Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
2019-09-06 – 2019-09-07 · Grand Jct, CO · 📍 925 Struthers AVe · State championship
Prize money: $19,600.00
Grand Champion: CROOKED PIGS (691.3488) · 28 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 B-S BBQ OUTLAWS
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
BIG POPPA SMOKERS has won this contest 3 times across its 8 tracked editions.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
CROOKED PIGS took the Grand Championship home to OR.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: HONEYMAN BBQ and SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: M-DUBS BBQ and Crooked Pigs tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Half Baked Hippies edged Crooked Pigs by 0.0116.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ (won 2017), SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ (won 2018).
🃏 An upset on the books
CROOKED PIGS came in rated below the field's top team, B-S BBQ OUTLAWS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-13 | Grand Junction, CO | 42 | 702.8572 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES | |
| 2014-09-12 | Grand Junction, CO 81501 | 47 | 692.5944 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 2015-09-11 | Grand Junction, CO 81521 | 32 | 698.8344 | LUCKY'S Q | GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 2016-09-09 | 1340 Gunnison Ave | 49 | 694.8460 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 2017-09-08 | 1340 Gunnison Ave | 28 | 694.2516 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 2018-09-07 | 925 Struthers AVe | 32 | 693.6572 | SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 2019-09-06 ← this one | Grand Jct, CO | 925 Struthers AVe | 28 | 691.3488 | CROOKED PIGS | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS |
| 2020-09-11 | Grand Jct, CO | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1544 | 170.8344 | 167.3828 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 170.8344 | 164.5488 |
| Pork | 175.4288 | 171.9772 | 166.8572 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 170.8344 | 165.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
28 entries · top 691.3488 · median 649.2974
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crooked Pigs | |
| 2 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 3 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 4 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 5 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 6 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 7 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 8 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 9 | MONSOON BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ | |
| 11 | The Eagle BBQ | |
| 12 | Half Baked Hippies | |
| 13 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 14 | GRILLIN' BEAVERS | |
| 15 | M-DUBS BBQ | |
| 16 | Salt City Barbecue | |
| 17 | G AND L BBQ | |
| 18 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 19 | FATZ BBQ | |
| 20 | B and C BBQ | |
| 21 | Colorado Q | |
| 22 | Chill Out | |
| 23 | P.H.A.T. Joe's BBQ | |
| 24 | Redneck Caviar | |
| 25 | BBQ Gitanos | |
| 26 | TRIXIE'S HAWG HOUSE BBQ | |
| 27 | Smokin' Johnnys BBQ | |
| 28 | Flying Mookey Q |
Chicken
28 entries · top 177.1544 · median 165.1258
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 2 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ | |
| 4 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 5 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 6 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 7 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 8 | MONSOON BBQ | |
| 9 | Half Baked Hippies | |
| 10 | Crooked Pigs | |
| 11 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 12 | M-DUBS BBQ | |
| 13 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 14 | G AND L BBQ | |
| 15 | GRILLIN' BEAVERS | |
| 16 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 17 | B and C BBQ | |
| 18 | The Eagle BBQ | |
| 19 | FATZ BBQ | |
| 20 | Chill Out | |
| 21 | Smokin' Johnnys BBQ | |
| 22 | Colorado Q | |
| 23 | P.H.A.T. Joe's BBQ | |
| 24 | Redneck Caviar | |
| 25 | Salt City Barbecue | |
| 26 | TRIXIE'S HAWG HOUSE BBQ | |
| 27 | BBQ Gitanos | |
| 28 | Flying Mookey Q |
Pork Ribs
28 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.5658
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 2 | Crooked Pigs | |
| 3 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 4 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 5 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 6 | B and C BBQ | |
| 7 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 8 | MONSOON BBQ | |
| 9 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 10 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 11 | M-DUBS BBQ | |
| 12 | Half Baked Hippies | |
| 13 | SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ | |
| 14 | The Eagle BBQ | |
| 15 | Chill Out | |
| 16 | FATZ BBQ | |
| 17 | GRILLIN' BEAVERS | |
| 18 | BBQ Gitanos | |
| 19 | Colorado Q | |
| 20 | Smokin' Johnnys BBQ | |
| 21 | Salt City Barbecue | |
| 22 | G AND L BBQ | |
| 23 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 24 | Redneck Caviar | |
| 25 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 26 | TRIXIE'S HAWG HOUSE BBQ | |
| 27 | P.H.A.T. Joe's BBQ | |
| 28 | Flying Mookey Q |
Pork
28 entries · top 175.4288 · median 164.5142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Half Baked Hippies | |
| 2 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 3 | The Eagle BBQ | |
| 4 | M-DUBS BBQ | |
| 5 | Crooked Pigs | |
| 6 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 7 | MONSOON BBQ | |
| 8 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 9 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 10 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 11 | FATZ BBQ | |
| 12 | Salt City Barbecue | |
| 13 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 14 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 15 | G AND L BBQ | |
| 16 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 17 | Redneck Caviar | |
| 18 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 19 | GRILLIN' BEAVERS | |
| 20 | SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ | |
| 21 | P.H.A.T. Joe's BBQ | |
| 22 | Colorado Q | |
| 23 | Chill Out | |
| 24 | Flying Mookey Q | |
| 25 | B and C BBQ | |
| 26 | BBQ Gitanos | |
| 27 | TRIXIE'S HAWG HOUSE BBQ | |
| 28 | Smokin' Johnnys BBQ |
Brisket
28 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.1028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crooked Pigs | |
| 2 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 3 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 4 | Salt City Barbecue | |
| 5 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 6 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 7 | GRILLIN' BEAVERS | |
| 8 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 9 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 10 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 11 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 12 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 13 | The Eagle BBQ | |
| 14 | MONSOON BBQ | |
| 15 | SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ | |
| 16 | G AND L BBQ | |
| 17 | Colorado Q | |
| 18 | P.H.A.T. Joe's BBQ | |
| 19 | B and C BBQ | |
| 20 | FATZ BBQ | |
| 21 | Half Baked Hippies | |
| 22 | TRIXIE'S HAWG HOUSE BBQ | |
| 23 | Chill Out | |
| 24 | M-DUBS BBQ | |
| 25 | BBQ Gitanos | |
| 26 | Smokin' Johnnys BBQ | |
| 27 | Redneck Caviar | |
| 28 | Flying Mookey Q |
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 — Cabo Wabo
14 entries · top 169.1772 · median 154.5828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 2 | M-DUBS BBQ | |
| 3 | G AND L BBQ | |
| 4 | Colorado Q | |
| 5 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 6 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 7 | Crooked Pigs | |
| 8 | Half Baked Hippies | |
| 9 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 10 | Redneck Caviar | |
| 11 | UTAH BBQ COMPANY | |
| 12 | Flying Mookey Q | |
| 13 | The Eagle BBQ | |
| 14 | BBQ Gitanos |