Apr 9–10, 2021 · Lubbock, TX · 📍 1121 Canyon Lake Dr
Reps: Bob McKinnon, Terri McKinnon · Prize money: $6,000
Team GMG won Grand Champion at the High Plains Wine, Brews & BBQ Cook Off on April 9, 2021 in Lubbock, TX at 1121 Canyon Lake Dr, scoring 701.1200 in a field of 18 teams. Chingon BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 694.8228. Category winners: Chicken — Team GMG (179.4400); Pork Ribs — HD BBQ (177.1772); Pork — BOOMERANG BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER (179.4400).
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
Team GMG came in rated below the field's top team, BOOMERANG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 8-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Team GMG's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 2nd tracked contest.
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.
Team GMG took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 9th.
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
17 entries · top 176 · 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 #2 | |
| 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 |