Art of Barbeque
2023-06-30 – 2023-07-01 · Sterling, CO · State championship
Reps: BRIAN MOORE, MICHAEL WINTER · Prize money: $10,000.00
Grand Champion: Heifers, Butts & Clucks BBQ (699.4516) · 35 teams
Entries
35
4 categories
Top score
699.4516
Winning margin
2.2972
GC over RC
Field average
672.13
median 673.67
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Tightest race
Pork
4.0228 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
685.0628
what a walk cost here
Field spread
102.4340
winner to last place
Prize money
$10,000.00
on the line
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 35%
beats 65% of 2715 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1573
avg power rating going in · stronger than 76% of contests
Storylines
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🃏 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)
Score distribution
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series — Brisket
35 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Chicken
35 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180
Master Series — Overall
35 entries · top 699.4516 · median 673.6684
Master Series — Pork
35 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.9772
Master Series — Pork Ribs
35 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1316 · 🔥 perfect 180