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Silicon Valley BBQ Championship 2019

📊 Doesn’t count toward power ratings — Competitor Series — KCBS awards no Team of the Year points. The results below are real and still count toward every team’s record.

Jun 21–22, 2019 · Santa Clara, CA · 📍 909 Kiely Blvd · State championship

Reps: Kathleen McIntosh, Kelly McIntosh · Prize money: $25,000

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RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ
693.0856 · Master Series — Overall
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BAR-B-Q'S-2GO
688.5140 · Master Series — Overall
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NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT
686.8112 · Master Series — Overall

RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Silicon Valley BBQ Championship on June 21, 2019 in Santa Clara, CA at 909 Kiely Blvd, scoring 693.0856 in a field of 46 teams. BAR-B-Q'S-2GO took Reserve Grand Champion with 688.5140. Category winners: Chicken — ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT (177.2000); Pork Ribs — BAR-B-Q'S-2GO (179.4400); Pork — THE SMOKING HILLS (177.1428); Brisket — RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ (180.0000). The Competitor Series standings were won by PRISON BREAK BBQ with 349.1312. This is the 3rd of 4 editions of this contest on record; the 2018 edition was won by BURNIN AND LOOTIN; the next was held in 2021.

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Master Series — Chicken 177.20
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 179.44
  • Master Series — Pork 177.14
  • Master Series — Brisket 180 🔥
  • Competitor Series — Chicken 173.12
130.85 180

Entries

46
5 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

693.0856

Winning margin

4.5716
GC over RC

Field average

652.73
570.71693.09
median 659.66 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ (Brisket)

Tightest race

Chicken
1.7828 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

677.1200
570.71693.09
10th place overall

Field spread

122.3768
winner to last place

Prize money

$25,000
on the line

Most consistent

RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ
avg finish 7.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 5.1656 pts — BAR-B-Q'S-2GO

How hot was the win?

Top 61%
beats 39% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

61%
30 of 49 teams from the previous edition returned

Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Master Series — Chicken places 9–10: LADY OF Q and BIG POPPA SMOKERS tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork Ribs places 4–5: OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ and BURNIN AND LOOTIN tied on 173.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Master Series — Pork places 1–2: THE SMOKING HILLS and NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Master Series — Chicken 9–10 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork Ribs 4–5 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork 1–2 · tie
  • Master Series — Pork 9–10 · tie

How the title was won

2 of 4 meats called to the stage

RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ took the title on 2 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 11th.

  • Chicken 8th
  • Pork Ribs 11th
  • Pork 11th
  • Brisket 1st

A contest record in pork ribs

179.4400 best pork ribs ever cooked here

BAR-B-Q'S-2GO turned in 179.4400 in pork ribs — past the 177.1544 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.

  • old best 177.1544
  • across 2 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BURNIN AND LOOTIN (won 2018).

  • BURNIN AND LOOTIN · 2018

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ · Brisket

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
Jun 23, 2017 Santa Clara, CA 909 Kiely Blvd 62 692.5372 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ. PORTERHOUSE BBQ
Jun 22, 2018 Santa Clara, CA 909 Kiely Blvd 49 694.8000 BURNIN AND LOOTIN BONE RUBBIN BBQ
Jun 21, 2019 ← this one Santa Clara, CA 909 Kiely Blvd — — — BAR-B-Q'S-2GO
Jun 18, 2021 Santa Clara, CA — — — — —

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Master Series — Chicken177.2000175.4172172
Master Series — Pork Ribs179.4400173.1428170.2628
Master Series — Pork177.1428173.1200170.8228
Master Series — Brisket180174.2972170.2856
Competitor Series — Chicken173.1200164.0112154.8112

