Miles City Cowtown Cook Off
2021-06-25 – 2021-06-26 · Miles City, MT · 📍 Riverside Park · State championship
Reps: MICHAEL SANTIAGO, RHONDA SANTIAGO
Grand Champion: Owens BBQ (704.5600) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER
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Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
OWENS BBQ took the Grand Championship home to MN.
🧹 A double category winner
TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: Mountain Smoke BBQ and SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ and BEER BELLY BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ and OWENS BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: LAST CALL HEROES BBQ (won 2018), Beer Belly BBQ (won 2019).
🃏 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)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-19 | Miles City, MT 59301 | 26 | 686.2856 | GRATE EXPECTATIONS | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 2018-06-15 | Riverside Park , 5th and Main | 27 | 691.9428 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | |
| 2019-06-14 | Miles City, MT | Riverside Park | 28 | 698.8112 | Beer Belly BBQ | RICHIE Z's |
| 2021-06-25 ← this one | Miles City, MT | Riverside Park | 25 | 704.5600 | Owens BBQ | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8800 | 176.5600 | 174.2972 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 173.7028 | 168.5944 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 173.7028 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 173.7028 | 170.8112 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
25 entries · top 704.5600 · median 681.6340
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 2 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 3 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 4 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 5 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 6 | BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 7 | SPITFIRE | |
| 8 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 9 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 10 | LaTa-Que | |
| 11 | BEER BELLY BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | |
| 13 | PIGTAMER BBQ | |
| 14 | Mountain Smoke BBQ | |
| 15 | Boogs BBQ | |
| 16 | SHELLBACK BBQ | |
| 17 | Papa's Pit Crew | |
| 18 | BURNT TREES BBQ | |
| 19 | Shootin' Smoke | |
| 20 | BIG BOYZ BBQ | |
| 21 | Two Fat Guys BBQ | |
| 22 | BBQ ODYSSEY | |
| 23 | Bad Ash BBQ | |
| 24 | Bump-N-BBQ | |
| 25 | Treasurer State Smokehouse |
Chicken
25 entries · top 178.8800 · median 171.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 2 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 3 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 4 | BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 5 | Mountain Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | |
| 7 | BEER BELLY BBQ | |
| 8 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 9 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 10 | PIGTAMER BBQ | |
| 11 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 12 | SPITFIRE | |
| 13 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 14 | Papa's Pit Crew | |
| 15 | SHELLBACK BBQ | |
| 16 | LaTa-Que | |
| 17 | Boogs BBQ | |
| 18 | Two Fat Guys BBQ | |
| 19 | Shootin' Smoke | |
| 20 | Bad Ash BBQ | |
| 21 | Treasurer State Smokehouse | |
| 22 | BBQ ODYSSEY | |
| 23 | Bump-N-BBQ | |
| 24 | BURNT TREES BBQ | |
| 25 | BIG BOYZ BBQ |
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.8684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 2 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 3 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 4 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 5 | PIGTAMER BBQ | |
| 6 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 7 | Mountain Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 9 | SPITFIRE | |
| 10 | BEER BELLY BBQ | |
| 11 | BURNT TREES BBQ | |
| 12 | LaTa-Que | |
| 13 | BIG BOYZ BBQ | |
| 14 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 15 | BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 16 | Boogs BBQ | |
| 17 | SHELLBACK BBQ | |
| 18 | BBQ ODYSSEY | |
| 19 | Papa's Pit Crew | |
| 20 | Shootin' Smoke | |
| 21 | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | |
| 22 | Two Fat Guys BBQ | |
| 23 | Bad Ash BBQ | |
| 24 | Bump-N-BBQ | |
| 25 | Treasurer State Smokehouse |
Pork
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 2 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 3 | Boogs BBQ | |
| 4 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 5 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 6 | LaTa-Que | |
| 7 | SHELLBACK BBQ | |
| 8 | BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 9 | SPITFIRE | |
| 10 | BURNT TREES BBQ | |
| 11 | BEER BELLY BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | |
| 13 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 14 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 15 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 16 | Mountain Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | Papa's Pit Crew | |
| 18 | Bump-N-BBQ | |
| 19 | BIG BOYZ BBQ | |
| 20 | PIGTAMER BBQ | |
| 21 | Treasurer State Smokehouse | |
| 22 | Shootin' Smoke | |
| 23 | Bad Ash BBQ | |
| 24 | Two Fat Guys BBQ | |
| 25 | BBQ ODYSSEY |
Brisket
25 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | |
| 3 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | |
| 4 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | |
| 5 | BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ | |
| 6 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 7 | LaTa-Que | |
| 8 | SPITFIRE | |
| 9 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 10 | PIGTAMER BBQ | |
| 11 | BEER BELLY BBQ | |
| 12 | SHELLBACK BBQ | |
| 13 | BURNT TREES BBQ | |
| 14 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 15 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 16 | Papa's Pit Crew | |
| 17 | Boogs BBQ | |
| 18 | Shootin' Smoke | |
| 19 | Mountain Smoke BBQ | |
| 20 | BBQ ODYSSEY | |
| 21 | BIG BOYZ BBQ | |
| 22 | Two Fat Guys BBQ | |
| 23 | Bad Ash BBQ | |
| 24 | Bump-N-BBQ | |
| 25 | Treasurer State Smokehouse |