Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off
2019-08-16 – 2019-08-17 · Susanville, CA · 📍 195 Russell Ave · State championship
Reps: IAN SCHMIDT, JULIE POE · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: Cynical BBQ (675.9768) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Smokey and the Pirate
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🧹 A double category winner
CYNICAL BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 1–2: CYNICAL BBQ and CANYON RIDERS BBQ tied on 170.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: CANYON RIDERS BBQ and Pirates of the Pig tied on 170.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: SMOKED SEDUCTION and Smokey and the Pirate tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BULL MARKET BBQ (won 2018).
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-17 | 195 Russell Ave | 27 | 685.2344 | BULL MARKET BBQ | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 2019-08-16 ← this one | Susanville, CA | 195 Russell Ave | 25 | 675.9768 | Cynical BBQ | Smokey and the Pirate |
| 2021-10-15 | Susanville, CA | 195 Russell Ave | 11 | 678.2284 | 7 Sins BBQ | KICKEN ASH AND MAKEN FLAMES |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4628 | 169.6800 | 164.5372 |
| Pork Ribs | 170.8572 | 168.0000 | 162.8228 |
| Pork | 176.0000 | 171.4288 | 165.7144 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 168.5600 | 164.0000 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
25 entries · top 675.9768 · median 647.8172
Chicken
25 entries · top 175.4628 · median 161.1084
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 170.8572 · median 161.1772
Pork
25 entries · top 176.0000 · median 164.5372
Brisket
25 entries · top 179.4400 · median 161.6684
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.
Kids-Q — Kids-Q 11-17
2 entries · top 164.5484 · median 162.5542
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheer-N BBQ | |
| 2 | We Be Smoking BBQ |
Kids-Q — Kids-Q 6-10
4 entries · top 175.4172 · median 171.1314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seth's World BBQ | |
| 2 | Little Man BBQ | |
| 3 | Meat It Up! Up! Up! | |
| 4 | T-Rex |