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Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1

2022-10-21 – 2022-10-22 · Westminster, CO · 📍 Downtown Westminster · State championship

Reps: BRIAN MOORE, DEL ANDERSON · Prize money: $10,000.00

Grand Champion: Burnt Trees BBQ (692.4800) · 32 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 PORKY BUTTS BBQ

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BURNT TREES BBQ
692.4800 · Master Series — Overall
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PORKY BUTTS BBQ
691.9200 · Master Series — Overall
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ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ
690.2512 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

32
4 judged meats

Top score

692.4800

Winning margin

0.5600
GC over RC

Field average

666.13
median 668.74

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
BURNT TREES BBQ (Chicken)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

678.2516
10th place overall

Field spread

108.1372
winner to last place

Prize money

$10,000.00
on the line

Most consistent

SLAPS BBQ
avg finish 6.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 4.5712 pts — BURNT TREES BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 80%
beats 20% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

16%
of the 32 teams with a home region came from outside CO

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1547
avg power rating going in · stronger than 53% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SLAPS BBQ
rated 1880 pre-contest

Storylines

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5600 points — closer than 90% of every championship in the data.

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

BURNT TREES BBQ took the Grand Championship home to SD.

🧹 A double category winner

BURNT TREES BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 5–6: ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ and LOST WEEKEND GRILL tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: WYO SMOKE SHOW and Bull-B-Que tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: 3 LIL' MACS BBQ and PORKY BUTTS BBQ tied on 177.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🃏 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)

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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180.0000171.9656170.8112
Pork Ribs177.7028176.5600169.6800
Pork176.0116171.9656170.2856
Brisket177.7144173.7028169.1084

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

32 entries · top 692.4800 · median 668.7370

#TeamScore
1 BURNT TREES BBQ 692.4800
2 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 691.9200
3 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 690.2512
4 SLAPS BBQ 689.0396
5 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 687.9316
6 WYO SMOKE SHOW 687.3600
7 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 685.6228
8 Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ 681.0396
9 3 LIL' MACS BBQ 679.4172
10 ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 678.2516
11 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 677.6112
12 Bushmaster BBQ 675.3024
13 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 673.5772
14 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 673.5652
15 BACKDRAFT BBQ 671.9088
16 Bull-B-Que 670.2056
17 M-DUBS BBQ 667.2684
18 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 663.9084
19 LOST WEEKEND GRILL 663.8744
20 Brinkerhoff BBQ 663.2684
21 Crush BBQ 662.7544
22 Cool Beans BBQ 660.4228
23 Cluster Cluck Barbecue 658.1832
24 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 658.0912
25 Happy Burnt Endings 651.8284
26 Monarchbbq 651.2684
27 RIBS N WHISKEY BBQ 650.0912
28 Six Capital Brewing and BBQ 647.8628
29 Meat Machine BBQ 647.7828
30 Q LIVE CREW 646.6508
31 Hooligans Barbecue 632.9944
32 Colorado Green Chili BBQ Co. 584.3428

Chicken

32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.3942 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 BURNT TREES BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Cluster Cluck Barbecue 175.4288
3 SLAPS BBQ 174.8456
4 ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 172.5600
5 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 171.9656
6 LOST WEEKEND GRILL 171.9656
7 Meat Machine BBQ 171.4056
8 WYO SMOKE SHOW 170.8228
9 Bull-B-Que 170.8228
10 Bushmaster BBQ 170.8112
11 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 170.2628
12 3 LIL' MACS BBQ 170.2628
13 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 170.2628
14 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 169.6800
15 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 169.6800
16 Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ 169.6684
17 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 169.1200
18 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 168.5484
19 M-DUBS BBQ 167.9656
20 BACKDRAFT BBQ 167.3944
21 Cool Beans BBQ 167.3828
22 RIBS N WHISKEY BBQ 167.3712
23 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 166.8112
24 Monarchbbq 166.2516
25 Q LIVE CREW 166.2400
26 Happy Burnt Endings 165.0972
27 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 163.9428
28 Six Capital Brewing and BBQ 160.5600
29 Crush BBQ 159.9544
30 Brinkerhoff BBQ 158.2056
31 Hooligans Barbecue 155.3600
32 Colorado Green Chili BBQ Co. 144.5028

