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Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 2022

Aug 5–6, 2022 · Alamosa, CO · 📍 502 2nd Street · State championship

Reps: Del Anderson, Michael Winter · Prize money: $15,000

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GETTIN' BASTED
701.1200 · Master Series — Overall
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Colorado Bulldawg BBQ
695.4056 · Master Series — Overall
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TRIPLE H BBQ
692.5028 · Master Series — Overall

GETTIN' BASTED won Grand Champion at the Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews on August 5, 2022 in Alamosa, CO at 502 2nd Street, scoring 701.1200 in a field of 35 teams. Colorado Bulldawg BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 695.4056. Category winners: Chicken — LA PASADITA (177.7144); Pork Ribs — HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ (178.8800); Pork — Colorado Bulldawg BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — Bushmaster BBQ (179.4400). This is the 1st of 3 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2023.

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 177.71
  • Pork Ribs 178.88
  • Pork 178.86
  • Brisket 179.44
139.44 179.44

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2022 to 2024 — this edition picked out.

2022-08-05 — 701.1200 (Gettin' Basted) 2023-08-11 — 693.6688 (Chucho Q) 2024-08-09 — 709.1200 (Bushmaster BBQ) 701.12 2022 2024

Entries

35
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

701.1200

Winning margin

5.7144
GC over RC

Field average

667.18
614.63701.12
median 670.18 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
3.4056 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

683.3944
614.63701.12
10th place overall

Field spread

86.4912
winner to last place

Prize money

$15,000
on the line

Most consistent

GETTIN' BASTED
avg finish 3.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 2.2972 pts — LA PASADITA

How hot was the win?

Top 28%
beats 72% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.63 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,593
avg power rating going in · stronger than 73% of contests

Top-rated in the field

CLARK CREW BBQ
rated 2036 pre-contest

Storylines (2 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

Won without a category win

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

GETTIN' BASTED won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 5th
  • Pork Ribs 4th
  • Pork 4th
  • Brisket 2nd

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 11 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 5–6: GETTIN' BASTED and TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER tied on 172.5484 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ and Colorado Bulldawg BBQ tied on 178.8800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: 3 LIL' MACS BBQ and Brinkerhoff BBQ tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 5–6 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 8–9 · tie
  • Pork 2–3 · tie

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)

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
Aug 5, 2022 ← this one Alamosa, CO 502 2nd Street 35 701.1200 Gettin' Basted Colorado Bulldawg BBQ
Aug 11, 2023 Alamosa, CO 502 2nd Street 27 693.6688 Chucho Q Crossed Rifles BBQ
Aug 9, 2024 Alamosa, CO 506 2nd Street 29 709.1200 Bushmaster BBQ SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.7144172.5484169.1428
Pork Ribs178.8800175.4744173.1544
Pork178.8572174.8572173.1200
Brisket179.4400174.8572171.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

35 entries · top 701.1200 · median 670.1832

#TeamScore
1 GETTIN' BASTED 701.1200
2 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 695.4056
3 TRIPLE H BBQ 692.5028
4 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 691.9772
5 Brinkerhoff BBQ 689.6688
6 CLARK CREW BBQ 688.5260
7 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 687.4400
8 HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ 686.2284
9 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 683.4516
10 Meat Machine BBQ 683.3944
11 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 683.3024
12 Bushmaster BBQ 682.7656
13 3 LIL' MACS BBQ 682.2400
14 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 682.1828
15 Salted Anchor 681.6572
16 WOODY'S Q SHACK 671.9084
17 LA PASADITA 670.7428
18 ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 670.1832
19 WILD HOGS BBQ 668.5372
20 Sho Dawg BBQ 667.8972
21 Monarchbbq 666.7884
22 Cluster Cluck Barbecue 664.4912
23 LUCKY SMOKE 663.3028
24 Crossed Rifles BBQ 662.1368
25 POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP 660.4916
26 Frank's BBQ Trading Post 655.3372
27 Double J Smokers 654.7544
28 PIG FARMER'S BBQ 652.9944
29 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 651.2684
30 Good To Go BBQ 645.0860
31 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 638.1488
32 The Outback Cookin' Company 626.1596
33 DragonFyre Smoke 619.2456
34 Flying Mookey Q 615.4516
35 Service Dog BBQ 614.6288

Chicken

35 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.4056

#TeamScore
1 LA PASADITA 177.7144
2 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 175.4172
3 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 173.1200
4 CLARK CREW BBQ 172.5716
5 GETTIN' BASTED 172.5484
6 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 172.5484
7 HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ 170.8456
8 WOODY'S Q SHACK 170.2628
9 Brinkerhoff BBQ 169.6800
10 Monarchbbq 169.1428
11 PIG FARMER'S BBQ 169.1200
12 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 168.5600
13 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 168.5372
14 3 LIL' MACS BBQ 168.5256
15 Cluster Cluck Barbecue 167.9772
16 Sho Dawg BBQ 167.4172
17 Meat Machine BBQ 167.4172
18 Bushmaster BBQ 167.4056
19 Salted Anchor 166.8572
20 Crossed Rifles BBQ 166.8456
21 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 166.8344
22 TRIPLE H BBQ 166.2400
23 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 165.6916
24 POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP 165.6800
25 WILD HOGS BBQ 165.0972
26 Double J Smokers 165.0972
27 Frank's BBQ Trading Post 162.8344
28 ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 161.1316
29 Flying Mookey Q 160.5600
30 Good To Go BBQ 160.5372
31 DragonFyre Smoke 159.9656
32 LUCKY SMOKE 159.3944
33 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 158.2172
34 The Outback Cookin' Company 157.1084
35 Service Dog BBQ 154.8688

