Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival
2022-08-19 – 2022-08-20 · Worland, WY · 📍 501 15 Mile Rd. · State championship
Reps: BRIAN MOORE, STEVEN FLEWALLEN · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: American Heroes BBQ (701.1088) · 29 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Fergolicious BBQ
Entries
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Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
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Double threats
How hot was the win?
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Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
American Heroes BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 3–4: PROUD SOULS BARBECUE and SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ tied on 173.7372 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: Fergolicious BBQ and ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: Frank's BBQ Trading Post and Cluster Cluck Barbecue tied on 169.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: American Heroes BBQ (won 2021).
🃏 An upset on the books
AMERICAN HEROES BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, CLARK CREW BBQ, 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)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-20 | Worland, WY | 501 15 Mile Rd. | 30 | 694.8000 | American Heroes BBQ | GRILLIN' BEAVERS |
| 2022-08-19 ← this one | Worland, WY | 501 15 Mile Rd. | 29 | 701.1088 | American Heroes BBQ | Fergolicious BBQ |
| 2023-08-18 | Worland, WY | 501 15 Mile Rd. | 27 | 706.2400 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | PIGGIN' WHISKEY |
| 2026-08-14 | Worland, WY | 501 15 Mile Rd. | 29 | 699.9428 | B-S BBQ Outlaws | Papa's Pit Crew |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.1428 | 173.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 172.5600 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 170.8228 | 169.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
29 entries · top 701.1088 · median 669.0632
Chicken
29 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8344
Pork
29 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.3944
Brisket
29 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.3828
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 — Mystery Meat
15 entries · top 172.5828 · median 152.5032
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOST WEEKEND GRILL | |
| 2 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 3 | Sochie's BBQ | |
| 4 | WYO SMOKE SHOW | |
| 5 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 6 | Chubby Cheeks BBQ | |
| 7 | Barr's BQ | |
| 8 | BURNINTHE BONE BBQ | |
| 9 | LaTa-Que | |
| 10 | Unruly Smokers | |
| 11 | BIG BOYZ BBQ | |
| 12 | Barr's BQ Too | |
| 13 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 14 | 3 Smokin Chicks | |
| 15 | We Got Your Six Portions |
Ancillary — Sauce
11 entries · top 176.0000 · median 165.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 2 | BURNINTHE BONE BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
| 4 | WYO SMOKE SHOW | |
| 5 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | |
| 6 | PAPA'S PIT CREW | |
| 7 | LaTa-Que | |
| 8 | Unruly Smokers | |
| 9 | Chubby Cheeks BBQ | |
| 10 | Barr's BQ | |
| 11 | 3 Smokin Chicks |