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Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest

2023-05-27 – 2023-05-28 · Castle Rock, CO · 📍 500 Fairgrounds Dr · State championship

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

Grand Champion: Janky Leg BBQ (707.9772) · 37 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 GETTIN' BASTED

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JANKY LEG BBQ
707.9772 · Master Series — Overall
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GETTIN' BASTED
699.3832 · Master Series — Overall
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AMERICAN HEROES BBQ
698.2172 · Master Series — Overall

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 177.70
  • Pork Ribs 178.30
  • Pork 178.86
  • Brisket 180.00 🔥
142.19 180.00

Entries

37
4 judged meats

Top score

707.9772

Winning margin

8.5940
GC over RC

Field average

671.87
600.41707.98
median 675.99 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
AMERICAN HEROES BBQ (Brisket)

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
2.2856 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

684.5028
600.41707.98
10th place overall

Field spread

107.5656
winner to last place

Prize money

$10,000.00
on the line

Most consistent

JANKY LEG BBQ
avg finish 2.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 2.8456 pts — AMERICAN HEROES BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 7%
beats 93% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.87 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1594
avg power rating going in · stronger than 74% of contests

Top-rated in the field

GETTIN' BASTED
rated 1981 pre-contest

Storylines (3 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.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 13 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 2–3: JANKY LEG BBQ and PORKY BUTTS BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: Needs More Cowbell BBQ and ChurchoQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: AMERICAN HEROES BBQ and MAN MEAT BBQ tied on 176.5716 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 2–3 · tie
  • Chicken 8–9 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
  • Pork 4–5 · tie

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

JANKY LEG BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 3rd.

  • Chicken 2nd
  • Pork Ribs 2nd
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 3rd

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • AMERICAN HEROES BBQ · Brisket

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2023-05-27 ← this one Castle Rock, CO 500 Fairgrounds Dr 37 707.9772 Janky Leg BBQ GETTIN' BASTED
2024-09-06 Castle Rock, CO 500 Fairgrounds Dr 36 705.6684 Man Meat BBQ GETTIN' BASTED

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.7028174.3200173.1084
Pork Ribs178.2972176.0116173.7028
Pork178.8572176.5716171.9772
Brisket180.0000175.4288173.1084

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

37 entries · top 707.9772 · median 675.9888

#TeamScore
1 JANKY LEG BBQ 707.9772
2 GETTIN' BASTED 699.3832
3 AMERICAN HEROES BBQ 698.2172
4 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 697.1312
5 Bushmaster BBQ 694.2628
6 Fergolicious BBQ 694.2056
7 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 692.5028
8 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 691.8968
9 POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP 689.0744
10 UNCLE J'S 684.5028
11 MAN MEAT BBQ 684.4800
12 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 682.7772
13 Smoked & Furious 680.4684
14 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 680.4568
15 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 679.3372
16 Brinkerhoff BBQ 679.2912
17 Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team 678.7424
18 SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ 678.1596
19 BOVINE INTERVENTION 675.9888
20 ChurchoQ 674.1600
21 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 672.9940
22 Happy Burnt Endings 671.8972
23 Meat Machine BBQ 671.8744
24 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 671.8624
25 BULL SLAP BBQ 670.1828
26 ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE 664.4456
27 Mad Eddies BBQ 663.9084
28 Cluster Cluck Barbecue 661.6004
29 Fire & Forget BBQ 659.8516
30 DJ's Smokin' BBQ 657.5768
31 Hooligans Barbecue 651.8288
32 BrewsCue 647.2576
33 Blind Butt Limitliss 641.0056
34 At Ease 639.3480
35 CAMP RUN AMUK BBQ 638.2288
36 WHAT'S DADDY SMOKIN' ? 631.7944
37 BAR-B-KILTS 600.4116

Chicken

37 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.8228

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 177.7028
2 JANKY LEG BBQ 175.4056
3 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 175.4056
4 POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP 174.8572
5 At Ease 174.3200
6 GETTIN' BASTED 174.2628
7 BOVINE INTERVENTION 173.7256
8 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 173.1200
9 ChurchoQ 173.1200
10 Fergolicious BBQ 173.1084
11 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 171.9884
12 Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team 171.9884
13 MAN MEAT BBQ 171.9772
14 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 171.9656
15 ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE 170.8456
16 Brinkerhoff BBQ 170.8228
17 AMERICAN HEROES BBQ 170.8228
18 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 170.8228
19 Bushmaster BBQ 170.8228
20 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 170.2628
21 Happy Burnt Endings 169.1200
22 BULL SLAP BBQ 168.5372
23 SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ 168.5256
24 Smoked & Furious 168.5256
25 UNCLE J'S 168.5256
26 Cluster Cluck Barbecue 168.0116
27 Mad Eddies BBQ 167.9772
28 CAMP RUN AMUK BBQ 163.9888
29 Hooligans Barbecue 163.9660
30 BrewsCue 163.9544
31 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 163.3712
32 Meat Machine BBQ 161.6572
33 BAR-B-KILTS 158.8572
34 Fire & Forget BBQ 158.8228
35 DJ's Smokin' BBQ 157.6684
36 Blind Butt Limitliss 155.3712
37 WHAT'S DADDY SMOKIN' ? 150.7888

