High Plains Wine, Brews & BBQ Cook Off
2021-04-09 – 2021-04-10 · Lubbock, TX · 📍 1121 Canyon Lake Dr
Reps: BOB MCKINNON, TERRI MCKINNON · Prize money: $6,000.00
Grand Champion: Team GMG (701.1200) · 18 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Chingon BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Team GMG took the Grand Championship home to KS.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 6–7: LA PASADITA and Official Q tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: Chingon BBQ and BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: BOOMERANG BBQ and Smoking OCD tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
Team GMG came in rated below the field's top team, BOOMERANG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 17-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 | 179.4400 | 170.2972 | 168.5372 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1772 | 173.1200 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 171.4400 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 170.2628 | 164.5256 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
18 entries · top 701.1200 · median 677.3372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team GMG | |
| 2 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 3 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 4 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 5 | HD BBQ | |
| 6 | LA PASADITA | |
| 7 | RISE N SWINE | |
| 8 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 9 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 10 | Smoking OCD | |
| 11 | Texas Rebel Smokehouse | |
| 12 | Official Q | |
| 13 | BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 14 | All Hale Meats LLC | |
| 15 | Big Guy BBQ | |
| 16 | Red Dirt Steak & BBQ | |
| 17 | Killer B's | |
| 18 | Beer Googles BBQ |
Chicken
18 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team GMG | |
| 2 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 3 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 4 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 5 | Big Guy BBQ | |
| 6 | LA PASADITA | |
| 7 | Official Q | |
| 8 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 9 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 10 | RISE N SWINE | |
| 11 | Red Dirt Steak & BBQ | |
| 12 | Texas Rebel Smokehouse | |
| 13 | Smoking OCD | |
| 14 | BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 15 | HD BBQ | |
| 16 | All Hale Meats LLC | |
| 17 | Killer B's | |
| 18 | Beer Googles BBQ |
Pork Ribs
18 entries · top 177.1772 · median 170.8286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HD BBQ | |
| 2 | RISE N SWINE | |
| 3 | LA PASADITA | |
| 4 | Texas Rebel Smokehouse | |
| 5 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 6 | Official Q | |
| 7 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 8 | All Hale Meats LLC | |
| 9 | Team GMG | |
| 10 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 11 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 12 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 13 | BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 14 | Smoking OCD | |
| 15 | Big Guy BBQ | |
| 16 | Red Dirt Steak & BBQ | |
| 17 | Killer B's | |
| 18 | Beer Googles BBQ |
Pork
18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 2 | Team GMG | |
| 3 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 4 | BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 5 | HD BBQ | |
| 6 | Texas Rebel Smokehouse | |
| 7 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 8 | Smoking OCD | |
| 9 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 10 | LA PASADITA | |
| 11 | RISE N SWINE | |
| 12 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 13 | Official Q | |
| 14 | Big Guy BBQ | |
| 15 | All Hale Meats LLC | |
| 16 | Killer B's | |
| 17 | Red Dirt Steak & BBQ | |
| 18 | Beer Googles BBQ |
Brisket
18 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.3942
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 2 | Team GMG | |
| 3 | HD BBQ | |
| 4 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 5 | Smoking OCD | |
| 6 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 7 | LA PASADITA | |
| 8 | RISE N SWINE | |
| 9 | Official Q | |
| 10 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 11 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 12 | Red Dirt Steak & BBQ | |
| 13 | BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ | |
| 14 | Texas Rebel Smokehouse | |
| 15 | All Hale Meats LLC | |
| 16 | Killer B's | |
| 17 | Big Guy BBQ | |
| 18 | Beer Googles 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 — Steak
17 entries · top 176.0000 · median 168.5716
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 2 | BOOMERANG BBQ | |
| 3 | Smoking OCD | |
| 4 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 5 | HD BBQ | |
| 6 | Brandon Gutierrez | |
| 7 | Big Guy %232 | |
| 8 | Red Dirt Steak & BBQ | |
| 9 | Smoking X LLC | |
| 10 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 11 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 12 | Team GMG | |
| 13 | All Hale Meats LLC | |
| 14 | Angel Hernandez | |
| 15 | Big Guy BBQ | |
| 16 | Killer B's | |
| 17 | Beer Googles BBQ |