Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1
2022-10-21 – 2022-10-22 · Westminster, CO · State championship
Reps: BRIAN MOORE, DEL ANDERSON · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: Burnt Trees BBQ (692.4800) · 32 teams
Entries
32
4 categories
Top score
692.4800
Winning margin
0.5600
GC over RC
Field average
666.13
median 668.74
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
1.1428 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
678.2516
what a walk cost here
Field spread
108.1372
winner to last place
Prize money
$10,000.00
on the line
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 57%
beats 43% of 2713 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1547
avg power rating going in · stronger than 53% of contests
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5600 points — closer than 91% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
BURNT TREES BBQ took the Grand Championship home to SD.
🃏 An upset on the books
BURNT TREES BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 13-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
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series — Brisket
32 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.5314
Master Series — Chicken
32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.3942 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Overall
32 entries · top 692.4800 · median 668.7370
Master Series — Pork
32 entries · top 176.0116 · median 167.6800
Master Series — Pork Ribs
32 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.8228