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East Helena Smoke Show

2023-08-05 – 2023-08-06 · East Helena, MT · 📍 451 Spencer Court · State championship

Reps: BRIAN MOORE, DEL ANDERSON · Prize money: $9,125.00

Grand Champion: Rhythm 'n QUE (706.8228) · 24 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Shane Edd's BBQ

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Rhythm n QUE
706.8228 · Master Series — Overall
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Shane Edd's BBQ
701.1084 · Master Series — Overall
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SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ
691.3712 · 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 178.30
  • Pork Ribs 178.86
  • Pork 180.00 🔥
  • Brisket 176.00
117.47 180.00

Entries

24
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

706.8228

Winning margin

5.7144
GC over RC

Field average

655.89
549.93706.82
median 668.73 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
Rhythm n QUE (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken
3.4400 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

682.2284
549.93706.82
10th place overall

Field spread

156.8912
winner to last place

Prize money

$9,125.00
on the line

Most consistent

Rhythm n QUE
avg finish 2.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 3.4400 pts — Rhythm n QUE

How hot was the win?

Top 9%
beats 91% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.66 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1554
avg power rating going in · stronger than 41% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SMELLAQUE
rated 1809 pre-contest

Storylines (4 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 double category winner

2 category wins in a day

Shane Edd's BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double.

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st

How the title was won

4 of 4 meats called to the stage

Rhythm n QUE took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 3rd.

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

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.

  • Rhythm n QUE · Pork

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
2023-08-05 ← this one East Helena, MT 451 Spencer Court 24 706.8228 Rhythm 'n QUE Shane Edd's BBQ
2024-08-09 East Helena, MT 451 Spencer Court 18 693.1428 SmellaQue LC BBQ
2025-09-12 East Helena, MT — — — — —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.2972174.8572170.8572
Pork Ribs178.8572174.2628169.1084
Pork180.0000173.1428168.5484
Brisket176.0000172.5484170.8228

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

24 entries · top 706.8228 · median 668.7314

#TeamScore
1 Rhythm n QUE 706.8228
2 Shane Edd's BBQ 701.1084
3 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 691.3712
4 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 689.6340
5 MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ 686.2512
6 1 Bite BBQ 684.4912
7 SMELLAQUE 684.4796
8 OWENS BBQ 683.8968
9 Last Best BBQ 682.7996
10 Bearded Boar BBQ 682.2284
11 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 680.4916
12 Tuffy's BBQ 670.7312
13 BIG BOYZ BBQ 666.7316
14 Bird Dog BBQ 665.0516
15 Popping Smoke Barbecue 658.7424
16 SassNQue 644.4684
17 Kick Back BBQ 642.6400
18 Bad Betty's Barbecue 641.6116
19 Broken Barrel BBQ and Kitchen 637.6000
20 T.D. BBQ 629.0744
21 GT BBQ 612.9136
22 Under Dog BBQ 580.3768
23 Firehouse BBQ 567.8396
24 Byrd Rock Brothers BBQ 549.9316

Chicken

24 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.9714

#TeamScore
1 Shane Edd's BBQ 178.2972
2 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 177.7028
3 Rhythm n QUE 175.4172
4 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 175.4056
5 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 174.8572
6 MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ 174.2856
7 Tuffy's BBQ 174.2628
8 OWENS BBQ 174.2628
9 Bad Betty's Barbecue 171.9772
10 Bearded Boar BBQ 170.8572
11 Last Best BBQ 170.8228
12 1 Bite BBQ 170.8228
13 BIG BOYZ BBQ 169.1200
14 SMELLAQUE 166.8228
15 SassNQue 165.6800
16 Bird Dog BBQ 163.3828
17 GT BBQ 162.8340
18 Kick Back BBQ 160.5028
19 Popping Smoke Barbecue 159.4056
20 Broken Barrel BBQ and Kitchen 155.9656
21 T.D. BBQ 153.6800
22 Byrd Rock Brothers BBQ 153.1200
23 Firehouse BBQ 139.3712
24 Under Dog BBQ 134.1944

