Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival
2019-09-20 – 2019-09-21 · Grand Lake, CO · 📍 Main Street · State championship
Reps: MICHAEL EBERLE · Prize money: $10,036.00
Grand Champion: Uncle J's (698.2172) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 #MIDNIGHT SMOKERS
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🧹 A double category winner
HONEYMAN BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🃏 An upset on the books
UNCLE J'S came in rated below the field's top team, B-S BBQ OUTLAWS, 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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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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5716 | 173.7028 | 168.0000 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2744 | 170.8572 | 169.7144 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 170.2972 | 167.4172 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 169.6800 | 165.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
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 |
Chicken
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 |
Pork Ribs
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 |
Pork
25 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |
Brisket
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 |
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
23 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 %232 | |
| 18 | LOST WEEKEND GRILL | |
| 19 | 1 2 BBQ | |
| 20 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 21 | Slapsticks | |
| 22 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 23 | BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ |