2023-08-04 – 2023-08-05 · Dinuba, CA · 📍 855 E El Monte Way · State championship
Reps: IAN SCHMIDT, JULIE POE · Prize money: $6,000.00
Grand Champion: B' Mackin BBQ (698.8344) · 29 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Big Boys 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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 71 times in 100
B' Mackin BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BIG POPPA SMOKERS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Chicken places 1–2: PORTERHOUSE BBQ and MYA&DJ'S BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ and Meat Candy Q tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ and Big Cat BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
B' MACKIN BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 7th.
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 | 177.7144 | 176.0000 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 172.0000 | 169.6800 |
| Pork | 177.7028 | 175.4056 | 170.8228 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 173.1316 | 168.5372 |
29 entries · top 698.8344 · median 670.7312
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 2 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 3 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 4 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 5 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 6 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 7 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 8 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 9 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 10 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 11 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 12 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 13 | OM BBQ | |
| 14 | LADY OF Q | |
| 15 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 16 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 17 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 18 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 19 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 20 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 21 | VEGAS GRILLBILLIES | |
| 22 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 23 | Nutin2itBut2Qit | |
| 24 | Smoked Seduction BBQ | |
| 25 | Cherry Anchor BBQ | |
| 26 | RBQ | |
| 27 | SMOKE AND HOPE | |
| 28 | Sweets %22N%22 Meats | |
| 29 | Smoked Out Ribs LLC |
29 entries · top 177.7144 · median 170.8112
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 2 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 3 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 4 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 5 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 6 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 7 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 8 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 9 | LADY OF Q | |
| 10 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 11 | VEGAS GRILLBILLIES | |
| 12 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 13 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 14 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 15 | Cherry Anchor BBQ | |
| 16 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 17 | Nutin2itBut2Qit | |
| 18 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 19 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 20 | SMOKE AND HOPE | |
| 21 | OM BBQ | |
| 22 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 23 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 24 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 25 | Smoked Seduction BBQ | |
| 26 | RBQ | |
| 27 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 28 | Sweets %22N%22 Meats | |
| 29 | Smoked Out Ribs LLC |
29 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.9888
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 2 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 3 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 6 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 7 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 8 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 9 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 10 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 11 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 12 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 13 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKE AND HOPE | |
| 15 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 16 | VEGAS GRILLBILLIES | |
| 17 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 19 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 20 | RBQ | |
| 21 | Smoked Seduction BBQ | |
| 22 | LADY OF Q | |
| 23 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 24 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 25 | Nutin2itBut2Qit | |
| 26 | Sweets %22N%22 Meats | |
| 27 | OM BBQ | |
| 28 | Cherry Anchor BBQ | |
| 29 | Smoked Out Ribs LLC |
29 entries · top 177.7028 · median 167.3944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 2 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 3 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 4 | OM BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 6 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 7 | LADY OF Q | |
| 8 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 9 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 10 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 11 | Nutin2itBut2Qit | |
| 12 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 13 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 14 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 15 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 16 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 17 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 18 | RBQ | |
| 19 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 20 | VEGAS GRILLBILLIES | |
| 21 | Smoked Out Ribs LLC | |
| 22 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 23 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 24 | Smoked Seduction BBQ | |
| 25 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 26 | Cherry Anchor BBQ | |
| 27 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 28 | SMOKE AND HOPE | |
| 29 | Sweets %22N%22 Meats |
29 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.8684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B' MACKIN BBQ | |
| 2 | BULL MARKET BBQ | |
| 3 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | |
| 4 | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 6 | OM BBQ | |
| 7 | Bad Bears BBQ | |
| 8 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 9 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | |
| 10 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 11 | BONE RUBBIN BBQ | |
| 12 | Big Boys BBQ | |
| 13 | OLD TOWN FRANKLIN BBQ | |
| 14 | STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | |
| 15 | Big Cat BBQ | |
| 16 | Smoked Seduction BBQ | |
| 17 | Cherry Anchor BBQ | |
| 18 | Meat Candy Q | |
| 19 | LADY OF Q | |
| 20 | VEGAS GRILLBILLIES | |
| 21 | West Coast BBQ Shop | |
| 22 | RBQ | |
| 23 | SMOKIN' AXE BBQ | |
| 24 | 5TH GEAR BBQ | |
| 25 | Nutin2itBut2Qit | |
| 26 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 27 | SMOKE AND HOPE | |
| 28 | Sweets %22N%22 Meats | |
| 29 | Smoked Out Ribs LLC |
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.
6 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CYNICAL BBQ | |
| 2 | OM BBQ | |
| 3 | BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN' BLISS BBQ | |
| 5 | MYA&DJ'S BBQ | |
| 6 | Big Boys BBQ |