Art of Barbeque

2023-06-30 – 2023-07-01 · Sterling, CO · 📍 315 Main Street · State championship

Reps: BRIAN MOORE, MICHAEL WINTER · Prize money: $10,000.00

Grand Champion: Heifers, Butts & Clucks BBQ (699.4516) · 35 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ

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HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ

699.4516 · Master Series — Overall

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Colorado Bulldawg BBQ

697.1544 · Master Series — Overall

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POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP

697.1088 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

699.4516

Winning margin

2.2972

GC over RC

Field average

672.13

median 673.67

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

WHEN PIGS DIE (Brisket), Colorado Bulldawg BBQ (Chicken), POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Pork

4.0228 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

685.0628

10th place overall

Field spread

102.4340

winner to last place

Prize money

$10,000.00

on the line

Most consistent

HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ

avg finish 5.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket

won by 2.8572 pts — WHEN PIGS DIE

How hot was the win?

Top 50%

beats 50% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

34%

of the 35 teams with a home region came from outside CO

Form held

Strong

ρ = -0.64 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1573

avg power rating going in · stronger than 76% of contests

Top-rated in the field

GETTIN' BASTED

rated 1922 pre-contest

Storylines

🔥 A day of perfect scores

3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 7–8: Meat Machine BBQ and At Ease tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ and ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ tied on 177.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: Needs More Cowbell BBQ edged B' MACKIN BBQ by 0.0116.

🃏 An upset on the books

Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 14-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)

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)

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

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	174.2744	171.9772
Pork Ribs	180.0000	174.9028	173.1428
Pork	179.4400	175.4172	173.7028
Brisket	180.0000	175.4056	172.5600

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

35 entries · top 699.4516 · median 673.6684

#	Team	Score
1	HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ	699.4516
2	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	697.1544
3	POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	697.1088
4	Meat Machine BBQ	689.0512
5	SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ	687.8972
6	Meat Candy Q	687.3600
7	Bushmaster BBQ	686.7428
8	BULL SLAP BBQ	685.6460
9	GETTIN' BASTED	685.6344
10	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	685.0628
11	Smoked & Furious	684.5376
12	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	682.7424
13	4 LEGS UP BBQ	682.1712
14	B' MACKIN BBQ	679.9200
15	Rhythm n QUE	679.8856
16	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	676.4684
17	Frank's BBQ Trading Post	675.9544
18	At Ease	673.6684
19	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	673.6000
20	WHEN PIGS DIE	672.9940
21	ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	671.8740
22	UNCLE J'S	670.1140
23	Fire & Forget BBQ	668.5144
24	Bull-B-Que	667.9776
25	BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	666.1372
26	Brinkerhoff BBQ	664.4800
27	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	663.2340
28	Hooligans Barbecue	661.5656
29	Cluster Cluck Barbecue	657.5540
30	Blind Butt Limitless	655.9200
31	Monarchbbq	654.6512
32	BOVINE INTERVENTION	652.4112
33	Happy Burnt Endings	650.6512
34	ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE	639.3024
35	Fischer's BBQ	597.0176

Chicken

35 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	177.7144
3	BOVINE INTERVENTION	176.5828
4	BULL SLAP BBQ	175.4288
5	HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ	174.2744
6	Meat Candy Q	174.2628
7	Meat Machine BBQ	173.7144
8	At Ease	173.7144
9	GETTIN' BASTED	172.5600
10	BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	171.9772
11	B' MACKIN BBQ	171.4056
12	Hooligans Barbecue	171.4056
13	4 LEGS UP BBQ	170.8228
14	Frank's BBQ Trading Post	170.2744
15	ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE	169.6912
16	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	169.6684
17	Rhythm n QUE	169.6684
18	UNCLE J'S	169.6684
19	Bull-B-Que	167.4172
20	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	167.3828
21	Smoked & Furious	166.2516
22	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	165.1200
23	Cluster Cluck Barbecue	165.0972
24	SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ	165.0972
25	WHEN PIGS DIE	165.0856
26	Happy Burnt Endings	164.5372
27	Bushmaster BBQ	163.9428
28	Fire & Forget BBQ	160.5716
29	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	160.5028
30	Monarchbbq	159.3600
31	ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	158.8112
32	Brinkerhoff BBQ	158.2628
33	Fischer's BBQ	157.1432
34	Blind Butt Limitless	157.1084
35	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	156.4912