Pork Ribs

24 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8572

#TeamScore
1 Shane Edd's BBQ 178.8572
2 SMELLAQUE 176.5600
3 Rhythm n QUE 175.4056
4 Last Best BBQ 174.8456
5 OWENS BBQ 174.2628
6 Broken Barrel BBQ and Kitchen 172.5828
7 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 172.5600
8 Popping Smoke Barbecue 171.9772
9 MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ 169.1200
10 BIG BOYZ BBQ 169.1084
11 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 168.0000
12 1 Bite BBQ 167.4056
13 Bird Dog BBQ 166.3088
14 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 166.2632
15 Bearded Boar BBQ 166.2628
16 Tuffy's BBQ 166.2628
17 Kick Back BBQ 162.8116
18 SassNQue 159.3944
19 T.D. BBQ 157.1544
20 Byrd Rock Brothers BBQ 154.8116
21 Under Dog BBQ 151.9768
22 GT BBQ 147.9200
23 Firehouse BBQ 144.0228
24 Bad Betty's Barbecue 142.8116

Pork

24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8456 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Rhythm n QUE 180.0000 🔥
2 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 176.5600
3 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 176.5600
4 Bird Dog BBQ 174.2628
5 1 Bite BBQ 173.1428
6 Shane Edd's BBQ 171.4056
7 SMELLAQUE 170.8456
8 Bearded Boar BBQ 170.8228
9 MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ 169.7028
10 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 168.5484
11 Tuffy's BBQ 168.5372
12 Last Best BBQ 166.8684
13 Broken Barrel BBQ and Kitchen 166.8228
14 Kick Back BBQ 165.6684
15 OWENS BBQ 164.5256
16 BIG BOYZ BBQ 163.9660
17 T.D. BBQ 161.1316
18 Firehouse BBQ 156.4912
19 Bad Betty's Barbecue 156.0000
20 GT BBQ 155.9540
21 Popping Smoke Barbecue 155.3940
22 SassNQue 150.8456
23 Under Dog BBQ 142.8684
24 Byrd Rock Brothers BBQ 124.5256

Brisket

24 entries · top 176.0000 · median 169.3998

#TeamScore
1 Rhythm n QUE 176.0000
2 Bearded Boar BBQ 174.2856
3 MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ 173.1428
4 1 Bite BBQ 173.1200
5 Shane Edd's BBQ 172.5484
6 Popping Smoke Barbecue 171.9656
7 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 171.4056
8 OWENS BBQ 170.8456
9 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 170.8228
10 Bad Betty's Barbecue 170.8228
11 Last Best BBQ 170.2628
12 SMELLAQUE 170.2512
13 SassNQue 168.5484
14 BIG BOYZ BBQ 164.5372
15 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 162.8112
16 Tuffy's BBQ 161.6684
17 Bird Dog BBQ 161.0972
18 T.D. BBQ 157.1084
19 Kick Back BBQ 153.6572
20 Under Dog BBQ 151.3372
21 GT BBQ 146.2056
22 Broken Barrel BBQ and Kitchen 142.2288
23 Firehouse BBQ 127.9544
24 Byrd Rock Brothers BBQ 117.4744

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 — Anything Goes

19 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.6172 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 OWENS BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Last Best BBQ 180.0000 🔥
3 Tuffy's BBQ 178.8800
4 Under Dog BBQ 177.1428
5 SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 176.0000
6 Bearded Boar BBQ 176.0000
7 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ 175.4172
8 Bird Dog BBQ 174.3200
9 Needs More Cowbell BBQ 174.2628
10 Firehouse BBQ 172.6172
11 Shane Edd's BBQ 170.2628
12 GT BBQ 169.1084
13 BIG BOYZ BBQ 168.5828
14 Popping Smoke Barbecue 167.9772
15 SassNQue 165.1428
16 Broken Barrel BBQ and Kitchen 163.9772
17 T.D. BBQ 158.8800
18 Kick Back BBQ 157.1200
19 MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ 151.9656

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