Montana BBQ Cook-off
2022-06-10 – 2022-06-11 · Absarokee, MT · 📍 Woodard Ave · State championship
Reps: DEL ANDERSON, FORREST BRUCE
Grand Champion: Stoake-D-Fire.com (693.6112) · 27 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 OWENS BBQ
Entries
Top score
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Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
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Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has won this contest 3 times across its 9 tracked editions.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Stoake-D-Fire.com took the Grand Championship home to TN.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 8–9: Brinkerhoff BBQ and BIG BOYZ BBQ tied on 165.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ and BEER BELLY BBQ tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: Bushmaster BBQ and Brinkerhoff BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ (won 2016), Texas Smoke Whisperer (won 2021).
🃏 An upset on the books
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Texas Smoke Whisperer, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 23-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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-06 | Absarokee, MT | 22 | 650.2858 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 2014-07-05 | Absarokee, MT 59001 | 25 | 694.3316 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | SUNRISE BBQ | |
| 2015-07-03 | Absarokee, MT 59001 | 29 | 696.5828 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 2016-06-25 | Downtown Absarokee | 29 | 701.7144 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | |
| 2017-06-24 | Hwy 78 | 35 | 701.1200 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | |
| 2018-06-23 | Hwy 78 | 26 | 695.9660 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 2019-06-22 | Absarokee, MT | Hwy 78 | 29 | 699.9196 | Parrothead Smokers | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ |
| 2021-06-11 | Absarokee, MT | Woodard Ave | 27 | 708.5600 | Texas Smoke Whisperer | Bushmaster BBQ |
| 2022-06-10 ← this one | Absarokee, MT | Woodard Ave | 27 | 693.6112 | Stoake-D-Fire.com | OWENS BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 172.5600 | 164.5488 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 171.4172 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 172.5716 | 166.8228 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 165.6916 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
27 entries · top 693.6112 · median 631.9544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 2 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 3 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 4 | Rhythm n QUE | |
| 5 | Mountain Smoke | |
| 6 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 7 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 8 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 9 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 10 | BEER BELLY BBQ | |
| 11 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | |
| 12 | 202 BBQ | |
| 13 | BIG BOYZ BBQ | |
| 14 | O Face BBQ | |
| 15 | No Measurements BBQ | |
| 16 | Yellowstone Bank | |
| 17 | C/A Wrestling Team | |
| 18 | Montana Big Sky BBQ | |
| 19 | Bear Tract Grill | |
| 20 | Shane Ridge Hellians | |
| 21 | Double Barrel BBQ | |
| 22 | Bootlegger BBQ | |
| 23 | My Meat In Your Mouth | |
| 24 | Burpin' Worms | |
| 25 | Bonin' BBQ | |
| 26 | Fhuk Ewe BBQ | |
| 27 | Beartooth Stock Association |
Chicken
26 entries · top 179.4400 · median 157.9886
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountain Smoke | |
| 2 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 4 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 5 | Rhythm n QUE | |
| 6 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 7 | O Face BBQ | |
| 8 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 9 | BIG BOYZ BBQ | |
| 10 | No Measurements BBQ | |
| 11 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 12 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 13 | 202 BBQ | |
| 14 | Shane Ridge Hellians | |
| 15 | BEER BELLY BBQ | |
| 16 | Yellowstone Bank | |
| 17 | Double Barrel BBQ | |
| 18 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | |
| 19 | Burpin' Worms | |
| 20 | C/A Wrestling Team | |
| 21 | Montana Big Sky BBQ | |
| 22 | Bootlegger BBQ | |
| 23 | Bear Tract Grill | |
| 24 | My Meat In Your Mouth | |
| 25 | Bonin' BBQ | |
| 26 | Fhuk Ewe BBQ |
Pork Ribs
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.7372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 3 | BEER BELLY BBQ | |
| 4 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 5 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 6 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 7 | Mountain Smoke | |
| 8 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 9 | 202 BBQ | |
| 10 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | |
| 11 | Rhythm n QUE | |
| 12 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 13 | C/A Wrestling Team | |
| 14 | Bonin' BBQ | |
| 15 | My Meat In Your Mouth | |
| 16 | Shane Ridge Hellians | |
| 17 | BIG BOYZ BBQ | |
| 18 | No Measurements BBQ | |
| 19 | Montana Big Sky BBQ | |
| 20 | O Face BBQ | |
| 21 | Burpin' Worms | |
| 22 | Bootlegger BBQ | |
| 23 | Double Barrel BBQ | |
| 24 | Beartooth Stock Association | |
| 25 | Yellowstone Bank | |
| 26 | Bear Tract Grill | |
| 27 | Fhuk Ewe BBQ |
Pork
27 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.5484
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | |
| 2 | Rhythm n QUE | |
| 3 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 4 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 5 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 6 | BEER BELLY BBQ | |
| 7 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 8 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 9 | Bear Tract Grill | |
| 10 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 11 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 12 | BIG BOYZ BBQ | |
| 13 | Yellowstone Bank | |
| 14 | Mountain Smoke | |
| 15 | 202 BBQ | |
| 16 | O Face BBQ | |
| 17 | Montana Big Sky BBQ | |
| 18 | No Measurements BBQ | |
| 19 | Double Barrel BBQ | |
| 20 | My Meat In Your Mouth | |
| 21 | C/A Wrestling Team | |
| 22 | Bootlegger BBQ | |
| 23 | Shane Ridge Hellians | |
| 24 | Burpin' Worms | |
| 25 | Bonin' BBQ | |
| 26 | Fhuk Ewe BBQ | |
| 27 | Beartooth Stock Association |
Brisket
27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 158.8456 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 2 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 3 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 4 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 5 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | |
| 6 | BEER BELLY BBQ | |
| 7 | 202 BBQ | |
| 8 | Rhythm n QUE | |
| 9 | Mountain Smoke | |
| 10 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 11 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 13 | Yellowstone Bank | |
| 14 | BIG BOYZ BBQ | |
| 15 | C/A Wrestling Team | |
| 16 | No Measurements BBQ | |
| 17 | Montana Big Sky BBQ | |
| 18 | Beartooth Stock Association | |
| 19 | Bootlegger BBQ | |
| 20 | Bear Tract Grill | |
| 21 | O Face BBQ | |
| 22 | Double Barrel BBQ | |
| 23 | Shane Ridge Hellians | |
| 24 | Burpin' Worms | |
| 25 | Fhuk Ewe BBQ | |
| 26 | Bonin' BBQ | |
| 27 | My Meat In Your Mouth |
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 — Anything Goes
13 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.4400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER | |
| 2 | OWENS BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 4 | Rhythm n QUE | |
| 5 | No Measurements BBQ | |
| 6 | Burpin' Worms | |
| 7 | Bootlegger BBQ | |
| 8 | Montana Big Sky BBQ | |
| 9 | BEER BELLY BBQ | |
| 10 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 11 | Bear Tract Grill | |
| 12 | O Face BBQ | |
| 13 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ |