A new contest record
699.4400
highest overall ever cooked here
699.4400 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 698.2400 BAD BOYZ BBQ set in 2018.
- old record 698.2400
- set 2018 by BAD BOYZ BBQ
Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off 2019
Aug 16–17, 2019 · Kanab, UT · 📍 Marybeth Kuntz · State championship
Reps: Michael Santiago, Rhonda Santiago · Prize money: $11,000
COW TIPPIN BBQ won Grand Champion at the Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off on August 16, 2019 in Kanab, UT at Marybeth Kuntz, scoring 699.4400 in a field of 18 teams. SHIG NINJA BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 692.5024. Category winners: Chicken — COW TIPPIN BBQ (179.4400); Pork Ribs — LUCKY SMOKE (178.2972); Pork — GIRLS CAN GRILL (178.8572); Brisket — COW TIPPIN BBQ (177.1428). This is the 3rd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2018 edition was won by BAD BOYZ BBQ.
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.
501.67
median 673.07
699.44 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 179.44
- Pork Ribs 178.30
- Pork 178.86
- Brisket 177.14
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179.44
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2017 to 2019 — this edition picked out.
Entries
18
4 judged meats
Top score
699.4400
Winning margin
6.9376
GC over RC
Field average
653.84
501.67699.44
median 673.07 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork
4.5600 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
670.7996
501.67699.44
10th place overall
Field spread
197.7716
winner to last place
Prize money
$11,000
on the line
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 34%
beats 66% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
31%
4 of 13 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.33 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,592
avg power rating going in · stronger than 73% of contests
Storylines (8 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.
An upset on the books
34-in-100
shot on pre-contest ratings
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
COW TIPPIN BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SHIG NINJA BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
- champion 1664
- top seed 1777
A first Grand Championship
42
tracked contests to get there
This was CowTippin'BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 42nd tracked contest.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 5–6: UTAH BBQ COMPANY and COW TIPPIN BBQ tied on 170.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: Four Gen BBQ and ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q tied on 168.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: YOUR BEHIND BBQ and SHIG NINJA BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Pork Ribs 5–6 · tie
- Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
- Pork 3–4 · tie
- Brisket 8–9 · 0.0116
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
COW TIPPIN BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
COW TIPPIN BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 7th.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 6th
- Pork 7th
- Brisket 1st
A contest record in pork ribs
178.2972
best pork ribs ever cooked here
LUCKY SMOKE turned in 178.2972 in pork ribs — past the 174.2744 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
- old best 174.2744
- across 2 past editions
The biggest field yet
18
teams — a contest high
This contest usually draws about 10 teams
18 teams is the deepest field this contest has drawn in the data, against a typical 10.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2017 | Kanab, UT | Main Street | 7 | 319.3944 | 2with 2without | LUNEY-Q BBQ |
| Aug 24, 2018 | Kanab, UT | Kanab, UT 84741 | 13 | 698.2400 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | SHIG NINJA BBQ |
| Aug 16, 2019 ← this one | Kanab, UT | Marybeth Kuntz | 18 | 699.4400 | CowTippin'BBQ | SHIG NINJA BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 173.1200 | 170.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 170.8572 | 168 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 174.2972 | 168.5484 |
| Brisket | 177.1428 | 170.8456 | 169.1544 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
18 entries · top 699.4400 · median 673.0682
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | COW TIPPIN BBQ | |
| 2 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 3 | LUCKY SMOKE | |
| 4 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 5 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 6 | ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q | |
| 7 | Salt City Barbecue | |
| 8 | Rhythm n QUE | |
| 9 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 10 | JAGER Q | |
| 11 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 12 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 13 | VEGAS GRILLBILLIES | |
| 14 | Crooked Pigs | |
| 15 | FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE | |
| 16 | Malouf Kitchen | |
| 17 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 18 | Four Gen BBQ |
Chicken
18 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.8342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | COW TIPPIN BBQ | |
| 2 | ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q | |
| 3 | JAGER Q | |
| 4 | FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE | |
| 5 | Rhythm n QUE | |
| 6 | Four Gen BBQ | |
| 7 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 8 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 9 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 10 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 11 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 12 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 13 | LUCKY SMOKE | |
| 14 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 15 | Salt City Barbecue | |
| 16 | Crooked Pigs | |
| 17 | VEGAS GRILLBILLIES | |
| 18 | Malouf Kitchen |
Pork Ribs
18 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LUCKY SMOKE | |
| 2 | VEGAS GRILLBILLIES | |
| 3 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 4 | Salt City Barbecue | |
| 5 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 6 | COW TIPPIN BBQ | |
| 7 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 8 | Rhythm n QUE | |
| 9 | Four Gen BBQ | |
| 10 | ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q | |
| 11 | Crooked Pigs | |
| 12 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 13 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 14 | FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE | |
| 15 | JAGER Q | |
| 16 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 17 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 18 | Malouf Kitchen |
Pork
18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.4228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 2 | Rhythm n QUE | |
| 3 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 4 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 5 | LUCKY SMOKE | |
| 6 | VEGAS GRILLBILLIES | |
| 7 | COW TIPPIN BBQ | |
| 8 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 9 | Salt City Barbecue | |
| 10 | ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q | |
| 11 | Crooked Pigs | |
| 12 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 13 | JAGER Q | |
| 14 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 15 | Four Gen BBQ | |
| 16 | FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE | |
| 17 | Malouf Kitchen | |
| 18 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY |
Brisket
17 entries · top 177.1428 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | COW TIPPIN BBQ | |
| 2 | Salt City Barbecue | |
| 3 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 4 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 5 | CASUAL SMOKERS | |
| 6 | ALL ABOUT SMOKIN Q | |
| 7 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 8 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 9 | Crooked Pigs | |
| 10 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 11 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 12 | LUCKY SMOKE | |
| 13 | VEGAS GRILLBILLIES | |
| 14 | JAGER Q | |
| 15 | FAIR DINKUM AUSSIE AMERICAN BARBEQUE | |
| 16 | Rhythm n QUE | |
| 17 | Malouf Kitchen |