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

46 entries · top 693.0856 · median 659.6628

#TeamScore
1 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 693.0856
2 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 688.5140
3 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 686.8112
4 ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT 685.1656
5 OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ 684.4912
6 LADY OF Q 682.7540
7 Smokey and the Pirate 682.2056
8 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 681.6912
9 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 677.6572
10 7-8-9 BBQ 677.1200
11 SMOKED SEDUCTION 677.1084
12 MUDVILLE BBQ 674.2060
13 SON OF SMOKE 673.6112
14 CYNICAL BBQ 673.0056
15 THE SMOKING HILLS 671.3596
16 The BBQ Yard 669.1200
17 Pig Pimp'n BBQ 665.7032
18 BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ 663.3028
19 Culinary Chingaderas 662.7768
20 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 662.6856
21 BONE RUBBIN BBQ 662.6624
22 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 662.1368
23 Up In Smoke 659.9772
24 CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE 659.3484
25 7 SINS BBQ 658.2400
26 RBQ 657.6228
27 BULL MARKET BBQ 655.4172
28 CHOWTOWN SMOKERS CALI 653.0856
29 Pirates of the Pig 651.2912
30 SLO DOG Q 650.6744
31 Uncle Nino's BBQ 647.9884
32 SMOKIN' AXE BBQ 647.8860
33 WEST COAST SMOKE 647.4288
34 THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES 647.2572
35 Dream'n Bout Que 641.5428
36 HELLO BBQ 640.5372
37 Smoke-In 635.4284
38 Ric & Rob's Righteous Ribs 634.6632
39 Pops BBQ 22 620.4340
40 Big Daddy BBQ 611.3488
41 All Reasons Moving BBQ team 608.4804
42 BLUE COLLAR BARBECUE 597.5084
43 RedJaz BBQ 596.3772
44 3 Brisketeers 591.8744
45 Nearly Famous BBQ 583.2796
46 Holy Smokers 570.7088

Chicken

46 entries · top 177.2000 · median 166.5658

#TeamScore
1 ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT 177.2000
2 MUDVILLE BBQ 177.1544
3 Smokey and the Pirate 176.5828
4 7 SINS BBQ 175.4400
5 CYNICAL BBQ 175.4172
6 SON OF SMOKE 174.8456
7 7-8-9 BBQ 174.2628
8 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 173.1084
9 LADY OF Q 172
10 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 172
11 CHOWTOWN SMOKERS CALI 171.9884
12 WEST COAST SMOKE 171.9772
13 Pops BBQ 22 171.4516
14 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 171.4400
15 RBQ 171.4400
16 BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ 170.8344
17 BONE RUBBIN BBQ 170.8228
18 Pig Pimp'n BBQ 169.7028
19 Pirates of the Pig 169.6684
20 SMOKED SEDUCTION 167.9656
21 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 167.9656
22 The BBQ Yard 166.8456
23 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 166.8344
24 Big Daddy BBQ 166.2972
25 SMOKIN' AXE BBQ 165.1316
26 OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ 165.0972
27 CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE 163.9772
28 SLO DOG Q 163.9428
29 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 163.4284
30 Ric & Rob's Righteous Ribs 162.2516
31 Uncle Nino's BBQ 161.7600
32 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 161.6684
33 THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES 161.6572
34 BULL MARKET BBQ 161.1312
35 Culinary Chingaderas 161.1084
36 THE SMOKING HILLS 159.3940
37 Dream'n Bout Que 157.6572
38 Smoke-In 155.4400
39 Up In Smoke 155.4400
40 HELLO BBQ 154.8228
41 RedJaz BBQ 152.5488
42 3 Brisketeers 151.9772
43 Holy Smokers 146.8116
44 BLUE COLLAR BARBECUE 145.0512
45 All Reasons Moving BBQ team 144.5488
46 Nearly Famous BBQ 141.6684

