Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
2019-08-23 – 2019-08-24 · Wendover, NV · 📍 101 Wendover Blvd · State championship
Reps: STEVEN FLEWALLEN · Prize money: $35,000.00
Grand Champion: Rooftop BBQ (701.1316) · 37 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BIG POPPA SMOKERS
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👑 A dynasty in the making
ROOFTOP BBQ has won this contest 3 times across its 7 tracked editions.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Rooftop BBQ took the Grand Championship home to KS.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: BURNIN AND LOOTIN and SMOKIN BRETHREN tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: JAGER Q and WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: SMOKIN BRETHREN and ROOFTOP BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: WILD HOGS BBQ (won 2013), ROOFTOP BBQ (won 2016, 2017), BURNIN AND LOOTIN (won 2018).
🃏 An upset on the books
Rooftop BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BIG POPPA SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-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)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-23 | Wendover, NV | 34 | 674.2516 | WILD HOGS BBQ | RHYTHM 'N QUE | |
| 2014-08-22 | Wendover, NV 89883 | 31 | 691.4056 | PORKETEERS | ROOFTOP BBQ | |
| 2015-08-28 | Wendover, NV | 49 | 706.8688 | SMOKEAHOLICS | BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ | |
| 2016-08-26 | 101 Wendover BLVD | 37 | 703.4516 | ROOFTOP BBQ | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 2017-08-25 | 680 W Wendover Blvd | 37 | 706.2512 | ROOFTOP BBQ | ZZYZX BAR.B.Q | |
| 2018-08-24 | 101 Wendover Blvd | 46 | 700.5484 | BURNIN AND LOOTIN | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 2019-08-23 ← this one | Wendover, NV | 101 Wendover Blvd | 37 | 701.1316 | Rooftop BBQ | BIG POPPA SMOKERS |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 176.0000 | 172.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.0000 | 171.9656 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 176.5600 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 174.8572 | 173.1428 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
37 entries · top 701.1316 · median 671.3372
Chicken
37 entries · top 178.8800 · median 167.9772
Pork Ribs
37 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2744
Pork
37 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.2628
Brisket
37 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.6916