Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
2019-08-30 – 2019-09-01 · Bedford, TX · 📍 1951 L Don Dodson · State championship
Reps: BOB MCKINNON, KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS, TERRI MCKINNON · Prize money: $11,000.00
Grand Champion: LaPasadita (703.4400) · 58 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX
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📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX and TEXAS OIL DUST tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: LA PASADITA and NCOGNITO COOKERS tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: NCOGNITO COOKERS and Big Daddy G's tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX (won 2018).
🃏 An upset on the books
LA PASADITA came in rated below the field's top team, BOOMERANG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-02 | 1951 L Don Dodson | 46 | 689.0628 | Fergolicious BBQ | TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE | |
| 2018-08-31 | 1951 L Don Dodson | 74 | 702.8684 | BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 2019-08-30 ← this one | Bedford, TX | 1951 L Don Dodson | 58 | 703.4400 | LaPasadita | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX |
| 2021-09-04 | Bedford, TX | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5828 | 175.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 174.8456 | 172.0344 |
| Pork | 178.3200 | 176.5828 | 172.5828 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 172.5716 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
58 entries · top 703.4400 · median 671.6402
Chicken
58 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
58 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.9886
Pork
57 entries · top 178.3200 · median 169.1772
Brisket
57 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2856
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 — Beans
20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.6970
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pitfaced BBQ | |
| 2 | Smokin Aces BBQ | |
| 3 | CEO BBQ | |
| 4 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 5 | D.A.B. BBQ | |
| 6 | BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE | |
| 7 | Larry Schmidt | |
| 8 | EAST LENEXA BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Ed BBQ | |
| 10 | VAT1893 BBQ | |
| 11 | 2 Big J's BBQ | |
| 12 | Dirty Shirt BBQ | |
| 13 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 14 | Bushwood Country Club | |
| 15 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 16 | C & A Pit and Grill | |
| 17 | BUTT FIRST BBQ | |
| 18 | THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE | |
| 19 | Sterling BBQ | |
| 20 | TAILGATERS BBQ |
Ancillary — Dessert
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokin' Pendejos | |
| 2 | SMOKIN DAN | |
| 3 | Redneck Cooker | |
| 4 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 5 | Bushwood Country Club | |
| 6 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 7 | Smokin Aces BBQ | |
| 8 | Smokin Good BBQ | |
| 9 | TAILGATERS BBQ | |
| 10 | BULLHORN BBQ | |
| 11 | C & A Pit and Grill | |
| 12 | THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE | |
| 13 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 14 | Dirty Shirt BBQ | |
| 15 | 2 Big J's BBQ | |
| 16 | VAT1893 BBQ | |
| 17 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 18 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 19 | SuperSwine-2 | |
| 20 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 21 | ELLIS COUNTY BBQ | |
| 22 | Hollow-Q-2 | |
| 23 | Bold BBQ Pit |
Ancillary — Sauce
26 entries · top 176.5828 · median 164.8170
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Ed BBQ | |
| 2 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 3 | Smokin Good BBQ | |
| 4 | Sterling BBQ | |
| 5 | 2 Big J's BBQ | |
| 6 | Smokin' Pendejos | |
| 7 | CEO BBQ | |
| 8 | VAT1893 BBQ | |
| 9 | C & A Pit and Grill | |
| 10 | ELLIS COUNTY BBQ | |
| 11 | SUPER SWINE | |
| 12 | B Xtreme BBQ | |
| 13 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 14 | EAST LENEXA BBQ | |
| 15 | THREE HOG NIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 16 | TEXAS WARPIG BBQ | |
| 17 | Rockin R BBQ | |
| 18 | Bushwood Country Club | |
| 19 | Dirty Shirt BBQ | |
| 20 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 21 | BULLHORN BBQ | |
| 22 | HOLLOW Q | |
| 23 | POP & SON'S COOKERS | |
| 24 | Gettin' Sauced | |
| 25 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 26 | RACE CREW BBQ |