2019-11-15 – 2019-11-17 · Belton, TX · 📍 Bell County Expo & BBQ
Reps: BOB MCKINNON, TERRI MCKINNON · Prize money: $7,500.00
Grand Champion: Chat N Choo BBQ (687.9428) · 24 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MAN MEAT BBQ
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 92 times in 100
Chat N Choo BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 8-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Chat N Choo BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 3rd tracked contest.
Stronger than 90% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1628 power rating going in — stronger than 90% of every contest tracked.
Pork places 7–8: MAN MEAT BBQ and Rep-less Rebels tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 6–7: FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX and AMERICAN FIRE BBQ tied on 170.3084 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: LC BBQ edged Rockin R BBQ by 0.0116.
Chat N Choo BBQ won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
Chat N Choo BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 17th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5944 | 173.1200 | 169.6684 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8916 | 170.2628 | 165.7144 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 171.9656 | 167.3944 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 170.8456 | 168.0228 |
24 entries · top 687.9428 · median 662.7998
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chat N Choo BBQ | |
| 2 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 3 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 4 | LA PASADITA | |
| 5 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 6 | Texas Chrome BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 8 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 9 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 10 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 11 | LC BBQ | |
| 12 | Rockin R BBQ | |
| 13 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 14 | 1st Class BBQ | |
| 15 | Texas Smoke Whisper | |
| 16 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 17 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 18 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 19 | BARBQUE XTREME | |
| 20 | S & S Pit Crew | |
| 21 | Rep-less Rebels | |
| 22 | Ten 32 | |
| 23 | Team BC | |
| 24 | Big Boys can't trust a skinny cook |
24 entries · top 176.5944 · median 164.0058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chat N Choo BBQ | |
| 2 | LA PASADITA | |
| 3 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 4 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 5 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 6 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 7 | LC BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 9 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 10 | BARBQUE XTREME | |
| 11 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 12 | 1st Class BBQ | |
| 13 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 14 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 15 | Rockin R BBQ | |
| 16 | Ten 32 | |
| 17 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 18 | Texas Chrome BBQ | |
| 19 | S & S Pit Crew | |
| 20 | Big Boys can't trust a skinny cook | |
| 21 | Team BC | |
| 22 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 23 | Texas Smoke Whisper | |
| 24 | Rep-less Rebels |
24 entries · top 174.8916 · median 165.6970
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 2 | Chat N Choo BBQ | |
| 3 | LC BBQ | |
| 4 | Rockin R BBQ | |
| 5 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 6 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 7 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 8 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 9 | LA PASADITA | |
| 10 | 1st Class BBQ | |
| 11 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 12 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 13 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 14 | Texas Chrome BBQ | |
| 15 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 16 | Rep-less Rebels | |
| 17 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 18 | BARBQUE XTREME | |
| 19 | Ten 32 | |
| 20 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 21 | S & S Pit Crew | |
| 22 | Team BC | |
| 23 | Texas Smoke Whisper | |
| 24 | Big Boys can't trust a skinny cook |
24 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.9828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 2 | Texas Smoke Whisper | |
| 3 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 4 | Texas Chrome BBQ | |
| 5 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 6 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 7 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 8 | Rep-less Rebels | |
| 9 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 10 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 11 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 12 | LA PASADITA | |
| 13 | LC BBQ | |
| 14 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 15 | Rockin R BBQ | |
| 16 | Team BC | |
| 17 | Chat N Choo BBQ | |
| 18 | S & S Pit Crew | |
| 19 | 1st Class BBQ | |
| 20 | Ten 32 | |
| 21 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 22 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 23 | BARBQUE XTREME | |
| 24 | Big Boys can't trust a skinny cook |
24 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.0056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chat N Choo BBQ | |
| 2 | Texas Chrome BBQ | |
| 3 | HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | |
| 4 | 1st Class BBQ | |
| 5 | LA PASADITA | |
| 6 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 7 | AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | |
| 8 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | |
| 9 | Texas Smoke Whisper | |
| 10 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 11 | Rockin R BBQ | |
| 12 | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 13 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 14 | S & S Pit Crew | |
| 15 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 16 | SMOKIN TRIGGERS | |
| 17 | Rep-less Rebels | |
| 18 | BARBQUE XTREME | |
| 19 | LC BBQ | |
| 20 | Team BC | |
| 21 | Ten 32 | |
| 22 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 23 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 24 | Big Boys can't trust a skinny cook |
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.
5 entries · top 170.2744 · median 146.8456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Pimp Master | |
| 2 | Ten 32 | |
| 3 | Team BC | |
| 4 | 1st Class BBQ | |
| 5 | Dallas Cowboys Cooking |
7 entries · top 167.4628 · median 157.7600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ten 32 | |
| 2 | 1st Class BBQ | |
| 3 | BBQ Pimp Master | |
| 4 | BARBQUE XTREME | |
| 5 | Team BC | |
| 6 | Dallas Cowboys Cooking | |
| 7 | LA PASADITA |