8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1
2019-03-29 – 2019-03-30 · Arcadia, CA · 📍 285 W Huntington Dr · State championship
Grand Champion: Burnin and Lootin (709.1428) · 70 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PAPA LA RUE'S BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 16.5940 points — a wider margin than 98% of championships in the data.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A double category winner
BURNIN AND LOOTIN won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 7–8: TWISTED BRISKET BBQ and FU MAN QUE CREW tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: Jack9 BBQ and MUDVILLE BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: 2LiveQ and SMOKIN IT UP BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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 | 174.8800 | 172.5828 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 173.7028 | 170.8572 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 174.2744 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 175.4400 | 174.2744 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
70 entries · top 709.1428 · median 664.2112
Chicken
70 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2572 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
69 entries · top 177.7372 · median 164.5372
Pork
69 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2512 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
69 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
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 — Woodford Reserve Sauce
13 entries · top 175.4056 · median 165.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAR-B-Q'S-2GO | |
| 2 | Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque | |
| 3 | ROCKIN' BAR-B SMOKERS | |
| 4 | All About Smokin' Your Bad Behind | |
| 5 | TWISTED BRISKET BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | |
| 7 | RBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKIN IT UP BBQ | |
| 9 | BILL'S BLUE LINE BBQ | |
| 10 | JC BBQ | |
| 11 | HOLY SMOKERS | |
| 12 | FIRE BULL BBQ | |
| 13 | 7-8-9 BBQ |