2022-08-12 – 2022-08-13 · San Juan Capistrano, CA · 📍 Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park · State championship
Reps: KATHLEEN MCINTOSH, KELLY MCINTOSH · Prize money: $14,400.00
Grand Champion: Girls Can Grill (698.8344) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Meat Candy Q
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 71 times in 100
GIRLS CAN GRILL came in rated below the field's top team, LADY OF Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
GIRLS CAN GRILL won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Pork Ribs places 7–8: OM BBQ and SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Meat Candy Q and SD Smoke BBQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ and GIRLS CAN GRILL tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5944 | 173.1428 | 170.8344 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.1316 | 171.4172 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 175.4172 | 171.9656 |
| Brisket | 175.4056 | 171.9656 | 168.5716 |
25 entries · top 698.8344 · median 670.1712
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 2 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 3 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 4 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 5 | The Butcher Block | |
| 6 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 7 | CHULENGO Smoker Team | |
| 8 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 9 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 10 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 11 | 2LiveQ | |
| 12 | OPERATION DESSERT STORM BBQ | |
| 13 | Big Red BBQ | |
| 14 | LADY OF Q | |
| 15 | OM BBQ | |
| 16 | SD Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | THE BRISKET BROTHERS | |
| 18 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 19 | Howzit BBQ | |
| 20 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 21 | Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque | |
| 22 | Coaches Pit BBQ | |
| 23 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 24 | Let's go BBQ! | |
| 25 | Look at That Rack BBQ |
25 entries · top 176.5944 · median 170.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 2 | The Butcher Block | |
| 3 | SD Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 5 | 2LiveQ | |
| 6 | Howzit BBQ | |
| 7 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 8 | OPERATION DESSERT STORM BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 10 | Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque | |
| 11 | Big Red BBQ | |
| 12 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 13 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 14 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 15 | LADY OF Q | |
| 16 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 17 | Look at That Rack BBQ | |
| 18 | CHULENGO Smoker Team | |
| 19 | Coaches Pit BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 21 | Let's go BBQ! | |
| 22 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 23 | OM BBQ | |
| 24 | THE BRISKET BROTHERS | |
| 25 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q |
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 2 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 3 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 4 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 5 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 6 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 7 | OM BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 9 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 10 | The Butcher Block | |
| 11 | LADY OF Q | |
| 12 | CHULENGO Smoker Team | |
| 13 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 14 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 15 | SD Smoke BBQ | |
| 16 | Big Red BBQ | |
| 17 | 2LiveQ | |
| 18 | Coaches Pit BBQ | |
| 19 | Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque | |
| 20 | OPERATION DESSERT STORM BBQ | |
| 21 | THE BRISKET BROTHERS | |
| 22 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 23 | Howzit BBQ | |
| 24 | Let's go BBQ! | |
| 25 | Look at That Rack BBQ |
25 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE BRISKET BROTHERS | |
| 2 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 3 | SD Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 5 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 6 | OM BBQ | |
| 7 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 8 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 10 | CHULENGO Smoker Team | |
| 11 | Howzit BBQ | |
| 12 | The Butcher Block | |
| 13 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 14 | Big Red BBQ | |
| 15 | LADY OF Q | |
| 16 | OPERATION DESSERT STORM BBQ | |
| 17 | 2LiveQ | |
| 18 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 19 | Let's go BBQ! | |
| 20 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 21 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 22 | Coaches Pit BBQ | |
| 23 | Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque | |
| 24 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 25 | Look at That Rack BBQ |
25 entries · top 175.4056 · median 163.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 2 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 3 | CHULENGO Smoker Team | |
| 4 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 5 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 6 | 2LiveQ | |
| 7 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 8 | THE BRISKET BROTHERS | |
| 9 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 10 | OPERATION DESSERT STORM BBQ | |
| 11 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 12 | The Butcher Block | |
| 13 | Big Red BBQ | |
| 14 | OM BBQ | |
| 15 | Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque | |
| 16 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 17 | NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q | |
| 18 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 19 | LADY OF Q | |
| 20 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 21 | Coaches Pit BBQ | |
| 22 | Let's go BBQ! | |
| 23 | Howzit BBQ | |
| 24 | SD Smoke BBQ | |
| 25 | Look at That Rack BBQ |
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.
6 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 2 | OM BBQ | |
| 3 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 4 | WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 6 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ |