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Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2

Oct 22–23, 2022 · Westminster, CO · 📍 Downtown Westminster · State championship

Reps: Brian Moore, Del Anderson · Prize money: $10,000

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HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ
690.8116 · Master Series — Overall
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Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ
690.7772 · Master Series — Overall
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Bushmaster BBQ
689.6800 · Master Series — Overall

HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ won Grand Champion at the Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 on October 22, 2022 in Westminster, CO at Downtown Westminster, scoring 690.8116 in a field of 31 teams. Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 690.7772. Category winners: Chicken — Man-Day Hooligans BBQ (178.2972); Pork Ribs — Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ (178.8572); Pork — WYO SMOKE SHOW (177.7372); Brisket — ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ (179.4400).

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 178.30
  • Pork Ribs 178.86
  • Pork 177.74
  • Brisket 179.44
144 179.44

Entries

31
4 judged meats

Top score

690.8116

Winning margin

0.0344
GC over RC

Field average

669.42
595.93690.81
median 670.77 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
2.8800 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

681.0744
595.93690.81
10th place overall

Field spread

94.8800
winner to last place

Prize money

$10,000
on the line

Most consistent

Bushmaster BBQ
avg finish 7.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 2.8916 pts — WYO SMOKE SHOW

How hot was the win?

Top 69%
beats 31% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.68 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,588
avg power rating going in · stronger than 69% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SLAPS BBQ
rated 1957 pre-contest

Storylines (5 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.

A razor-thin finish

0.0344 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 97% of the 4,722 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0344 points — closer than 97% of every championship in the data.

  • Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ
  • Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ

An upset on the books

11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 89 times in 100

Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SLAPS BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1591
  • top seed 1957

Won without a category win

2 of 4 meats called to the stage

HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.

  • Chicken 16th
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 27th
  • Brisket 3rd

A first Grand Championship

16 tracked contests to get there

This was Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 16th tracked contest.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Pork places 5–6: 3 LIL' MACS BBQ and Bushmaster BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: Needs More Cowbell BBQ and HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: 3 LIL' MACS BBQ and BURNT TREES BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Pork 5–6 · tie
  • Brisket 2–3 · tie
  • Brisket 9–10 · tie
  • Pork 9–10 · 0.0116

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)

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.2972175.4172171.9772
Pork Ribs178.8572173.1544170.8228
Pork177.7372172170.8228
Brisket179.4400174.2628170.8228

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

31 entries · top 690.8116 · median 670.7656

#TeamScore
1 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 690.8116
2 Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ 690.7772
3 Bushmaster BBQ 689.6800
4 BURNT TREES BBQ 689.0972
5 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 685.6340
6 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 685.0516
7 SLAPS BBQ 685.0400
8 3 LIL' MACS BBQ 684.5028
9 Man-Day Hooligans BBQ 681.1200
10 Brinkerhoff BBQ 681.0744
11 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 680.5028
12 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 679.3256
13 WYO SMOKE SHOW 677.6916
14 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 677.6344
15 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 675.8856
16 Meat Machine BBQ 670.7656
17 Crush BBQ 670.2632
18 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 668.4112
19 BACKDRAFT BBQ 667.8860
20 Monarchbbq 667.3372
21 RIBS N WHISKEY BBQ 667.3028
22 Cluster Cluck BBQ 666.8116
23 ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 666.7884
24 Grillin' Beavers 666.6856
25 M-DUBS BBQ 664.4684
26 LOST WEEKEND GRILL 658.6740
27 Cool Beans BBQ 654.7660
28 Happy Burnt Endings 645.0512
29 Q LIVE CREW 636.4344
30 Six Capital Brewing and BBQ 630.6632
31 Colorado Green Chili BBQ Co. 595.9316

Chicken

31 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.6800

#TeamScore
1 Man-Day Hooligans BBQ 178.2972
2 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 177.1428
3 Cluster Cluck BBQ 176.5600
4 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 176
5 Brinkerhoff BBQ 175.4172
6 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 175.4056
7 Bushmaster BBQ 174.2628
8 3 LIL' MACS BBQ 173.1200
9 BURNT TREES BBQ 172.5600
10 LOST WEEKEND GRILL 171.9772
11 Meat Machine BBQ 171.9656
12 Crush BBQ 170.8572
13 Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ 170.8112
14 SLAPS BBQ 170.2628
15 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 169.6800
16 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 169.6800
17 M-DUBS BBQ 168.5600
18 Happy Burnt Endings 167.4056
19 ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 166.2628
20 WYO SMOKE SHOW 166.2628
21 Cool Beans BBQ 164.5372
22 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 163.9544
23 Monarchbbq 163.4172
24 BACKDRAFT BBQ 162.8116
25 RIBS N WHISKEY BBQ 161.1084
26 Grillin' Beavers 160.5028
27 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 159.9428
28 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 159.3828
29 Q LIVE CREW 154.8000
30 Six Capital Brewing and BBQ 150.2172
31 Colorado Green Chili BBQ Co. 144

