The Golden State Battle IV - Day 1
2022-01-21 – 2022-01-22 · Santa Barbara, CA · 📍 Cachuma Lake · State championship
Reps: KATHLEEN MCINTOSH, KELLY MCINTOSH · Prize money: $8,000.00
Grand Champion: Smokin' Volts BBQ (701.1088) · 30 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 OM BBQ COMPANY
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 6–7: Meat Candy Q and OM BBQ COMPANY tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: LADY OF Q and SMOKED SEDUCTION tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: The BBQ Yard and Meat Candy Q tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Bushmaster BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-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 | 180.0000 | 176.0000 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 173.7028 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 175.4400 | 172.5944 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 171.9772 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
30 entries · top 701.1088 · median 675.6230
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 2 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 3 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 4 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 5 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 6 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 7 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 8 | MUDVILLE BBQ | |
| 9 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 10 | LADY OF Q | |
| 11 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 12 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 13 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 14 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 15 | SMOKED SEDUCTION | |
| 16 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 17 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 18 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 19 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 20 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 21 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 22 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 23 | RBQ | |
| 24 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 25 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 26 | Jack9 BBQ-CA | |
| 27 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 28 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 29 | R & B BBQ | |
| 30 | Sticky Vics |
Chicken
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8286 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MUDVILLE BBQ | |
| 2 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 3 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 4 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 6 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 7 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 8 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 9 | LADY OF Q | |
| 10 | SMOKED SEDUCTION | |
| 11 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 12 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 13 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 14 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 15 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 16 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 17 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 18 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 19 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 20 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 21 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 22 | Jack9 BBQ-CA | |
| 23 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 24 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 25 | RBQ | |
| 26 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 27 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 28 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 29 | R & B BBQ | |
| 30 | Sticky Vics |
Pork Ribs
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 2 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 4 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 5 | MUDVILLE BBQ | |
| 6 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 7 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 8 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 9 | Jack9 BBQ-CA | |
| 10 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 11 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 12 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 13 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 14 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 15 | RBQ | |
| 16 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 17 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 18 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 19 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 20 | LADY OF Q | |
| 21 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 22 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 23 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 24 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 25 | R & B BBQ | |
| 26 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 27 | SMOKED SEDUCTION | |
| 28 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 29 | Sticky Vics | |
| 30 | BIG RED BBQ |
Pork
30 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 2 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 3 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 4 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKED SEDUCTION | |
| 6 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 7 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 8 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 10 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 11 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 12 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 13 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 14 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 15 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 16 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 17 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 18 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 19 | RBQ | |
| 20 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 21 | R & B BBQ | |
| 22 | Jack9 BBQ-CA | |
| 23 | LADY OF Q | |
| 24 | MUDVILLE BBQ | |
| 25 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 26 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 27 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 28 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 29 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 30 | Sticky Vics |
Brisket
30 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LADY OF Q | |
| 2 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 3 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 5 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 6 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 7 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 8 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 9 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 10 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 11 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 12 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 13 | The BBQ Yard | |
| 14 | SMOKED SEDUCTION | |
| 15 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 16 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 17 | MUDVILLE BBQ | |
| 18 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 19 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 20 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 21 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 22 | RBQ | |
| 23 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 24 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 25 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 26 | Jack9 BBQ-CA | |
| 27 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 28 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 29 | R & B BBQ | |
| 30 | Sticky Vics |
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 — Dessert
5 entries · top 180.0000 · median 177.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 2 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 3 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 4 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 5 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ |
Turkey Smoke Series — Turkey Smoke
18 entries · top 175.4400 · median 166.0000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RBQ | |
| 2 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 4 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 5 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 6 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 7 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 8 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 9 | OM BBQ COMPANY | |
| 10 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 11 | Sticky Vics | |
| 12 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 13 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 14 | MUDVILLE BBQ | |
| 15 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 16 | Pops BBQ 22 | |
| 17 | LADY OF Q | |
| 18 | 7 SINS BBQ |