Miles City Cowtown Cook Off

2021-06-25 – 2021-06-26 · Miles City, MT · State championship

Reps: MICHAEL SANTIAGO, RHONDA SANTIAGO

Grand Champion: Owens BBQ (704.5600) · 25 teams

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OWENS BBQ

704.5600 · Master Series — Overall

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TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER

701.0972 · Master Series — Overall

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SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ

698.2628 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

4 categories

Top score

704.5600

Winning margin

3.4628

GC over RC

Field average

667.22

median 681.63

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

2.3200 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

683.4176

what a walk cost here

Field spread

102.3544

winner to last place

Most consistent

OWENS BBQ

avg finish 4.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 0.5600 pts — TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER

How hot was the win?

Top 18%

beats 82% of 2713 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1543

avg power rating going in · stronger than 48% of contests

Top-rated in the field

LAST CALL HEROES BBQ

rated 1703 pre-contest

Storylines

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

OWENS BBQ took the Grand Championship home to MN.

🃏 An upset on the books

OWENS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, LAST CALL HEROES BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-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)

This contest over the years

Date	Where	Teams	High score	Grand Champion
2015-06-19		26	686.2856	GRATE EXPECTATIONS
2018-06-15		27	691.9428	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ
2019-06-14	Miles City, MT	28	698.8112	Beer Belly BBQ
2021-06-25 ← this one	Miles City, MT	25	704.5600	Owens BBQ

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series — Brisket

25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3828

#	Team	Score
1	OWENS BBQ	177.7028
2	SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ	177.7028
3	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	175.4056
4	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	173.7144
5	BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ	173.7028
6	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	173.1200
7	LaTa-Que	172.5716
8	SPITFIRE	172.5600
9	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	170.8228
10	PIGTAMER BBQ	170.8112
11	BEER BELLY BBQ	168.5372
12	SHELLBACK BBQ	168.5256
13	BURNT TREES BBQ	167.3828
14	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	165.7032
15	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	165.0856
16	Papa's Pit Crew	164.5372
17	Boogs BBQ	164.5256
18	Shootin' Smoke	162.8800
19	Mountain Smoke BBQ	159.9772
20	BBQ ODYSSEY	156.5716
21	BIG BOYZ BBQ	155.3828
22	Two Fat Guys BBQ	150.7772
23	Bad Ash BBQ	149.1084
24	Bump-N-BBQ	142.1944
25	Treasurer State Smokehouse	141.1200

Master Series — Chicken

25 entries · top 178.8800 · median 171.4172

#	Team	Score
1	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	178.8800
2	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	178.8572
3	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	177.7028
4	BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ	176.5828
5	Mountain Smoke BBQ	176.5600
6	SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ	176.5600
7	BEER BELLY BBQ	176.5600
8	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	176.0000
9	OWENS BBQ	176.0000
10	PIGTAMER BBQ	174.2972
11	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	173.7028
12	SPITFIRE	173.1200
13	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	171.4172
14	Papa's Pit Crew	170.8228
15	SHELLBACK BBQ	170.2628
16	LaTa-Que	169.7144
17	Boogs BBQ	168.5600
18	Two Fat Guys BBQ	167.4400
19	Shootin' Smoke	167.4400
20	Bad Ash BBQ	164.0000
21	Treasurer State Smokehouse	162.2400
22	BBQ ODYSSEY	158.2856
23	Bump-N-BBQ	155.9428
24	BURNT TREES BBQ	155.9316
25	BIG BOYZ BBQ	151.9428

Master Series — Overall

25 entries · top 704.5600 · median 681.6340

#	Team	Score
1	OWENS BBQ	704.5600
2	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	701.0972
3	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	698.2628
4	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	696.4912
5	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	694.2400
6	BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ	687.3940
7	SPITFIRE	686.8344
8	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	685.1088
9	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	685.0748
10	LaTa-Que	683.4176
11	BEER BELLY BBQ	683.3944
12	SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ	682.1600
13	PIGTAMER BBQ	681.6340
14	Mountain Smoke BBQ	676.4800
15	Boogs BBQ	675.9084
16	SHELLBACK BBQ	674.1712
17	Papa's Pit Crew	663.2916
18	BURNT TREES BBQ	662.1488
19	Shootin' Smoke	646.3312
20	BIG BOYZ BBQ	637.0396
21	Two Fat Guys BBQ	624.5144
22	BBQ ODYSSEY	622.7660
23	Bad Ash BBQ	621.0968
24	Bump-N-BBQ	604.9716
25	Treasurer State Smokehouse	602.2056

Master Series — Pork

25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800

#	Team	Score
1	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	178.8572
2	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	178.2972
3	Boogs BBQ	177.7028
4	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	174.2628
5	OWENS BBQ	173.7028
6	LaTa-Que	173.1428
7	SHELLBACK BBQ	172.5600
8	BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ	171.9656
9	SPITFIRE	170.8916
10	BURNT TREES BBQ	170.8228
11	BEER BELLY BBQ	169.7028
12	SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ	169.6800
13	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	169.6800
14	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	169.6800
15	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	169.6684
16	Mountain Smoke BBQ	169.1200
17	Papa's Pit Crew	166.2516
18	Bump-N-BBQ	163.4400
19	BIG BOYZ BBQ	162.8456
20	PIGTAMER BBQ	162.8228
21	Treasurer State Smokehouse	156.0228
22	Shootin' Smoke	154.8684
23	Bad Ash BBQ	152.5828
24	Two Fat Guys BBQ	150.2628
25	BBQ ODYSSEY	145.6572

Master Series — Pork Ribs

25 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.8684

#	Team	Score
1	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	177.7144
2	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	177.1772
3	OWENS BBQ	177.1544
4	HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ	175.4172
5	PIGTAMER BBQ	173.7028
6	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	172.5600
7	Mountain Smoke BBQ	170.8228
8	LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	170.2972
9	SPITFIRE	170.2628
10	BEER BELLY BBQ	168.5944
11	BURNT TREES BBQ	168.0116
12	LaTa-Que	167.9888
13	BIG BOYZ BBQ	166.8684
14	PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	166.2516
15	BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ	165.1428
16	Boogs BBQ	165.1200
17	SHELLBACK BBQ	162.8228
18	BBQ ODYSSEY	162.2516
19	Papa's Pit Crew	161.6800
20	Shootin' Smoke	161.1428
21	SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ	158.2172
22	Two Fat Guys BBQ	156.0344
23	Bad Ash BBQ	155.4056
24	Bump-N-BBQ	143.3944
25	Treasurer State Smokehouse	142.8228