2023-03-10 – 2023-03-11 · Yuma, AZ · 📍 100 Block Main Street · State championship
Reps: MICHAEL SANTIAGO, RHONDA SANTIAGO · Prize money: $13,200.00
Grand Champion: Bushmaster BBQ (702.8116) · 32 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 B' MACKIN BBQ
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Bushmaster BBQ holds the KCBS record for most perfect 180s in one day — 3 180s at a single contest, Brisket, Chicken, Pork Ribs, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100
Bushmaster BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BIG POPPA SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Bushmaster BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Brisket — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Stronger than 90% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1627 power rating going in — stronger than 90% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 7–8: BAD BOYZ BBQ and Smoke-em-Good BBQ tied on 174.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: LADY OF Q and POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: Weekend Warrior BBQ and B' MACKIN BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Bushmaster BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 3 outright wins — their weakest board was pork at 23rd.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.0228 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 176.5716 | 173.1200 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 174.2744 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 174.8456 | 170.8228 |
32 entries · top 702.8116 · median 678.4742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 2 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 3 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 4 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 6 | Weekend Warrior BBQ | |
| 7 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 8 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Red BBQ | |
| 10 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 11 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 12 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 13 | CHULENGO Smoker Team | |
| 14 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 15 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 16 | Rhythm n QUE | |
| 17 | B Lee's BBQ | |
| 18 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 19 | LADY OF Q | |
| 20 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 21 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 22 | BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ | |
| 23 | SMOKERS PURGATORY | |
| 24 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 25 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 26 | Smoke-em-Good BBQ | |
| 27 | JC Holy Smokes | |
| 28 | RIBS N WHISKEY BBQ | |
| 29 | Pirates, Pigs & Poultry | |
| 30 | Holy Smokes | |
| 31 | Beck Brothers Quing | |
| 32 | Cluster Cluck Barbecue |
32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 3 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 4 | Cluster Cluck Barbecue | |
| 5 | Weekend Warrior BBQ | |
| 6 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 7 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 8 | Smoke-em-Good BBQ | |
| 9 | LADY OF Q | |
| 10 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 11 | Pirates, Pigs & Poultry | |
| 12 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 13 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 14 | Rhythm n QUE | |
| 15 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 16 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 17 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 18 | CHULENGO Smoker Team | |
| 19 | RIBS N WHISKEY BBQ | |
| 20 | Big Red BBQ | |
| 21 | SMOKERS PURGATORY | |
| 22 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 23 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 24 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 25 | B Lee's BBQ | |
| 26 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 27 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 28 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 29 | BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ | |
| 30 | Holy Smokes | |
| 31 | Beck Brothers Quing | |
| 32 | JC Holy Smokes |
31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 2 | Weekend Warrior BBQ | |
| 3 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 4 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 5 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 7 | BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ | |
| 8 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 9 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 10 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 11 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 12 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 13 | Big Red BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 15 | B Lee's BBQ | |
| 16 | Rhythm n QUE | |
| 17 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 18 | Pirates, Pigs & Poultry | |
| 19 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 20 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 21 | SMOKERS PURGATORY | |
| 22 | CHULENGO Smoker Team | |
| 23 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 24 | Smoke-em-Good BBQ | |
| 25 | Holy Smokes | |
| 26 | LADY OF Q | |
| 27 | JC Holy Smokes | |
| 28 | Beck Brothers Quing | |
| 29 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 30 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 31 | RIBS N WHISKEY BBQ |
31 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 2 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 3 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 4 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 5 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 6 | CHULENGO Smoker Team | |
| 7 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 8 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 9 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 10 | Big Red BBQ | |
| 11 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 12 | Rhythm n QUE | |
| 13 | LADY OF Q | |
| 14 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 15 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 16 | BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ | |
| 17 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 18 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 19 | JC Holy Smokes | |
| 20 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 21 | Weekend Warrior BBQ | |
| 22 | B Lee's BBQ | |
| 23 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 24 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 25 | Beck Brothers Quing | |
| 26 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 27 | SMOKERS PURGATORY | |
| 28 | Smoke-em-Good BBQ | |
| 29 | Holy Smokes | |
| 30 | Pirates, Pigs & Poultry | |
| 31 | RIBS N WHISKEY BBQ |
31 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5372 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 2 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 3 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 4 | B Lee's BBQ | |
| 5 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | |
| 6 | CHULENGO Smoker Team | |
| 7 | Big Red BBQ | |
| 8 | PROUD SOULS BARBECUE | |
| 9 | Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | |
| 10 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKERS PURGATORY | |
| 12 | BAD BOYZ BBQ | |
| 13 | POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | |
| 14 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 15 | Weekend Warrior BBQ | |
| 16 | 7 SINS BBQ | |
| 17 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 18 | JC Holy Smokes | |
| 19 | Rhythm n QUE | |
| 20 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 21 | LADY OF Q | |
| 22 | GIRLS CAN GRILL | |
| 23 | RIBS N WHISKEY BBQ | |
| 24 | SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | |
| 25 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 26 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 27 | BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ | |
| 28 | Smoke-em-Good BBQ | |
| 29 | Beck Brothers Quing | |
| 30 | Holy Smokes | |
| 31 | Pirates, Pigs & Poultry |