Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off
2026-07-03 – 2026-07-04 · Dillon, MT · 📍 Depot Park · State championship
Reps: BRIAN MOORE, STEVEN FLEWALLEN · Prize money: $4,500.00
Grand Champion: Brinkerhoff BBQ (704.5600) · 26 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER
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
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Brinkerhoff BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 2 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0116 points — closer than 98% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Brinkerhoff BBQ took the Grand Championship home to CO.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: Colorado Bulldawg BBQ and 1 Bite BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: 1 Bite BBQ and Triple Nines BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: Freedom Works BBQ and HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Brinkerhoff BBQ (won 2025).
🃏 An upset on the books
Brinkerhoff BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SMELLAQUE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-05 | Dillon, MT | Depot Park | 13 | 704.5256 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | SinBin BBQ |
| 2026-07-03 ← this one | Dillon, MT | Depot Park | 26 | 704.5600 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 176.0000 | 174.8572 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 176.5716 | 173.1428 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 176.5828 | 174.8456 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
26 entries · top 704.5600 · median 691.6744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 2 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 3 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 4 | Mountain Smoke | |
| 5 | Wild West BBQ | |
| 6 | HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ | |
| 7 | Chicken Fried BBQ | |
| 8 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 9 | Tuffy's BBQ | |
| 10 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 11 | Slingin Meats BBQ | |
| 12 | Big Boyz BBQ | |
| 13 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 14 | Freedom Works BBQ | |
| 15 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 16 | At Ease | |
| 17 | Triple Nines BBQ | |
| 18 | Bearded Boar BBQ | |
| 19 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 20 | Shane Edd's BBQ | |
| 21 | Iron Horse Party | |
| 22 | Kick Back BBQ | |
| 23 | Rolling Smoke BBQ | |
| 24 | Rob & Jenn | |
| 25 | Random Guys Smoking | |
| 26 | Smokin Tales |
Chicken
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.6970 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 2 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 3 | Wild West BBQ | |
| 4 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 5 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 6 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 7 | Triple Nines BBQ | |
| 8 | HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ | |
| 9 | Slingin Meats BBQ | |
| 10 | Mountain Smoke | |
| 11 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 12 | Freedom Works BBQ | |
| 13 | At Ease | |
| 14 | Big Boyz BBQ | |
| 15 | Shane Edd's BBQ | |
| 16 | Bearded Boar BBQ | |
| 17 | Chicken Fried BBQ | |
| 18 | Random Guys Smoking | |
| 19 | Kick Back BBQ | |
| 20 | Rolling Smoke BBQ | |
| 21 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 22 | Tuffy's BBQ | |
| 23 | Rob & Jenn | |
| 24 | Smokin Tales | |
| 25 | Iron Horse Party | |
| 26 | SMELLAQUE |
Pork Ribs
26 entries · top 176.5716 · median 172.8400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearded Boar BBQ | |
| 2 | Freedom Works BBQ | |
| 3 | HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ | |
| 4 | Chicken Fried BBQ | |
| 5 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 6 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 7 | Big Boyz BBQ | |
| 8 | Slingin Meats BBQ | |
| 9 | Mountain Smoke | |
| 10 | Tuffy's BBQ | |
| 11 | Triple Nines BBQ | |
| 12 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 13 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 14 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 15 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 16 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 17 | At Ease | |
| 18 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 19 | Wild West BBQ | |
| 20 | Iron Horse Party | |
| 21 | Shane Edd's BBQ | |
| 22 | Kick Back BBQ | |
| 23 | Rolling Smoke BBQ | |
| 24 | Smokin Tales | |
| 25 | Rob & Jenn | |
| 26 | Random Guys Smoking |
Pork
26 entries · top 179.4400 · median 172.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 2 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 3 | Chicken Fried BBQ | |
| 4 | Wild West BBQ | |
| 5 | At Ease | |
| 6 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 7 | Tuffy's BBQ | |
| 8 | Big Boyz BBQ | |
| 9 | Mountain Smoke | |
| 10 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 11 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 12 | HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ | |
| 13 | Bearded Boar BBQ | |
| 14 | Slingin Meats BBQ | |
| 15 | Freedom Works BBQ | |
| 16 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 17 | Triple Nines BBQ | |
| 18 | Iron Horse Party | |
| 19 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 20 | Shane Edd's BBQ | |
| 21 | Kick Back BBQ | |
| 22 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 23 | Random Guys Smoking | |
| 24 | Rob & Jenn | |
| 25 | Rolling Smoke BBQ | |
| 26 | Smokin Tales |
Brisket
26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.1372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuffy's BBQ | |
| 2 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 3 | SMELLAQUE | |
| 4 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 5 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 6 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 7 | Mountain Smoke | |
| 8 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 9 | Wild West BBQ | |
| 10 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 11 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 12 | HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ | |
| 13 | Slingin Meats BBQ | |
| 14 | Chicken Fried BBQ | |
| 15 | Big Boyz BBQ | |
| 16 | Freedom Works BBQ | |
| 17 | Shane Edd's BBQ | |
| 18 | At Ease | |
| 19 | Triple Nines BBQ | |
| 20 | Bearded Boar BBQ | |
| 21 | Rolling Smoke BBQ | |
| 22 | Iron Horse Party | |
| 23 | Smokin Tales | |
| 24 | Rob & Jenn | |
| 25 | Kick Back BBQ | |
| 26 | Random Guys Smoking |
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 — Anything Goes
14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 2 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 3 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 4 | Freedom Works BBQ | |
| 5 | Rob & Jenn | |
| 6 | Big Boyz BBQ | |
| 7 | Random Guys Smoking | |
| 8 | Mountain Smoke | |
| 9 | Shane Edd's BBQ | |
| 10 | Smokin Tales | |
| 11 | Kick Back BBQ | |
| 12 | Rolling Smoke BBQ | |
| 13 | Iron Horse Party | |
| 14 | Brinkerhoff BBQ |