Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 1
2019-03-14 – 2019-03-15 · Ruidoso, NM · 📍 300 Center Street · State championship
Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: Buckshot BBQ (687.3828) · 18 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LA PASADITA
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.4796 points — closer than 94% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX took the Grand Championship home to TX.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| 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 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
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 |
Chicken
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 |
Pork Ribs
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 |
Pork
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 |
Brisket
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 |