Pork Ribs

46 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.4172

#TeamScore
1 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 179.4400
2 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 174.2744
3 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 173.7028
4 OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ 173.1428
5 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 173.1428
6 BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ 172.5600
7 Culinary Chingaderas 172.0228
8 CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE 171.9884
9 Dream'n Bout Que 170.8800
10 LADY OF Q 170.2628
11 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 169.7028
12 Uncle Nino's BBQ 167.4400
13 MUDVILLE BBQ 167.4172
14 BONE RUBBIN BBQ 167.3828
15 ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT 166.8344
16 WEST COAST SMOKE 166.2972
17 SMOKIN' AXE BBQ 166.2744
18 CYNICAL BBQ 166.2400
19 Smokey and the Pirate 165.6916
20 THE SMOKING HILLS 164.5600
21 THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES 164.5372
22 7-8-9 BBQ 164
23 The BBQ Yard 163.4400
24 SLO DOG Q 163.3944
25 Up In Smoke 162.8572
26 HELLO BBQ 162.8572
27 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 162.8000
28 Ric & Rob's Righteous Ribs 162.8000
29 SMOKED SEDUCTION 161.7028
30 SON OF SMOKE 161.6572
31 CHOWTOWN SMOKERS CALI 161.1200
32 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 160.5372
33 Smoke-In 160.0228
34 Pirates of the Pig 159.9544
35 BULL MARKET BBQ 155.4288
36 Pops BBQ 22 154.8000
37 RBQ 154.2400
38 7 SINS BBQ 153.0972
39 BLUE COLLAR BARBECUE 152.5600
40 Pig Pimp'n BBQ 152.5144
41 Big Daddy BBQ 151.3600
42 RedJaz BBQ 150.2056
43 3 Brisketeers 144.5600
44 Nearly Famous BBQ 142.2400
45 Holy Smokers 141.7028
46 All Reasons Moving BBQ team 140.4572

Pork

46 entries · top 177.1428 · median 164.2972

#TeamScore
1 THE SMOKING HILLS 177.1428
2 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 177.1428
3 SMOKED SEDUCTION 176
4 Pig Pimp'n BBQ 174.8916
5 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 173.1200
6 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 172.5600
7 Culinary Chingaderas 171.4056
8 ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT 170.8456
9 Smokey and the Pirate 170.8228
10 LADY OF Q 170.8228
11 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 170.2744
12 OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ 169.6684
13 SON OF SMOKE 168.5484
14 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 168
15 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 167.9656
16 BULL MARKET BBQ 167.4172
17 Up In Smoke 167.3828
18 HELLO BBQ 166.8572
19 7-8-9 BBQ 166.2744
20 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 166.2628
21 RBQ 166.2400
22 THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES 165.7028
23 CHOWTOWN SMOKERS CALI 164.5944
24 WEST COAST SMOKE 164
25 7 SINS BBQ 162.8456
26 CYNICAL BBQ 162.8228
27 Dream'n Bout Que 162.2400
28 BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ 161.6800
29 SLO DOG Q 161.0972
30 Uncle Nino's BBQ 160.5944
31 The BBQ Yard 159.3944
32 MUDVILLE BBQ 159.3716
33 BONE RUBBIN BBQ 158.2284
34 All Reasons Moving BBQ team 157.7372
35 SMOKIN' AXE BBQ 157.0972
36 Nearly Famous BBQ 155.4056
37 Pirates of the Pig 155.4056
38 CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE 155.4056
39 BLUE COLLAR BARBECUE 154.2400
40 Ric & Rob's Righteous Ribs 153.0744
41 Smoke-In 151.9428
42 3 Brisketeers 151.9428
43 Big Daddy BBQ 149.1200
44 RedJaz BBQ 146.2744
45 Holy Smokers 145.6800
46 Pops BBQ 22 145.0740

