2022-02-18 – 2022-02-19 · Yuma, AZ · 📍 100-300 Main Street · State championship
Reps: MICHAEL SANTIAGO, RHONDA SANTIAGO · Prize money: $10,200.00
Grand Champion: Loot N' Booty BBQ (708.0000) · 34 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BIG RED BBQ
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 77 times in 100
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BIG POPPA SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 3–4: LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ and Sharpe's Woodshed tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: B' MACKIN BBQ and BIG RED BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: CHULENGO Smoker Team and Meat Candy Q tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 176.5600 | 175.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5716 | 174.8572 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 175.4056 |
| Brisket | 178.8572 | 176.0000 | 169.6800 |
34 entries · top 708.0000 · median 683.3486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 2 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 3 | LC BBQ | |
| 4 | CHULENGO Smoker Team | |
| 5 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 6 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 7 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 8 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 9 | Burnin and Lootin | |
| 10 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 11 | Sharpe's Woodshed | |
| 12 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 13 | Phil The Grill | |
| 14 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 15 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 16 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 17 | 2LiveQ | |
| 18 | Softcore Pork | |
| 19 | Smokers Purgatory | |
| 20 | Weekend Warrior BBQ | |
| 21 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 22 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 23 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 24 | Kreiser Barbecue | |
| 25 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 26 | Beefy Boyz BBQ | |
| 27 | SD Smoke BBQ | |
| 28 | Wobbly Hog | |
| 29 | Money Pit | |
| 30 | Holy Smokes | |
| 31 | DesertQ BBQ | |
| 32 | Heavy Metal Cue | |
| 33 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 34 | Smokin Chicks |
34 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.4058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2LiveQ | |
| 2 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 3 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 4 | Sharpe's Woodshed | |
| 5 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 6 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 7 | CHULENGO Smoker Team | |
| 8 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 9 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 10 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 11 | LC BBQ | |
| 12 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 13 | Weekend Warrior BBQ | |
| 14 | Phil The Grill | |
| 15 | Burnin and Lootin | |
| 16 | Smokers Purgatory | |
| 17 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 18 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 19 | Softcore Pork | |
| 20 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 21 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 22 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 23 | Kreiser Barbecue | |
| 24 | Money Pit | |
| 25 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 26 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 27 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 28 | Beefy Boyz BBQ | |
| 29 | Wobbly Hog | |
| 30 | SD Smoke BBQ | |
| 31 | DesertQ BBQ | |
| 32 | Smokin Chicks | |
| 33 | Holy Smokes | |
| 34 | Heavy Metal Cue |
34 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kreiser Barbecue | |
| 2 | CHULENGO Smoker Team | |
| 3 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 4 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | LC BBQ | |
| 6 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 7 | Burnin and Lootin | |
| 8 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 9 | Smokers Purgatory | |
| 10 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 11 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 12 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 13 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 14 | Phil The Grill | |
| 15 | Weekend Warrior BBQ | |
| 16 | Sharpe's Woodshed | |
| 17 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 18 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 19 | Beefy Boyz BBQ | |
| 20 | Softcore Pork | |
| 21 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 22 | Holy Smokes | |
| 23 | 2LiveQ | |
| 24 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 25 | Wobbly Hog | |
| 26 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 27 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 28 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 29 | Heavy Metal Cue | |
| 30 | SD Smoke BBQ | |
| 31 | DesertQ BBQ | |
| 32 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 33 | Smokin Chicks | |
| 34 | Money Pit |
34 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8286 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 2 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 3 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 5 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 6 | LC BBQ | |
| 7 | Phil The Grill | |
| 8 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 9 | Sharpe's Woodshed | |
| 10 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 11 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 12 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 13 | CHULENGO Smoker Team | |
| 14 | Burnin and Lootin | |
| 15 | 2LiveQ | |
| 16 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 17 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 18 | SD Smoke BBQ | |
| 19 | Smokers Purgatory | |
| 20 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 21 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 22 | Softcore Pork | |
| 23 | Weekend Warrior BBQ | |
| 24 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 25 | Kreiser Barbecue | |
| 26 | DesertQ BBQ | |
| 27 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 28 | Holy Smokes | |
| 29 | Beefy Boyz BBQ | |
| 30 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 31 | Heavy Metal Cue | |
| 32 | Smokin Chicks | |
| 33 | Wobbly Hog | |
| 34 | Money Pit |
34 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.3942
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 2 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 3 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 4 | LC BBQ | |
| 5 | Softcore Pork | |
| 6 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 7 | BIG RED BBQ | |
| 8 | CHULENGO Smoker Team | |
| 9 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 11 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 12 | Money Pit | |
| 13 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 14 | KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | |
| 15 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 16 | Burnin and Lootin | |
| 17 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 18 | 2LiveQ | |
| 19 | Weekend Warrior BBQ | |
| 20 | Sharpe's Woodshed | |
| 21 | Phil The Grill | |
| 22 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 23 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 24 | Smokers Purgatory | |
| 25 | Wobbly Hog | |
| 26 | Beefy Boyz BBQ | |
| 27 | SD Smoke BBQ | |
| 28 | Kreiser Barbecue | |
| 29 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 30 | Heavy Metal Cue | |
| 31 | Holy Smokes | |
| 32 | DesertQ BBQ | |
| 33 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 34 | Smokin Chicks |