Pork Ribs

37 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.5484

#TeamScore
1 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 178.2972
2 JANKY LEG BBQ 177.7144
3 AMERICAN HEROES BBQ 176.5716
4 MAN MEAT BBQ 176.5716
5 Fergolicious BBQ 176.0116
6 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 175.4400
7 Meat Machine BBQ 175.4288
8 Bushmaster BBQ 175.4172
9 UNCLE J'S 173.7144
10 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 173.7028
11 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 173.1544
12 Cluster Cluck Barbecue 173.1316
13 GETTIN' BASTED 173.1200
14 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 172.5600
15 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 172.5484
16 Smoked & Furious 170.8572
17 SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ 169.6800
18 BULL SLAP BBQ 168.5600
19 Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team 168.5484
20 POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP 168.5372
21 Brinkerhoff BBQ 167.9656
22 ChurchoQ 167.3944
23 DJ's Smokin' BBQ 166.8344
24 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 166.8228
25 Blind Butt Limitliss 163.9772
26 Mad Eddies BBQ 163.9656
27 Fire & Forget BBQ 163.9544
28 Happy Burnt Endings 162.8000
29 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 161.6572
30 BOVINE INTERVENTION 157.6688
31 ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE 157.6572
32 At Ease 157.6568
33 BrewsCue 156.5488
34 Hooligans Barbecue 155.9428
35 WHAT'S DADDY SMOKIN' ? 155.9200
36 CAMP RUN AMUK BBQ 150.8228
37 BAR-B-KILTS 150.2628

Pork

37 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6684

#TeamScore
1 JANKY LEG BBQ 178.8572
2 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 177.7028
3 BOVINE INTERVENTION 177.1544
4 GETTIN' BASTED 176.5716
5 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 176.5716
6 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 175.4056
7 Brinkerhoff BBQ 174.2628
8 UNCLE J'S 173.1544
9 Bushmaster BBQ 172.0228
10 Fergolicious BBQ 171.9772
11 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 171.9772
12 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 171.4172
13 Fire & Forget BBQ 170.8344
14 POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP 170.8228
15 ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE 170.8228
16 AMERICAN HEROES BBQ 170.8228
17 Smoked & Furious 170.2628
18 Happy Burnt Endings 169.7028
19 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 169.6684
20 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 168.5256
21 WHAT'S DADDY SMOKIN' ? 167.9656
22 ChurchoQ 167.4056
23 Mad Eddies BBQ 166.8572
24 CAMP RUN AMUK BBQ 166.3200
25 MAN MEAT BBQ 166.2628
26 SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ 166.2512
27 Hooligans Barbecue 166.2400
28 BULL SLAP BBQ 165.6800
29 DJ's Smokin' BBQ 165.6684
30 Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team 165.0856
31 At Ease 163.4056
32 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 163.3828
33 Cluster Cluck Barbecue 162.8116
34 Meat Machine BBQ 161.6456
35 Blind Butt Limitliss 158.8000
36 BrewsCue 155.9200
37 BAR-B-KILTS 149.0972

Brisket

37 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 AMERICAN HEROES BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 177.1544
3 JANKY LEG BBQ 176.0000
4 Bushmaster BBQ 176.0000
5 GETTIN' BASTED 175.4288
6 POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP 174.8572
7 SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ 173.7028
8 Meat Machine BBQ 173.1428
9 Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team 173.1200
10 Fergolicious BBQ 173.1084
11 PROUD SOULS BARBECUE 171.4056
12 ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 170.8456
13 BrewsCue 170.8344
14 Smoked & Furious 170.8228
15 Happy Burnt Endings 170.2744
16 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 169.6684
17 MAN MEAT BBQ 169.6684
18 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 169.1772
19 UNCLE J'S 169.1084
20 BOVINE INTERVENTION 167.4400
21 BULL SLAP BBQ 167.4056
22 DJ's Smokin' BBQ 167.4056
23 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 167.3828
24 ChurchoQ 166.2400
25 Fire & Forget BBQ 166.2400
26 Brinkerhoff BBQ 166.2400
27 Hooligans Barbecue 165.6800
28 ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE 165.1200
29 Mad Eddies BBQ 165.1084
30 BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 165.0856
31 Blind Butt Limitliss 162.8572
32 Cluster Cluck Barbecue 157.6456
33 WHAT'S DADDY SMOKIN' ? 157.1200
34 CAMP RUN AMUK BBQ 157.0972
35 GRILLIN' BEAVERS 154.7656
36 At Ease 143.9656
37 BAR-B-KILTS 142.1944

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