Mar 19–20, 2022 · Amarillo, TX · 📍 10816 SE 3rd · State championship
Reps: Bob McKinnon, Terri McKinnon · Prize money: $3,850
Tip of Texas BBQ won Grand Champion at the Inaugural Yellow City BBQ Shootout on March 19, 2022 in Amarillo, TX at 10816 SE 3rd, scoring 678.7768 in a field of 17 teams. Bushmaster BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 678.2056. Category winners: Chicken — Bushmaster BBQ (172.5600); Pork Ribs — Salted Anchor (171.4056); Pork — LA PASADITA (172.6172); Brisket — Tip of Texas BBQ (172.0228).
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.
Closer than 91% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5712 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100
Tip of Texas BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Bushmaster BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Tip of Texas BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 5th tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 2–3: Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team and ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 7–8: POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP and CRAWFORD'S BBQ tied on 164.5256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: PCC edged TINY E BBQ by 0.0116.
Tip of Texas BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 6th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 172.5600 | 169.1200 | 164.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 171.4056 | 166.8344 | 163.9772 |
| Pork | 172.6172 | 166.8344 | 163.4056 |
| Brisket | 172.0228 | 166.2168 | 162.2284 |
17 entries · top 678.7768 · median 654.1484
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tip of Texas BBQ | |
| 2 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 3 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 4 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 5 | LA PASADITA | |
| 6 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 7 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 8 | Salted Anchor | |
| 9 | CRAWFORD'S BBQ | |
| 10 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 11 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 12 | Potbellied Stallions | |
| 13 | Element Craft BBQ | |
| 14 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 15 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 16 | 2-CAN-Q | |
| 17 | PCC |
17 entries · top 172.5600 · median 165.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 2 | LA PASADITA | |
| 3 | PCC | |
| 4 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 5 | Tip of Texas BBQ | |
| 6 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 7 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 8 | Salted Anchor | |
| 9 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 10 | Element Craft BBQ | |
| 11 | CRAWFORD'S BBQ | |
| 12 | 2-CAN-Q | |
| 13 | Potbellied Stallions | |
| 14 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 15 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 16 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 17 | Brinkerhoff BBQ |
17 entries · top 171.4056 · median 165.0856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salted Anchor | |
| 2 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 3 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 4 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 5 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 6 | Tip of Texas BBQ | |
| 7 | PCC | |
| 8 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 9 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 10 | Potbellied Stallions | |
| 11 | 2-CAN-Q | |
| 12 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 13 | Element Craft BBQ | |
| 14 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 15 | LA PASADITA | |
| 16 | CRAWFORD'S BBQ | |
| 17 | Brinkerhoff BBQ |
17 entries · top 172.6172 · median 163.9884
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LA PASADITA | |
| 2 | Tip of Texas BBQ | |
| 3 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 4 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 5 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 6 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 7 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 8 | CRAWFORD'S BBQ | |
| 9 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 10 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 11 | Potbellied Stallions | |
| 12 | Element Craft BBQ | |
| 13 | Salted Anchor | |
| 14 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 15 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 16 | 2-CAN-Q | |
| 17 | PCC |
17 entries · top 172.0228 · median 162.2516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tip of Texas BBQ | |
| 2 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 3 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 4 | CRAWFORD'S BBQ | |
| 5 | Chingon BBQ | |
| 6 | TINY E BBQ | |
| 7 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 8 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 9 | Element Craft BBQ | |
| 10 | TEXAS OIL DUST | |
| 11 | Potbellied Stallions | |
| 12 | Salted Anchor | |
| 13 | LA PASADITA | |
| 14 | UNCLE J'S | |
| 15 | Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team | |
| 16 | 2-CAN-Q | |
| 17 | PCC |