Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
2023-01-13 – 2023-01-14 · Bullhead City, AZ · 📍 Rotary Park · State championship
Reps: BUNNY TUTTLE, MICHAEL WINTER, RICH TUTTLE · Prize money: $16,000.00
Grand Champion: STEVO'S BBQ (691.3716) · 45 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
⚖️ Decided by a tiebreaker
The top two teams finished on identical totals — the Grand Championship came down to the KCBS tiebreaker rules.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
STEVO'S BBQ took the Grand Championship home to UT.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: DRY 2 DA BONE and Meat Candy Q tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: WELL SAUCED BBQ and Burnin and Lootin tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ and DRY 2 DA BONE tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BIG POPPA SMOKERS (won 2020).
🃏 An upset on the books
STEVO'S BBQ TEAM came in rated below the field's top team, BIG POPPA SMOKERS, 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)
Score distribution
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-20 | Rotary Park | 40 | 697.0972 | SHIG NINJA BBQ | STEEL CITY BBQ | |
| 2018-01-19 | Rotary Park | 70 | 700.5600 | ROOFTOP BBQ | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | |
| 2019-01-18 | Bullhead City, AZ | Rotary Park | 63 | 696.5256 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ | UTAH BBQ COMPANY |
| 2020-01-17 | Bullhead City, AZ | Rotary Park | 59 | 695.9428 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | THE BBQ BUS |
| 2022-01-14 | Bullhead City, AZ | Rotary Park | 59 | 695.3944 | SHARPE GOURMET COOKING WOOD | BIG POPPA SMOKERS |
| 2023-01-13 ← this one | Bullhead City, AZ | Rotary Park | 45 | 691.3716 | STEVO'S BBQ | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 175.4172 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 171.4056 | 169.6800 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 171.9772 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 170.8112 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
45 entries · top 691.3716 · median 668.4916
Chicken
45 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3828
Pork Ribs
45 entries · top 175.4172 · median 166.2400
Pork
45 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5372
Brisket
44 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.8342
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 — Appetizer
5 entries · top 175.4172 · median 170.8456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 2 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 3 | CHEF G | |
| 4 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 5 | SWEET BREEZE CREPES |
Ancillary — Cook'S Choice
9 entries · top 173.7028 · median 164.5372
Ancillary — Dessert
8 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.1486 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHEF G | |
| 2 | STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ | |
| 3 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 4 | SWEET BREEZE CREPES | |
| 5 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 6 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 7 | HONEY PAWS BBQ | |
| 8 | Los Lagos Meat Heads |
Kids-Q — Kids Que
15 entries · top 172.5944 · median 148.0228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KAYLA HILL | |
| 2 | BRODY FULTON | |
| 3 | DEXTER DUNCAN | |
| 4 | ANOTHONY WILSON | |
| 5 | DEAN BARR | |
| 6 | MATIAS LARA | |
| 7 | ISAAC LARA | |
| 8 | MATTHEW RIVERA | |
| 9 | MADISON LARON | |
| 10 | BAUER POWER BBQ | |
| 11 | JIMMY GRANO AND PAYTON PARKER | |
| 12 | JAXON SWINFORD | |
| 13 | TRENT DELALAMA | |
| 14 | ACE CADY AND THOMAS BIRD | |
| 15 | KAITLIN & ABIGAIL HOFFMAN |
Ancillary — Sausage
13 entries · top 174.2628 · median 166.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE | |
| 2 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 3 | YOUR BEHIND BBQ | |
| 4 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 6 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 7 | SinBin BBQ | |
| 8 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 9 | Burnin and Lootin | |
| 10 | SD Smoke BBQ | |
| 11 | Coaches Pit BBQ | |
| 12 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 13 | B' MACKIN BBQ |