Mar 14–15, 2019 · Ruidoso, NM · 📍 300 Center Street · State championship
Prize money: $10,000
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX won Grand Champion at the Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 1 on March 14, 2019 in Ruidoso, NM at 300 Center Street, scoring 687.3828 in a field of 18 teams. LA PASADITA took Reserve Grand Champion with 686.9032. Category winners: Chicken — LA PASADITA (179.4400); Pork Ribs — BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX (176.5600); Pork — BIG KEV'S BBQ (174.8456); Brisket — B-S BBQ OUTLAWS (173.1084).
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.
Closer than 95% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.4796 points — closer than 95% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX came in rated below the field's top team, THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 5–6: Texas Smoke Whisper and KISS MY RACK tied on 172.5484 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: ONE MAN PITS and RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX edged Texas Smoke Whisper by 0.0116.
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 8th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 172.5484 | 166.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 171.4400 | 161.6800 |
| Pork | 174.8456 | 171.4172 | 166.8112 |
| Brisket | 173.1084 | 168.6056 | 161.7260 |
18 entries · top 687.3828 · median 660.2058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | |
| 2 | LA PASADITA | |
| 3 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 4 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 5 | Texas Smoke Whisper | |
| 6 | KISS MY RACK | |
| 7 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 8 | SMOKE EM UP BBQ | |
| 9 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 10 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 11 | DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 12 | SHO DAWG BBQ | |
| 13 | JOBU BBQ | |
| 14 | Southern Exports | |
| 15 | BIG KEV'S BBQ | |
| 16 | Red Dirt Steak & BBQ | |
| 17 | Pappa Whitts BBQ | |
| 18 | Ruidoso Jockey Club Smoke Team |
18 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.1314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LA PASADITA | |
| 2 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 3 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 4 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | |
| 5 | Texas Smoke Whisper | |
| 6 | KISS MY RACK | |
| 7 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 8 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKE EM UP BBQ | |
| 10 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 11 | SHO DAWG BBQ | |
| 12 | Southern Exports | |
| 13 | JOBU BBQ | |
| 14 | DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 15 | Red Dirt Steak & BBQ | |
| 16 | Pappa Whitts BBQ | |
| 17 | BIG KEV'S BBQ | |
| 18 | Ruidoso Jockey Club Smoke Team |
18 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.9600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | |
| 2 | SMOKE EM UP BBQ | |
| 3 | LA PASADITA | |
| 4 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 5 | SHO DAWG BBQ | |
| 6 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 7 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 8 | DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 9 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 10 | KISS MY RACK | |
| 11 | Texas Smoke Whisper | |
| 12 | BIG KEV'S BBQ | |
| 13 | Southern Exports | |
| 14 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 15 | Red Dirt Steak & BBQ | |
| 16 | Pappa Whitts BBQ | |
| 17 | JOBU BBQ | |
| 18 | Ruidoso Jockey Club Smoke Team |
18 entries · top 174.8456 · median 166.8342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BIG KEV'S BBQ | |
| 2 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 3 | Texas Smoke Whisper | |
| 4 | LA PASADITA | |
| 5 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 6 | Southern Exports | |
| 7 | SMOKE EM UP BBQ | |
| 8 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | |
| 9 | KISS MY RACK | |
| 10 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 11 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 12 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 13 | DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 14 | Red Dirt Steak & BBQ | |
| 15 | JOBU BBQ | |
| 16 | SHO DAWG BBQ | |
| 17 | Pappa Whitts BBQ | |
| 18 | Ruidoso Jockey Club Smoke Team |
18 entries · top 173.1084 · median 162.5830
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 2 | JOBU BBQ | |
| 3 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | |
| 4 | DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 5 | KISS MY RACK | |
| 6 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 7 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 8 | Texas Smoke Whisper | |
| 9 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 10 | LA PASADITA | |
| 11 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 12 | SHO DAWG BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKE EM UP BBQ | |
| 14 | Red Dirt Steak & BBQ | |
| 15 | Southern Exports | |
| 16 | Ruidoso Jockey Club Smoke Team | |
| 17 | BIG KEV'S BBQ | |
| 18 | Pappa Whitts BBQ |