Sep 20–21, 2019 · Grand Lake, CO · 📍 Main Street · State championship
Reps: Michael Eberle · Prize money: $10,036
UNCLE J'S won Grand Champion at the Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival on September 20, 2019 in Grand Lake, CO at Main Street, scoring 698.2172 in a field of 25 teams. #MIDNIGHT SMOKERS took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.2172. Category winners: Chicken — B-S BBQ OUTLAWS (176.5716); Pork Ribs — HONEYMAN BBQ (174.2744); Pork — HONEYMAN BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — UNCLE J'S (176.5600).
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100
UNCLE J'S came in rated below the field's top team, B-S BBQ OUTLAWS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Uncle J's's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 41st tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 2–3: UNCLE J'S and BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: BACKDRAFT BBQ and AMERICAN HEROES BBQ tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: BACKDRAFT BBQ and B-S BBQ OUTLAWS tied on 169.6684 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
HONEYMAN BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.
UNCLE J'S took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 4th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5716 | 173.7028 | 168 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2744 | 170.8572 | 169.7144 |
| Pork | 180 | 170.2972 | 167.4172 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 169.6800 | 165.1200 |
25 entries · top 698.2172 · median 654.1028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 2 | #MIDNIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 3 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 4 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 5 | BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 6 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 7 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 8 | THE CELTIC PIG | |
| 9 | 3 Lil' Macs BBQ | |
| 10 | Mr. Automatic | |
| 11 | SHB Customs | |
| 12 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 14 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 15 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 16 | LOST WEEKEND GRILL | |
| 17 | The Eagle BBQ Colorado | |
| 18 | Briggs St. Brothers BBQ | |
| 19 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 20 | Chase' N' Smoke | |
| 21 | BBQ Gitanos | |
| 22 | WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ | |
| 23 | PIG IN A PIT | |
| 24 | 1 2 BBQ | |
| 25 | Finger Sucking Good |
25 entries · top 176.5716 · median 166.2284
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 2 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 3 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 4 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 5 | THE CELTIC PIG | |
| 6 | #MIDNIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 7 | LOST WEEKEND GRILL | |
| 8 | BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 9 | PIG IN A PIT | |
| 10 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 11 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 12 | 3 Lil' Macs BBQ | |
| 13 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 14 | Mr. Automatic | |
| 15 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 16 | SHB Customs | |
| 17 | Chase' N' Smoke | |
| 18 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 19 | Briggs St. Brothers BBQ | |
| 20 | WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ | |
| 21 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 22 | BBQ Gitanos | |
| 23 | 1 2 BBQ | |
| 24 | Finger Sucking Good | |
| 25 | The Eagle BBQ Colorado |
25 entries · top 174.2744 · median 167.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 2 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 3 | BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 4 | #MIDNIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 5 | The Eagle BBQ Colorado | |
| 6 | 3 Lil' Macs BBQ | |
| 7 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 8 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 9 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 10 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 11 | SHB Customs | |
| 12 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 13 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 14 | BBQ Gitanos | |
| 15 | THE CELTIC PIG | |
| 16 | WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ | |
| 17 | 1 2 BBQ | |
| 18 | LOST WEEKEND GRILL | |
| 19 | Chase' N' Smoke | |
| 20 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 21 | Mr. Automatic | |
| 22 | PIG IN A PIT | |
| 23 | Briggs St. Brothers BBQ | |
| 24 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 25 | Finger Sucking Good |
25 entries · top 180 · median 166.2284 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 2 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 3 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 4 | BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 5 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 6 | #MIDNIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 7 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 8 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 9 | The Eagle BBQ Colorado | |
| 10 | Mr. Automatic | |
| 11 | Briggs St. Brothers BBQ | |
| 12 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 13 | THE CELTIC PIG | |
| 14 | WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ | |
| 15 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 16 | LOST WEEKEND GRILL | |
| 17 | SHB Customs | |
| 18 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 19 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 20 | BBQ Gitanos | |
| 21 | 3 Lil' Macs BBQ | |
| 22 | Finger Sucking Good | |
| 23 | Chase' N' Smoke | |
| 24 | 1 2 BBQ | |
| 25 | PIG IN A PIT |
25 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.6688
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 2 | #MIDNIGHT SMOKERS | |
| 3 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 4 | 3 Lil' Macs BBQ | |
| 5 | THE CELTIC PIG | |
| 6 | Mr. Automatic | |
| 7 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 8 | BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 9 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 10 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 11 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 12 | SHB Customs | |
| 13 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 14 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 15 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 16 | Chase' N' Smoke | |
| 17 | BBQ Gitanos | |
| 18 | Briggs St. Brothers BBQ | |
| 19 | The Eagle BBQ Colorado | |
| 20 | LOST WEEKEND GRILL | |
| 21 | PIG IN A PIT | |
| 22 | 1 2 BBQ | |
| 23 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 24 | Finger Sucking Good | |
| 25 | WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ |
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.
23 entries · top 180 · median 157.7944 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pancho & Lefty's | |
| 2 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 3 | GooD LorD-E | |
| 4 | BBQ Gitanos | |
| 5 | Team Absinthe | |
| 6 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 7 | Q LIVE CREW | |
| 8 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 9 | Briggs St. Brothers BBQ | |
| 10 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 11 | Squeaky B's | |
| 12 | SHB Customs | |
| 13 | 3 Lil' Macs BBQ | |
| 14 | THE CELTIC PIG | |
| 15 | WE'RE BURNIN DAYLIGHT BBQ | |
| 16 | Chase' N' Smoke | |
| 17 | The Celtic Pig #2 | |
| 18 | LOST WEEKEND GRILL | |
| 19 | 1 2 BBQ | |
| 20 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 21 | Slapsticks | |
| 22 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 23 | BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ |