A day of perfect scores
7
perfect 180s
7 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- Gettin' Basted · Chicken
- Loot N' Booty BBQ · Chicken
- Janky Leg BBQ · Pork
All American BBQ Cook-Off (Day 2) 2026
Oct 17–18, 2026 · Sunland Park, NM · 📍 Sunland Racetrack & Casino
Reps: Debbie Spray, Michael Santiago, Rhonda Santiago, Scott Spray · Prize money: $40,000
Janky Leg BBQ won Grand Champion at the All American BBQ Cook-Off (Day 2) on October 17, 2026 in Sunland Park, NM at Sunland Racetrack & Casino, scoring 705.0972 in a field of 34 teams. The Pitfather BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 701.0856. Category winners: Chicken — Gettin' Basted (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Janky Leg BBQ (180.0000); Pork — Janky Leg BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — Smokin' Volts BBQ (177.7144). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2026 edition was won by Gettin' Basted.
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.
639.78
median 691.06
705.10 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180 🔥
- Pork Ribs 180 🔥
- Pork 180 🔥
- Brisket 177.71
150.78
180
Entries
34
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
705.0972
Winning margin
4.0116
GC over RC
Field average
686.53
639.78705.10
median 691.06 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Brisket
1.1544 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
695.9084
639.78705.10
10th place overall
Field spread
65.3140
winner to last place
Prize money
$40,000
on the line
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 14%
beats 86% of 4723 Master Series wins in the data
Came back for more
91%
32 of 35 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.69 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,629
avg power rating going in · stronger than 90% of contests
Storylines (8 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 stacked field
1629
average power rating going in
Stronger than 90% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1629 power rating going in — stronger than 90% of every contest tracked.
- top seed JANKY LEG BBQ (1954)
- 34 rated teams
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 22 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 1–2: Gettin' Basted and Loot N' Booty BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Ribbin-1-Out and Si Quema tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Dos Lunas and Pork Bombin BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 1–2 · tie
- Chicken 4–5 · tie
- Chicken 9–10 · tie
- Pork Ribs 1–2 · tie
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
Janky Leg BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
Janky Leg BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 30th.
- Chicken 30th
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 6th
A contest record in chicken
180.0000
best chicken ever cooked here
Gettin' Basted turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 179.4400 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
- old best 179.4400
- across 1 past editions
Back to defend
1
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Gettin' Basted (won 2026).
- Gettin' Basted · 2026
They keep coming back
91%
of last edition’s field returned
32 of 35 teams from 2026-10-16 came back
32 of the 35 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | Sunland Park, NM | Sunland Racetrack & Casino | 35 | 708.5716 | Gettin' Basted | Janky Leg BBQ |
| Oct 17, 2026 ← this one | Sunland Park, NM | Sunland Racetrack & Casino | 34 | 705.0972 | Janky Leg BBQ | The Pitfather BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 175.4172 |
| Brisket | 177.7144 | 176.5600 | 174.8456 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
34 entries · top 705.0972 · median 691.0572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janky Leg BBQ | |
| 2 | The Pitfather BBQ | |
| 3 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 4 | Mar-B-Que's BBQ | |
| 5 | Colorado BullDawg BBQ | |
| 6 | Rio Valley Meat | |
| 7 | Can Do BBQ | |
| 8 | Man Meat BBQ | |
| 9 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 10 | BrewsCue | |
| 11 | Smokin' Volts BBQ | |
| 12 | Loot N' Booty BBQ | |
| 13 | Triple B BBQ | |
| 14 | Tip of Texas BBQ | |
| 15 | B-S BBQ Outlaws | |
| 16 | Porterhouse BBQ | |
| 17 | Gettin' Basted | |
| 18 | Renegade BBQ | |
| 19 | AJ's Smokehouse BBQ | |
| 20 | Bourbon & Blues | |
| 21 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 22 | Burnin and Lootin BBQ | |
| 23 | Poppa Pig and Porkchop | |
| 24 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 25 | Si Quema | |
| 26 | Kyotee Kookers | |
| 27 | Dos Lunas | |
| 28 | Q Live Crew BBQ | |
| 29 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 30 | Wild Willy's BBQ | |
| 31 | High Desert Holy Smoke BBQ | |
| 32 | Beefy Boyz BBQ | |
| 33 | 3 Mile BBQ | |
