Mar 15–16, 2019 · Ruidoso, NM · 📍 300 Center Street · State championship
Prize money: $4,925
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS won Grand Champion at the Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2 on March 15, 2019 in Ruidoso, NM at 300 Center Street, scoring 697.1200 in a field of 21 teams. KISS MY RACK took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.2284. Category winners: Chicken — Bushmaster BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — HONKY-TONK SMOKERS (177.7372); Pork — BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX (177.7028); Brisket — Bushmaster BBQ (176.5600).
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS came in rated below the field's top team, THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Pork places 6–7: THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ and Papa Whitt's BBQ tied on 171.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ and BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: Red Dirt Steak & BBQ edged THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ by 0.0116.
Bushmaster BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 173.7028 | 169.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 172.5600 | 168.5600 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 173.1544 | 169.6800 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 173.1200 | 169.6684 |
21 entries · top 697.1200 · median 665.6112
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 2 | KISS MY RACK | |
| 3 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 4 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 5 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 6 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 7 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | |
| 8 | BarrelHead Cookers | |
| 9 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 10 | LA PASADITA | |
| 11 | DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 12 | Red Dirt Steak & BBQ | |
| 13 | Texas Smoke Whisper | |
| 14 | Dos Luna's BBQ | |
| 15 | SMOKE EM UP BBQ | |
| 16 | Southern Exports | |
| 17 | JOBU BBQ | |
| 18 | SHO DAWG BBQ | |
| 19 | BIG KEV'S BBQ | |
| 20 | Papa Whitt's BBQ | |
| 21 | Ruidoso Jockey Club Smoke Team |
21 entries · top 180 · median 169.1316 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 2 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 3 | Texas Smoke Whisper | |
| 4 | LA PASADITA | |
| 5 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKE EM UP BBQ | |
| 7 | KISS MY RACK | |
| 8 | Red Dirt Steak & BBQ | |
| 9 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 10 | Dos Luna's BBQ | |
| 11 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 12 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 13 | SHO DAWG BBQ | |
| 14 | BarrelHead Cookers | |
| 15 | DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 16 | Southern Exports | |
| 17 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | |
| 18 | JOBU BBQ | |
| 19 | BIG KEV'S BBQ | |
| 20 | Papa Whitt's BBQ | |
| 21 | Ruidoso Jockey Club Smoke Team |
21 entries · top 177.7372 · median 168.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 2 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 3 | KISS MY RACK | |
| 4 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 5 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 6 | DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 7 | BIG KEV'S BBQ | |
| 8 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | |
| 9 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 10 | Red Dirt Steak & BBQ | |
| 11 | LA PASADITA | |
| 12 | JOBU BBQ | |
| 13 | BarrelHead Cookers | |
| 14 | Texas Smoke Whisper | |
| 15 | SHO DAWG BBQ | |
| 16 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 17 | Southern Exports | |
| 18 | SMOKE EM UP BBQ | |
| 19 | Dos Luna's BBQ | |
| 20 | Papa Whitt's BBQ | |
| 21 | Ruidoso Jockey Club Smoke Team |
21 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | |
| 2 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 3 | KISS MY RACK | |
| 4 | LA PASADITA | |
| 5 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 6 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 7 | Papa Whitt's BBQ | |
| 8 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 9 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 10 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 11 | Dos Luna's BBQ | |
| 12 | BarrelHead Cookers | |
| 13 | Red Dirt Steak & BBQ | |
| 14 | Southern Exports | |
| 15 | DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 16 | SHO DAWG BBQ | |
| 17 | SMOKE EM UP BBQ | |
| 18 | JOBU BBQ | |
| 19 | Texas Smoke Whisper | |
| 20 | BIG KEV'S BBQ | |
| 21 | Ruidoso Jockey Club Smoke Team |
21 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 2 | KISS MY RACK | |
| 3 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 4 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 5 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | |
| 6 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 7 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 8 | BarrelHead Cookers | |
| 9 | JOBU BBQ | |
| 10 | DJS SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 11 | Texas Smoke Whisper | |
| 12 | Dos Luna's BBQ | |
| 13 | BIG KEV'S BBQ | |
| 14 | Southern Exports | |
| 15 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 16 | Red Dirt Steak & BBQ | |
| 17 | SMOKE EM UP BBQ | |
| 18 | Papa Whitt's BBQ | |
| 19 | LA PASADITA | |
| 20 | SHO DAWG BBQ | |
| 21 | Ruidoso Jockey Club Smoke Team |