Viking Grillfestivalen
2019-11-01 – 2019-11-02 · Waco, TX · 📍 BRAZOS PARK EAST · State championship
Reps: BILL SHIFLETT, DEBBIE SPRAY, JENNIFER SHIFLETT, SCOTT SPRAY · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Chat N Choo (699.3600) · 15 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1200 points — closer than 82% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 5–6: RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ edged THE BLUE BLOODS by 0.0116. Brisket places 9–10: Scooter's BBQ edged RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 5–6: TEXAS OIL DUST edged LA PASADITA by 0.0116.
🃏 An upset on the books
Chat N Choo came in rated below the field's top team, 4 LEGS UP BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 172.5600 | 166.8344 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1544 | 171.9888 | 165.6800 |
| Pork | 178.3200 | 173.1200 | 167.4056 |
| Brisket | 177.1544 | 173.1084 | 170.2512 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
15 entries · top 699.3600 · median 685.0396
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chat N Choo | |
| 2 | TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE | |
| 3 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 4 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 5 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 6 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 7 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 8 | LA PASADITA | |
| 9 | Scooter's BBQ | |
| 10 | POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 11 | ARS Cooking Team | |
| 12 | The Saucy Secret | |
| 13 | Big Boyz BBQ | |
| 14 | Where There's a Will | |
| 15 | Bar-Beer-Que |
Chicken
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chat N Choo | |
| 2 | TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE | |
| 3 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 4 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 5 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 6 | LA PASADITA | |
| 7 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 8 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 9 | ARS Cooking Team | |
| 10 | Scooter's BBQ | |
| 11 | The Saucy Secret | |
| 12 | POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 13 | Bar-Beer-Que | |
| 14 | Where There's a Will | |
| 15 | Big Boyz BBQ |
Pork Ribs
15 entries · top 177.1544 · median 170.2856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE | |
| 2 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 3 | Scooter's BBQ | |
| 4 | Chat N Choo | |
| 5 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 6 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 7 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 8 | ARS Cooking Team | |
| 9 | POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 10 | LA PASADITA | |
| 11 | Big Boyz BBQ | |
| 12 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 13 | Where There's a Will | |
| 14 | Bar-Beer-Que | |
| 15 | The Saucy Secret |
Pork
15 entries · top 178.3200 · median 171.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 2 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 3 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 4 | LA PASADITA | |
| 5 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 6 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 7 | TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE | |
| 8 | POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 9 | Chat N Choo | |
| 10 | Big Boyz BBQ | |
| 11 | The Saucy Secret | |
| 12 | Scooter's BBQ | |
| 13 | Bar-Beer-Que | |
| 14 | Where There's a Will | |
| 15 | ARS Cooking Team |
Brisket
15 entries · top 177.1544 · median 170.2972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 2 | THE BLUE BLOODS | |
| 3 | Chat N Choo | |
| 4 | TEXAS-CAR-B-QUE | |
| 5 | LA PASADITA | |
| 6 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 7 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | |
| 8 | POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ | |
| 9 | Scooter's BBQ | |
| 10 | RIO VALLEY MEAT BBQ | |
| 11 | ARS Cooking Team | |
| 12 | Where There's a Will | |
| 13 | The Saucy Secret | |
| 14 | Big Boyz BBQ | |
| 15 | Bar-Beer-Que |
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 — Sauce
2 entries · top 175.4056 · median 166.8342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bar-Beer-Que | |
| 2 | TEXAS OIL DUST |