| 34 | DM's BBQ |
Chicken
34 entries · top 180 · median 173.1316 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gettin' Basted | |
| 2 | Loot N' Booty BBQ | |
| 3 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 4 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 5 | Si Quema | |
| 6 | Poppa Pig and Porkchop | |
| 7 | Renegade BBQ | |
| 8 | AJ's Smokehouse BBQ | |
| 9 | Dos Lunas | |
| 10 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 11 | B-S BBQ Outlaws | |
| 12 | Kyotee Kookers | |
| 13 | Can Do BBQ | |
| 14 | Colorado BullDawg BBQ | |
| 15 | Rio Valley Meat | |
| 16 | Bourbon & Blues | |
| 17 | Smokin' Volts BBQ | |
| 18 | Porterhouse BBQ | |
| 19 | The Pitfather BBQ | |
| 20 | Mar-B-Que's BBQ | |
| 21 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 22 | High Desert Holy Smoke BBQ | |
| 23 | Tip of Texas BBQ | |
| 24 | BrewsCue | |
| 25 | Man Meat BBQ | |
| 26 | Q Live Crew BBQ | |
| 27 | Triple B BBQ | |
| 28 | Wild Willy's BBQ | |
| 29 | Burnin and Lootin BBQ | |
| 30 | Janky Leg BBQ | |
| 31 | Beefy Boyz BBQ | |
| 32 | 3 Mile BBQ | |
| 33 | DM's BBQ | |
| 34 | Bushmaster BBQ |
Pork Ribs
34 entries · top 180 · median 171.3942 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janky Leg BBQ | |
| 2 | Man Meat BBQ | |
| 3 | BrewsCue | |
| 4 | Renegade BBQ | |
| 5 | Rio Valley Meat | |
| 6 | Triple B BBQ | |
| 7 | Dos Lunas | |
| 8 | The Pitfather BBQ | |
| 9 | Can Do BBQ | |
| 10 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 11 | Colorado BullDawg BBQ | |
| 12 | Mar-B-Que's BBQ | |
| 13 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 14 | Poppa Pig and Porkchop | |
| 15 | Tip of Texas BBQ | |
| 16 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 17 | Gettin' Basted | |
| 18 | B-S BBQ Outlaws | |
| 19 | Smokin' Volts BBQ | |
| 20 | Bourbon & Blues | |
| 21 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 22 | AJ's Smokehouse BBQ | |
| 23 | Porterhouse BBQ | |
| 24 | Burnin and Lootin BBQ | |
| 25 | Si Quema | |
| 26 | Loot N' Booty BBQ | |
| 27 | Beefy Boyz BBQ | |
| 28 | Q Live Crew BBQ | |
| 29 | 3 Mile BBQ | |
| 30 | Kyotee Kookers | |
| 31 | High Desert Holy Smoke BBQ | |
| 32 | DM's BBQ | |
| 33 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 34 | Wild Willy's BBQ |
Pork
34 entries · top 180 · median 171.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janky Leg BBQ | |
| 2 | Colorado BullDawg BBQ | |
| 3 | Mar-B-Que's BBQ | |
| 4 | Rio Valley Meat | |
| 5 | The Pitfather BBQ | |
| 6 | Tip of Texas BBQ | |
| 7 | BrewsCue | |
| 8 | Bourbon & Blues | |
| 9 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 10 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 11 | Smokin' Volts BBQ | |
| 12 | Loot N' Booty BBQ | |
| 13 | Burnin and Lootin BBQ | |
| 14 | Poppa Pig and Porkchop | |
| 15 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 16 | Triple B BBQ | |
| 17 | Kyotee Kookers | |
| 18 | AJ's Smokehouse BBQ | |
| 19 | Man Meat BBQ | |
| 20 | Porterhouse BBQ | |
| 21 | Can Do BBQ | |
| 22 | B-S BBQ Outlaws | |
| 23 | Renegade BBQ | |
| 24 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 25 | Si Quema | |
| 26 | Gettin' Basted | |
| 27 | Q Live Crew BBQ | |
| 28 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 29 | Wild Willy's BBQ | |
| 30 | High Desert Holy Smoke BBQ | |
| 31 | Dos Lunas | |
| 32 | Beefy Boyz BBQ | |
| 33 | DM's BBQ | |
| 34 | 3 Mile BBQ |
Brisket
34 entries · top 177.7144 · median 171.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokin' Volts BBQ | |
| 2 | Porterhouse BBQ | |
| 3 | Pork Bombin BBQ | |
| 4 | Mar-B-Que's BBQ | |
| 5 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 6 | Janky Leg BBQ | |
| 7 | Can Do BBQ | |
| 8 | B-S BBQ Outlaws | |
| 9 | Burnin and Lootin BBQ | |
| 10 | The Pitfather BBQ | |
| 11 | Q Live Crew BBQ | |
| 12 | Loot N' Booty BBQ | |
| 13 | Man Meat BBQ | |
| 14 | Bushmaster BBQ | |
| 15 | Tip of Texas BBQ | |
| 16 | Triple B BBQ | |
| 17 | Kyotee Kookers | |
| 18 | Si Quema | |
| 19 | Gettin' Basted | |
| 20 | Colorado BullDawg BBQ | |
| 21 | AJ's Smokehouse BBQ | |
| 22 | Wild Willy's BBQ | |
| 23 | Rio Valley Meat | |
| 24 | Bourbon & Blues | |
| 25 | High Desert Holy Smoke BBQ | |
| 26 | BrewsCue | |
| 27 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 28 | Renegade BBQ | |
| 29 | Ribbin-1-Out | |
| 30 | Dos Lunas | |
| 31 | Poppa Pig and Porkchop | |
| 32 | 3 Mile BBQ | |
| 33 | Beefy Boyz BBQ | |
| 34 | DM's BBQ |
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 — Breakfast
13 entries · top 180 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Bite BBQ | |
| 2 | Si Quema | |
| 3 | Can Do BBQ | |
| 4 | B-S BBQ Outlaws | |
| 5 | Bourbon & Blues | |
| 6 | Smokin' Volts BBQ | |
| 7 | Q Live Crew BBQ | |
| 8 | Poppa Pig and Porkchop | |
| 9 | BrewsCue | |
| 10 | Beefy Boyz BBQ | |
| 11 | Mrs. Plucky | |
| 12 | Dos Lunas | |
| 13 | Mar-B-Que's BBQ |