019-02-02 · Humble, TX · 📍 6233 Will Clayton Parkway · State championship
Prize money: $15,000.00
Grand Champion: War Pig BBQ (689.6228) · 126 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BOOMERANG BBQ
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🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6000 points — closer than 75% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
WarPig BBQ took the Grand Championship home to KS.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork places 1–2: BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX and KISS MY RACK tied on 179.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: BULLHORN BBQ and TEXAS WARPIG BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: TEXAS WARPIG BBQ and TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX (won 2018).
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
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Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-02-02 | 6233 Will Clayton Parkway | 145 | 691.9656 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 2019-02-01 ← this one | Humble, TX | 6233 Will Clayton Parkway | 126 | 689.6228 | War Pig BBQ | BOOMERANG BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2972 | 171.4056 | 169.7256 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 175.4400 | 172.5828 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 177.7028 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 177.1428 | 172.6172 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
126 entries · top 689.6228 · median 628.2054
Chicken
125 entries · top 174.2972 · median 157.1544
Pork Ribs
125 entries · top 177.7028 · median 159.4744
Pork
120 entries · top 179.4400 · median 159.7028
Brisket
125 entries · top 177.7028 · median 157.7028
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.
Ancillary — Open 50/50
71 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.4400 · 🔥 perfect 180