Pork Ribs

35 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1316 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	180.0000 🔥
2	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	178.2972
3	SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ	177.7144
4	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	177.7028
5	Frank's BBQ Trading Post	174.9028
6	Bushmaster BBQ	174.2744
7	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	173.7488
8	4 LEGS UP BBQ	173.7028
9	HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ	173.1544
10	Fire & Forget BBQ	173.1428
11	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	173.1200
12	Meat Machine BBQ	172.5484
13	At Ease	172.0000
14	Rhythm n QUE	171.4172
15	Smoked & Furious	171.4172
16	Bull-B-Que	170.2744
17	Brinkerhoff BBQ	169.6800
18	Meat Candy Q	169.1316
19	ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	168.5372
20	GETTIN' BASTED	167.9772
21	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	167.3828
22	B' MACKIN BBQ	166.2744
23	UNCLE J'S	166.2400
24	BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	165.1316
25	WHEN PIGS DIE	163.9656
26	BULL SLAP BBQ	163.9544
27	Happy Burnt Endings	163.9428
28	Monarchbbq	162.8000
29	Cluster Cluck Barbecue	161.6800
30	ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE	161.1200
31	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	160.5256
32	Hooligans Barbecue	159.3944
33	BOVINE INTERVENTION	159.3828
34	Blind Butt Limitless	157.6916
35	Fischer's BBQ	151.3944

Pork

35 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.9772

#	Team	Score
1	BULL SLAP BBQ	179.4400
2	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	176.5944
3	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	176.0000
4	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	175.4288
5	B' MACKIN BBQ	175.4172
6	Bushmaster BBQ	175.4056
7	HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ	174.8800
8	Blind Butt Limitless	174.8456
9	Cluster Cluck Barbecue	174.2856
10	UNCLE J'S	173.7028
11	Smoked & Furious	172.5600
12	Rhythm n QUE	171.9772
13	Meat Candy Q	170.8228
14	Meat Machine BBQ	170.8112
15	SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ	169.6800
16	GETTIN' BASTED	169.6800
17	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	168.5372
18	POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	167.9772
19	Frank's BBQ Trading Post	167.9772
20	Monarchbbq	167.9656
21	Happy Burnt Endings	167.4056
22	ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	167.3828
23	Brinkerhoff BBQ	166.8456
24	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	166.8228
25	BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	166.2284
26	Fire & Forget BBQ	165.6800
27	4 LEGS UP BBQ	165.6800
28	Bull-B-Que	163.9888
29	At Ease	163.9656
30	WHEN PIGS DIE	163.9428
31	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	162.8112
32	BOVINE INTERVENTION	162.2284
33	Hooligans Barbecue	158.8000
34	ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE	153.1084
35	Fischer's BBQ	141.0856

Brisket

35 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	WHEN PIGS DIE	180.0000 🔥
2	HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ	177.1428
3	ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	177.1428
4	GETTIN' BASTED	175.4172
5	SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ	175.4056
6	Smoked & Furious	174.3088
7	Meat Candy Q	173.1428
8	Bushmaster BBQ	173.1200
9	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	173.1084
10	GRILLIN' BEAVERS	172.5600
11	Meat Machine BBQ	171.9772
12	Hooligans Barbecue	171.9656
13	4 LEGS UP BBQ	171.9656
14	POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	171.4172
15	Needs More Cowbell BBQ	170.2628
16	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	170.2628
17	Brinkerhoff BBQ	169.6916
18	Fire & Forget BBQ	169.1200
19	SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	168.5256
20	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	167.4056
21	BULL SLAP BBQ	166.8228
22	Rhythm n QUE	166.8228
23	B' MACKIN BBQ	166.8228
24	Bull-B-Que	166.2972
25	Blind Butt Limitless	166.2744
26	Monarchbbq	164.5256
27	At Ease	163.9884
28	Frank's BBQ Trading Post	162.8000
29	BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	162.8000
30	UNCLE J'S	160.5028
31	Cluster Cluck Barbecue	156.4912
32	ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE	155.3828
33	Happy Burnt Endings	154.7656
34	BOVINE INTERVENTION	154.2172
35	Fischer's BBQ	147.3944

Art of Barbeque

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Traveled in

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines

🔥 A day of perfect scores

📸 Photo finishes

🃏 An upset on the books

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)

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

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket