26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge
2019-06-14 – 2019-06-15 · Frisco, CO · 📍 Main Street · State championship
Reps: BUNNY TUTTLE, MICHAEL WINTER, RICH TUTTLE · Prize money: $15,750.00
Grand Champion: PORKYS PIT CREW (694.2632) · 55 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LUCKY'S Q
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 6–7: THE SMOKING HILLS and BURNTOUT BBQ CO tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: SPECIAL INGREDIENT and Porky's Pit Crew tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: Piccolos BBQ edged LUCKY'S Q by 0.0116.
🃏 An upset on the books
PORKY'S PIT CREW came in rated below the field's top team, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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 | 177.7144 | 174.2972 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 174.2628 | 171.9888 | 170.3200 |
| Brisket | 174.2628 | 171.9772 | 169.7372 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
55 entries · top 694.2632 · median 656.0116
Chicken
53 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porky's Pit Crew | |
| 2 | 913 BBQ | |
| 3 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 4 | 3 LIL' MAC'S BBQ | |
| 5 | MONSOON BBQ | |
| 6 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 7 | BURNTOUT BBQ CO | |
| 8 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 9 | #MIDNIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 10 | LA PASADITA | |
| 11 | SPECIAL INGREDIENT | |
| 12 | T-N-T QUE CREW | |
| 13 | Piccolos BBQ | |
| 14 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 15 | WOODY'S Q SHACK | |
| 16 | Q/TANG CLAN | |
| 17 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 18 | LOS NERDS | |
| 19 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 20 | KC BUTT-RUBBERS | |
| 21 | SHIRTS ON FIRE BBQ | |
| 22 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 23 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | |
| 24 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 25 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 26 | CRUSH BBQ | |
| 27 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 28 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 29 | SMOKIN ELVISES | |
| 30 | GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY | |
| 31 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 32 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 33 | 303 BBQ | |
| 34 | RESQUE JOES BBQ | |
| 35 | SEASONED SWINE | |
| 36 | CLARENCE | |
| 37 | THE CELTIC PIG | |
| 38 | SMOKEJUMPERS | |
| 39 | SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD | |
| 40 | SHB Customs | |
| 41 | The Eagle BBQ Colorado | |
| 42 | MOUNTAIN LYON EXTREME BBQ | |
| 43 | JEWS & GENTILES BBQ | |
| 44 | CARNIVORES | |
| 45 | THE ORIGINAL SMOKETROTTERS | |
| 46 | SMOKING HOG | |
| 47 | DRIFTERS BBQ | |
| 48 | DOUBLE J SMOKERS | |
| 49 | BILLY GOMER'S BBQ | |
| 50 | 1 2 BBQ | |
| 51 | COLORADO Q | |
| 52 | BIGS MEAT WAGON | |
| 53 | PURE KITCHEN |
Pork Ribs
54 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
53 entries · top 174.2628 · median 165.1088
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 2 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 3 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ | |
| 4 | Porky's Pit Crew | |
| 5 | Piccolos BBQ | |
| 6 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 7 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | |
| 8 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 9 | BURNTOUT BBQ CO | |
| 10 | LA PASADITA | |
| 11 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 12 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 13 | 913 BBQ | |
| 14 | WOODY'S Q SHACK | |
| 15 | SMOKIN ELVISES | |
| 16 | THE SMOKING HILLS | |
| 17 | SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD | |
| 18 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 19 | MONSOON BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 21 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 22 | GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY | |
| 23 | The Eagle BBQ Colorado | |
| 24 | T-N-T QUE CREW | |
| 25 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 26 | #MIDNIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 27 | CRUSH BBQ | |
| 28 | Q/TANG CLAN | |
| 29 | SPECIAL INGREDIENT | |
| 30 | 303 BBQ | |
| 31 | THE CELTIC PIG | |
| 32 | COLORADO Q | |
| 33 | THE ORIGINAL SMOKETROTTERS | |
| 34 | SHB Customs | |
| 35 | SEASONED SWINE | |
| 36 | JEWS & GENTILES BBQ | |
| 37 | DOUBLE J SMOKERS | |
| 38 | RESQUE JOES BBQ | |
| 39 | 3 LIL' MAC'S BBQ | |
| 40 | SHIRTS ON FIRE BBQ | |
| 41 | BILLY GOMER'S BBQ | |
| 42 | CARNIVORES | |
| 43 | LOS NERDS | |
| 44 | DRIFTERS BBQ | |
| 45 | KC BUTT-RUBBERS | |
| 46 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 47 | CLARENCE | |
| 48 | SMOKEJUMPERS | |
| 49 | SMOKING HOG | |
| 50 | 1 2 BBQ | |
| 51 | MOUNTAIN LYON EXTREME BBQ | |
| 52 | SMOKE SQUAD | |
| 53 | PURE KITCHEN |
Brisket
54 entries · top 174.2628 · median 163.1258
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 — Dessert
12 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2686 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CLARENCE | |
| 2 | SMOKEJUMPERS | |
| 3 | 1 2 BBQ | |
| 4 | #MIDNIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 5 | MOUNTAIN LYON EXTREME BBQ | |
| 6 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 7 | SPECIAL INGREDIENT | |
| 8 | CLARENCE DE 2 | |
| 9 | BIGS MEAT WAGON 4 | |
| 10 | BIGS MEAT WAGON | |
| 11 | SMOKING HOG | |
| 12 | PURE KITCHEN 5 |
Ancillary — Side Dish
22 entries · top 177.1772 · median 168.5772