Pork Ribs

32 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.8228

#TeamScore
1 BURNT TREES BBQ 177.7028
2 3 LIL' MACS BBQ 177.1544
3 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 177.1544
4 Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ 176.5944
5 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 176.5600
6 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 171.9888
7 Bushmaster BBQ 171.9656
8 WYO SMOKE SHOW 171.4400
9 ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 169.6916
10 SLAPS BBQ 169.6800
11 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 168.5372
12 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 168.5256
13 BACKDRAFT BBQ 167.9772
14 Bull-B-Que 167.9772
15 Meat Machine BBQ 167.9656
16 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 166.8228
17 Brinkerhoff BBQ 166.8228
18 RIBS N WHISKEY BBQ 166.8228
19 Crush BBQ 166.2744
20 M-DUBS BBQ 163.9428
21 Cool Beans BBQ 162.8456
22 Monarchbbq 162.8112
23 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 161.6572
24 LOST WEEKEND GRILL 160.5260
25 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 160.5144
26 Six Capital Brewing and BBQ 160.5144
27 Q LIVE CREW 160.5140
28 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 159.9544
29 Happy Burnt Endings 155.3600
30 Hooligans Barbecue 154.8116
31 Colorado Green Chili BBQ Co. 149.1428
32 Cluster Cluck Barbecue 145.6344

Pork

32 entries · top 176.0116 · median 167.6800

#TeamScore
1 BACKDRAFT BBQ 176.0116
2 WYO SMOKE SHOW 175.4056
3 SLAPS BBQ 174.8456
4 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 173.1200
5 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 171.9656
6 ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 171.4172
7 Cool Beans BBQ 170.8228
8 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 170.8228
9 Six Capital Brewing and BBQ 170.2972
10 Crush BBQ 170.2856
11 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 169.6800
12 Brinkerhoff BBQ 169.1316
13 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 169.1200
14 BURNT TREES BBQ 168.5488
15 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 168.5372
16 Cluster Cluck Barbecue 167.9772
17 Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ 167.3828
18 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 166.8228
19 M-DUBS BBQ 166.8228
20 3 LIL' MACS BBQ 166.2972
21 LOST WEEKEND GRILL 166.2856
22 Bull-B-Que 165.7028
23 Bushmaster BBQ 165.7028
24 Hooligans Barbecue 165.1428
25 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 165.1428
26 Happy Burnt Endings 163.9884
27 Monarchbbq 163.9656
28 RIBS N WHISKEY BBQ 163.9428
29 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 163.3828
30 Q LIVE CREW 162.8228
31 Colorado Green Chili BBQ Co. 153.6456
32 Meat Machine BBQ 152.4800

Brisket

32 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.5314

#TeamScore
1 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 177.7144
2 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 175.4400
3 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 175.4056
4 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 174.2628
5 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 173.7028
6 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 172.6056
7 WYO SMOKE SHOW 169.6916
8 SLAPS BBQ 169.6684
9 Cluster Cluck Barbecue 169.1428
10 Brinkerhoff BBQ 169.1084
11 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 169.1084
12 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 168.5484
13 M-DUBS BBQ 168.5372
14 Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ 167.3940
15 Happy Burnt Endings 167.3828
16 Bushmaster BBQ 166.8228
17 Crush BBQ 166.2400
18 BURNT TREES BBQ 166.2284
19 3 LIL' MACS BBQ 165.7028
20 Bull-B-Que 165.7028
21 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 165.1084
22 LOST WEEKEND GRILL 165.0972
23 ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 164.5828
24 BACKDRAFT BBQ 160.5256
25 Cool Beans BBQ 159.3716
26 Monarchbbq 158.2400
27 Hooligans Barbecue 157.6800
28 Q LIVE CREW 157.0740
29 Six Capital Brewing and BBQ 156.4912
30 Meat Machine BBQ 155.9316
31 RIBS N WHISKEY BBQ 151.9544
32 Colorado Green Chili BBQ Co. 137.0516

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