Sep 13–14, 2019 · Casper, WY · 📍 Downtown · State championship
Reps: Michael Eberle · Prize money: $10,000
YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG won Grand Champion at the Smoke & Soul Fest on September 13, 2019 in Casper, WY at Downtown, scoring 698.8344 in a field of 28 teams. The Eagle BBQ Colorado took Reserve Grand Champion with 681.1088. Category winners: Chicken — YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG (180.0000); Pork Ribs — The Eagle BBQ Colorado (174.8572); Pork — YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG (174.8688); Brisket — GRATE EXPECTATIONS (171.4056). This is the 3rd of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2018 edition was won by YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG; the next was held in 2022.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2017 to 2024 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
698.8344 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 687.4404 YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG set in 2017.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100
YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG came in rated below the field's top team, PARROTHEAD SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
You Que'd Me All Night Long won here last time out too — 3 straight editions of this contest.
Wider than 98% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The champion won by 17.7256 points — a wider margin than 98% of championships in the data.
3 of 6 tracked editions
YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG has won this contest 3 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Chicken places 6–7: PAPA'S PIT CREW edged WYO SMOKE SHOW by 0.0112. Brisket places 7–8: AMERICAN HEROES BBQ edged SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 2–3: LUCKY SMOKE edged YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG by 0.0116.
YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork ribs at 3rd.
YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 178.3200 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG (won 2017, 2018).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2017 | Casper, WY | Casper, WY 82601 | 18 | 687.4404 | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | JO-BAWB'S BBQ |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Casper, WY | 3rd Elm St | 28 | 677.6684 | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | RICHIE Z's |
| Sep 13, 2019 ← this one | Casper, WY | Downtown | 28 | 698.8344 | You Que'd Me All Night Long | The Eagle BBQ Colorado |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Casper, WY | Casper, WY 82602 | 29 | 690.1712 | Bushmaster BBQ | Brinkerhoff BBQ |
| Oct 6, 2023 | Casper, WY | Casper, WY 82602 | 28 | 693.6572 | Needs More Cowbell BBQ | Brinkerhoff BBQ |
| Jul 12, 2024 | Casper, WY | 355 W Yellowstone Hwy | 26 | 697.6572 | Heifers Butts, & Clucks BBQ | Tuffy's BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 170.2860 | 167.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 168.0116 | 164.5488 |
| Pork | 174.8688 | 169.7144 | 168.5256 |
| Brisket | 171.4056 | 169.1428 | 162.2628 |
28 entries · top 698.8344 · median 654.1488
28 entries · top 180 · median 165.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
28 entries · top 174.8572 · median 162.8400
28 entries · top 174.8688 · median 162.5200
28 entries · top 171.4056 · median 159.6628