Pork Ribs

31 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5600

#TeamScore
1 Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ 178.8572
2 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 178.2972
3 BURNT TREES BBQ 174.8800
4 Bushmaster BBQ 173.7144
5 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 173.1544
6 RIBS N WHISKEY BBQ 173.1200
7 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 172.5600
8 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 171.4172
9 BACKDRAFT BBQ 171.4056
10 SLAPS BBQ 170.8228
11 Q LIVE CREW 170.2744
12 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 170.2744
13 WYO SMOKE SHOW 170.2744
14 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 170.2628
15 Cool Beans BBQ 169.1316
16 3 LIL' MACS BBQ 168.5600
17 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 168.5256
18 Meat Machine BBQ 168
19 ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 168
20 Grillin' Beavers 167.3944
21 Crush BBQ 166.8344
22 Brinkerhoff BBQ 166.8228
23 M-DUBS BBQ 164.5600
24 Monarchbbq 163.9772
25 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 163.4172
26 Man-Day Hooligans BBQ 162.8228
27 Happy Burnt Endings 161.1316
28 Six Capital Brewing and BBQ 156.5144
29 Cluster Cluck BBQ 154.2632
30 LOST WEEKEND GRILL 154.2172
31 Colorado Green Chili BBQ Co. 149.7144

Pork

31 entries · top 177.7372 · median 168.5372

#TeamScore
1 WYO SMOKE SHOW 177.7372
2 ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 174.8456
3 Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ 174.2744
4 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 174.2628
5 3 LIL' MACS BBQ 172
6 Bushmaster BBQ 172
7 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 171.9772
8 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 171.4172
9 BURNT TREES BBQ 170.8344
10 RIBS N WHISKEY BBQ 170.8228
11 Man-Day Hooligans BBQ 170.3200
12 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 170.2628
13 SLAPS BBQ 169.6916
14 Brinkerhoff BBQ 169.1200
15 Crush BBQ 168.5600
16 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 168.5372
17 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 168.5256
18 Cool Beans BBQ 168
19 Grillin' Beavers 167.9656
20 LOST WEEKEND GRILL 167.9540
21 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 167.3828
22 Six Capital Brewing and BBQ 166.8344
23 BACKDRAFT BBQ 166.2516
24 Meat Machine BBQ 166.2400
25 Cluster Cluck BBQ 165.7256
26 Q LIVE CREW 165.7028
27 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 165.6916
28 Monarchbbq 164.5372
29 Happy Burnt Endings 163.9656
30 M-DUBS BBQ 158.7884
31 Colorado Green Chili BBQ Co. 151.9544

Brisket

31 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.4172

#TeamScore
1 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 179.4400
2 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 177.1428
3 HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ 177.1428
4 Monarchbbq 175.4056
5 SLAPS BBQ 174.2628
6 M-DUBS BBQ 172.5600
7 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 171.4172
8 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 170.8344
9 3 LIL' MACS BBQ 170.8228
10 BURNT TREES BBQ 170.8228
11 Grillin' Beavers 170.8228
12 Cluster Cluck BBQ 170.2628
13 Brinkerhoff BBQ 169.7144
14 Bushmaster BBQ 169.7028
15 Man-Day Hooligans BBQ 169.6800
16 BACKDRAFT BBQ 167.4172
17 Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ 166.8344
18 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 166.8112
19 Meat Machine BBQ 164.5600
20 LOST WEEKEND GRILL 164.5256
21 Crush BBQ 164.0116
22 WYO SMOKE SHOW 163.4172
23 RIBS N WHISKEY BBQ 162.2516
24 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 161.6684
25 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 161.6456
26 ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 157.6800
27 Six Capital Brewing and BBQ 157.0972
28 Cool Beans BBQ 153.0972
29 Happy Burnt Endings 152.5484
30 Colorado Green Chili BBQ Co. 150.2628
31 Q LIVE CREW 145.6572

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