Pork Ribs

35 entries · top 178.8800 · median 169.6800

#TeamScore
1 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 178.8800
2 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 178.8800
3 Meat Machine BBQ 177.7372
4 GETTIN' BASTED 176.0116
5 WILD HOGS BBQ 175.4744
6 CLARK CREW BBQ 174.2972
7 TRIPLE H BBQ 174.2744
8 3 LIL' MACS BBQ 173.7144
9 Brinkerhoff BBQ 173.7144
10 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 173.1544
11 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 173.1200
12 HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ 172.5600
13 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 172.0344
14 POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP 172
15 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 170.8228
16 Monarchbbq 170.2628
17 Frank's BBQ Trading Post 169.6800
18 Salted Anchor 169.6800
19 LA PASADITA 166.2628
20 Crossed Rifles BBQ 166.2400
21 LUCKY SMOKE 165.6684
22 Flying Mookey Q 164.6400
23 Double J Smokers 164.5716
24 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 164.5600
25 WOODY'S Q SHACK 164.5256
26 Cluster Cluck Barbecue 163.9656
27 Sho Dawg BBQ 163.9544
28 ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 162.8116
29 Bushmaster BBQ 162.8000
30 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 162.2744
31 The Outback Cookin' Company 162.2740
32 PIG FARMER'S BBQ 162.2516
33 DragonFyre Smoke 158.2628
34 Good To Go BBQ 153.0972
35 Service Dog BBQ 150.7772

Pork

35 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1544

#TeamScore
1 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 178.8572
2 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 177.7028
3 TRIPLE H BBQ 177.7028
4 GETTIN' BASTED 175.4172
5 Brinkerhoff BBQ 174.8572
6 3 LIL' MACS BBQ 174.3200
7 WOODY'S Q SHACK 173.7144
8 Good To Go BBQ 173.1772
9 Salted Anchor 173.1544
10 Bushmaster BBQ 173.1200
11 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 172.6172
12 Sho Dawg BBQ 172.5600
13 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 171.9656
14 HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ 170.8572
15 Meat Machine BBQ 170.2628
16 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 169.6800
17 ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 169.6800
18 PIG FARMER'S BBQ 169.1544
19 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 165.7028
20 WILD HOGS BBQ 165.1200
21 CLARK CREW BBQ 165.0972
22 Crossed Rifles BBQ 163.9312
23 LUCKY SMOKE 163.3828
24 LA PASADITA 163.3712
25 Double J Smokers 161.1200
26 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 161.0856
27 Cluster Cluck Barbecue 160.5828
28 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 160.5256
29 Monarchbbq 159.3828
30 POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP 158.8000
31 Frank's BBQ Trading Post 156.5028
32 Service Dog BBQ 153.6228
33 DragonFyre Smoke 152.5028
34 Flying Mookey Q 150.8112
35 The Outback Cookin' Company 147.3828

Brisket

35 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.3200

#TeamScore
1 Bushmaster BBQ 179.4400
2 GETTIN' BASTED 177.1428
3 CLARK CREW BBQ 176.5600
4 ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 176.5600
5 LUCKY SMOKE 174.8572
6 TRIPLE H BBQ 174.2856
7 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 173.7028
8 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 171.9884
9 Salted Anchor 171.9656
10 HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ 171.9656
11 Cluster Cluck Barbecue 171.9656
12 Brinkerhoff BBQ 171.4172
13 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 169.7372
14 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 169.1084
15 Monarchbbq 168
16 Meat Machine BBQ 167.9772
17 TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER 167.9656
18 Frank's BBQ Trading Post 166.3200
19 3 LIL' MACS BBQ 165.6800
20 Crossed Rifles BBQ 165.1200
21 POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP 164.0116
22 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 163.9656
23 Sho Dawg BBQ 163.9656
24 Double J Smokers 163.9656
25 WOODY'S Q SHACK 163.4056
26 LA PASADITA 163.3944
27 WILD HOGS BBQ 162.8456
28 The Outback Cookin' Company 159.3944
29 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 158.7884
30 Good To Go BBQ 158.2744
31 SMOKIN TRIGGERS 157.1316
32 Service Dog BBQ 155.3600
33 PIG FARMER'S BBQ 152.4684
34 DragonFyre Smoke 148.5144
35 Flying Mookey Q 139.4404

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.

Kids-Q — Kids-Q 11+

5 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.8572

#TeamScore
1 Kayleigh 3 Lil' Mac's BBQ 179.4400
2 Ciera Good To Go BBQ 174.2972
3 Gianna Proud Souls Barbecue 170.8572
4 Jackson Salted Anchor 169.1656
5 Lola Flying Mookey Q 155.3716

Kids-Q — Kids-Q 5-10

2 entries · top 173.1200 · median 172.8572

#TeamScore
1 Claire Proud Souls Barbecue 173.1200
2 Sawyer 3 Lil' Mac's BBQ 172.5944

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