2022-05-06 – 2022-05-07 · Lamar, CO · 📍 Willow Creek Park · State championship
Reps: MICHAEL WINTER, ROBERT HAHN · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: Rise N Swine (695.9772) · 33 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 CLARK CREW 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.
What it has taken to win here, 2016 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
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 89 times in 100
Rise N Swine came in rated below the field's top team, CLARK CREW BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
3 of 10 tracked editions
Gettin' Basted has won this contest 3 times across its 10 tracked editions.
Chicken places 6–7: At Ease and RISE N SWINE tied on 171.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP and Red Dirt BBQ tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: CLARK CREW BBQ and ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
RISE N SWINE won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
RISE N SWINE took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 14th.
RISE N SWINE turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 5 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: CLARK CREW BBQ (won 2016), Bushmaster BBQ (won 2019).
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-13 | Lamar, CO | Willow Creek Park | 33 | 692.5488 | CLARK CREW BBQ | BACKDRAFT BBQ |
| 2017-05-12 | Lamar, CO | Willow Creek Park | 31 | 703.4400 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | CLARK CREW BBQ |
| 2018-05-11 | Lamar, CO | Willow Creek Park | 26 | 680.5372 | BACKDRAFT BBQ | BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ |
| 2019-05-10 | Lamar, CO | Willow Creek Park | 28 | 691.4056 | Bushmaster BBQ | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS |
| 2021-05-07 | Lamar, CO | Willow Creek Park | 35 | 683.9428 | Gettin' Basted | BIG DADDY'S BACKYARD BBQ |
| 2022-05-06 ← this one | Lamar, CO | Willow Creek Park | 33 | 695.9772 | Rise N Swine | CLARK CREW BBQ |
| 2023-05-12 | Lamar, CO | Willow Creek Park | 30 | 702.8456 | Bushmaster BBQ | GETTIN' BASTED |
| 2024-05-10 | Lamar, CO | Willow Creek Park | 29 | 703.3828 | Gettin' Basted | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ |
| 2025-04-25 | Lamar, CO | Willow Creek Park | 30 | 691.9200 | Gettin' Basted | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER |
| 2026-04-24 | Lamar, CO | Willow Creek Park | 27 | 686.1828 | BrewsCue | Brinkerhoff BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4056 | 171.9656 | 170.2744 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 174.2628 | 171.9772 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 169.1428 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 170.8344 | 169.1200 |
33 entries · top 695.9772 · median 664.3996
32 entries · top 175.4056 · median 168.8400
33 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.8344
33 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.1428
33 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180