Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2
2019-03-15 – 2019-03-16 · Ruidoso, NM · 📍 300 Center Street · State championship
Prize money: $4,925.00
Grand Champion: B-S BBQ Outlaws (697.1200) · 21 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 KISS MY RACK
Entries
21
4 judged meats
Top score
697.1200
Winning margin
2.8916
GC over RC
Field average
661.98
median 665.61
Tightest race
Brisket
3.4400 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
668.4684
10th place overall
Field spread
140.1028
winner to last place
Prize money
$4,925.00
on the line
Double threats
7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 62%
beats 38% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data
Traveled in
67%
of the 21 teams with a home region came from outside NM
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.7 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1510
avg power rating going in · stronger than 14% of contests
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS took the Grand Championship home to CO.
🧹 A double category winner
Bushmaster BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
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 | 180.0000 | 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 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
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 |
Chicken
21 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |
Pork Ribs
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 |
Pork
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 |
Brisket
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 |