High Plains Wine, Brews & BBQ Cook Off
2021-04-09 – 2021-04-10 · Lubbock, TX
Reps: BOB MCKINNON, TERRI MCKINNON · Prize money: $6,000.00
Grand Champion: Team GMG (701.1200) · 18 teams
Entries
18
5 categories
Top score
701.1200
Winning margin
6.2972
GC over RC
Field average
662.69
median 677.34
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork
3.4400 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
674.7544
what a walk cost here
Field spread
179.0284
winner to last place
Prize money
$6,000.00
on the line
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 30%
beats 70% of 2713 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1540
avg power rating going in · stronger than 46% of contests
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Team GMG took the Grand Championship home to KS.
🃏 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
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
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 |
Master Series — 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 |
Master Series — 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 |
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 |
Master Series — 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 |
Master Series — 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 |