Brisket

46 entries · top 180 · median 166.2456 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ 180 🔥
2 The BBQ Yard 179.4400
3 BURNIN AND LOOTIN 178.8572
4 OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ 176.5828
5 Up In Smoke 174.2972
6 7-8-9 BBQ 172.5828
7 BIG POPPA SMOKERS 172.5600
8 SMOKED SEDUCTION 171.4400
9 BULL MARKET BBQ 171.4400
10 ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT 170.2856
11 MUDVILLE BBQ 170.2628
12 THE SMOKING HILLS 170.2628
13 LADY OF Q 169.6684
14 CANYON RIDERS BBQ 169.6684
15 Smokey and the Pirate 169.1084
16 Pig Pimp'n BBQ 168.5944
17 SON OF SMOKE 168.5600
18 CYNICAL BBQ 168.5256
19 Smoke-In 168.0228
20 BAR-B-Q'S-2GO 167.9884
21 CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE 167.9772
22 7 SINS BBQ 166.8572
23 Pirates of the Pig 166.2628
24 BONE RUBBIN BBQ 166.2284
25 All Reasons Moving BBQ team 165.7372
26 RBQ 165.7028
27 NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT 164.5256
28 SLO DOG Q 162.2400
29 SMOKIN' AXE BBQ 159.3828
30 Culinary Chingaderas 158.2400
31 BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ 158.2284
32 Uncle Nino's BBQ 158.1940
33 Ric & Rob's Righteous Ribs 156.5372
34 HELLO BBQ 156
35 CHOWTOWN SMOKERS CALI 155.3828
36 THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES 155.3600
37 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ 153.6112
38 Dream'n Bout Que 150.7656
39 Pops BBQ 22 149.1084
40 RedJaz BBQ 147.3484
41 BLUE COLLAR BARBECUE 145.6572
42 WEST COAST SMOKE 145.1544
43 Big Daddy BBQ 144.5716
44 Nearly Famous BBQ 143.9656
45 3 Brisketeers 143.3944
46 Holy Smokers 136.5144

Competitor Series

Overall

20 entries · top 349.1312 · median 313.1484 · out of 360, not the usual 720

#TeamScore
1 PRISON BREAK BBQ 349.1312
2 T & A BBQ 329.6796
3 JAKE'S BACKYARD BBQ 326.8688
4 Smoke 'Em If U Got 'Em 326.8228
5 Mahalo BBQ 323.3716
6 Smoak' N Wood BBQ 319.9768
7 Winging It 319.4168
8 KJ's Big Boy BBQ 318.7884
9 Two Dads BrewBQ 315.4628
10 Eat My Smoke BBQ 314.8796
11 Parks on Fire 311.4172
12 Rod's with a "Q" 310.7884
13 Sun, Smoke & Suds 310.7772
14 Smokin Rays BBQ 308.4912
15 Pinche BBQ 305.6572
16 Smoking Old Guys 299.4056
17 Big Double BB's 293.6796
18 Smokin' Toonas BBQ 278.8000
19 Bird Dog BBQ 278.1600
20 Herb's BBQ 276.5140

Chicken

20 entries · top 173.1200 · median 154.5428

#TeamScore
1 JAKE'S BACKYARD BBQ 173.1200
2 PRISON BREAK BBQ 171.9884
3 T & A BBQ 171.9656
4 Smoke 'Em If U Got 'Em 165.1084
5 Big Double BB's 164.0112
6 Winging It 157.7140
7 Smokin Rays BBQ 157.1084
8 Sun, Smoke & Suds 157.0856
9 Two Dads BrewBQ 156
10 Smoak' N Wood BBQ 154.8112
11 Parks on Fire 154.2744
12 Eat My Smoke BBQ 151.9540
13 Rod's with a "Q" 151.3712
14 Pinche BBQ 150.8344
15 KJ's Big Boy BBQ 149.0628
16 Mahalo BBQ 148.5144
17 Smoking Old Guys 145.7144
18 Smokin' Toonas BBQ 141.6800
19 Bird Dog BBQ 135.3600
20 Herb's BBQ 130.8456

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.

Competitor Series — Backyard Tri-Tip

20 entries · top 177.1428 · median 157.4284

#TeamScore
1 PRISON BREAK BBQ 177.1428
2 Mahalo BBQ 174.8572
3 KJ's Big Boy BBQ 169.7256
4 Smoak' N Wood BBQ 165.1656
5 Eat My Smoke BBQ 162.9256
6 Smoke 'Em If U Got 'Em 161.7144
7 Winging It 161.7028
8 Two Dads BrewBQ 159.4628
9 Rod's with a "Q" 159.4172
10 T & A BBQ 157.7140
11 Parks on Fire 157.1428
12 Pinche BBQ 154.8228
13 JAKE'S BACKYARD BBQ 153.7488
14 Sun, Smoke & Suds 153.6916
15 Smoking Old Guys 153.6912
16 Smokin Rays BBQ 151.3828
17 Herb's BBQ 145.6684
18 Bird Dog BBQ 142.8000
19 Smokin' Toonas BBQ 137.1200
20 Big Double BB's 129.6684

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