S.T.A.R Brews & Q
2020-09-05 – 2020-09-06 · Lake City, CO · 📍 3rd Street · State championship
Reps: DEL ANDERSON, MICHAEL WINTER · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: B-S BBQ Outlaws (699.3712) · 19 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SHIG NINJA BBQ
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How hot was the win?
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🧹 A double category winner
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 6–7: ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ and PARROTHEAD SMOKERS tied on 170.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: SHIG NINJA BBQ and SHB Customs tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 3–4: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS edged Chingon BBQ by 0.0228.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-05 ← this one | Lake City, CO | 3rd Street | 19 | 699.3712 | B-S BBQ Outlaws | SHIG NINJA BBQ |
| 2022-05-28 | Lake City, CO | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7372 | 172.6056 | 169.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 172.5716 | 169.1316 |
| Pork | 176.5828 | 173.1428 | 168.0116 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 174.8572 | 167.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
19 entries · top 699.3712 · median 676.4800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 2 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 3 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 4 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 5 | Salt City Barbecue | |
| 6 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 7 | WOODY'S Q SHACK | |
| 8 | Poppa Pig and Porkchop | |
| 9 | SHB Customs | |
| 10 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 11 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 12 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 13 | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | |
| 14 | M-DUBS BBQ | |
| 15 | GRILLIN' BEAVERS | |
| 16 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 17 | PIG IN A PIT | |
| 18 | Elemental Smoke Amazing Catering | |
| 19 | Poor Richard's BBQ |
Chicken
19 entries · top 177.7372 · median 169.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 2 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 3 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 4 | Salt City Barbecue | |
| 5 | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | |
| 6 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 7 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 8 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 9 | Poppa Pig and Porkchop | |
| 10 | WOODY'S Q SHACK | |
| 11 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 12 | GRILLIN' BEAVERS | |
| 13 | Elemental Smoke Amazing Catering | |
| 14 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 15 | SHB Customs | |
| 16 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 17 | Poor Richard's BBQ | |
| 18 | PIG IN A PIT | |
| 19 | M-DUBS BBQ |
Pork Ribs
19 entries · top 177.1428 · median 169.1316
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 2 | Poppa Pig and Porkchop | |
| 3 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 4 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 5 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 6 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 7 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 8 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 9 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 10 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 11 | WOODY'S Q SHACK | |
| 12 | SHB Customs | |
| 13 | Salt City Barbecue | |
| 14 | M-DUBS BBQ | |
| 15 | GRILLIN' BEAVERS | |
| 16 | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | |
| 17 | PIG IN A PIT | |
| 18 | Elemental Smoke Amazing Catering | |
| 19 | Poor Richard's BBQ |
Pork
19 entries · top 176.5828 · median 168.0116
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WOODY'S Q SHACK | |
| 2 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 3 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 4 | SHB Customs | |
| 5 | Salt City Barbecue | |
| 6 | GRILLIN' BEAVERS | |
| 7 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 8 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 9 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 10 | Poppa Pig and Porkchop | |
| 11 | M-DUBS BBQ | |
| 12 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 13 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 14 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 15 | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | |
| 16 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 17 | Elemental Smoke Amazing Catering | |
| 18 | PIG IN A PIT | |
| 19 | Poor Richard's BBQ |
Brisket
19 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 2 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | |
| 3 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 4 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 5 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 6 | SHB Customs | |
| 7 | Salt City Barbecue | |
| 8 | M-DUBS BBQ | |
| 9 | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | |
| 10 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 11 | WOODY'S Q SHACK | |
| 12 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 13 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 14 | Poppa Pig and Porkchop | |
| 15 | ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | |
| 16 | GRILLIN' BEAVERS | |
| 17 | PIG IN A PIT | |
| 18 | Poor Richard's BBQ | |
| 19 | Elemental Smoke Amazing Catering |
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 — Dessert
8 entries · top 176.0000 · median 163.4286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | M-DUBS BBQ | |
| 2 | WILD HOGS BBQ | |
| 3 | HONEYMAN BBQ | |
| 4 | GRILLIN' BEAVERS | |
| 5 | Poppa Pig and Porkchop | |
| 6 | B-S BBQ OUTLAWS | |
| 7 | Poor Richard's BBQ | |
| 8 | Poppa Pig and Porkchop 2 |