Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
2023-08-18 – 2023-08-19 · Lubbock, TX · 📍 1308 Indiana Ave · State championship
Reps: BOB MCKINNON, TERRI MCKINNON · Prize money: $11,525.00
Grand Champion: Crossed Rifles BBQ (713.1660) · 48 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 TCB BBQ
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Perfect 180s
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How hot was the win?
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🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Crossed Rifles BBQ took the Grand Championship home to KS.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
7 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: TINY E BBQ and LA PASADITA tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Bubba's Blue Plate and LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: Maggie's Farms and Royal Schmidt's BBQ competition team tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
Crossed Rifles BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Fergolicious BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-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)
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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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-18 ← this one | Lubbock, TX | 1308 Indiana Ave | 48 | 713.1660 | Crossed Rifles BBQ | TCB BBQ |
| 2024-08-16 | Lubbock, TX | 1308 Indiana Ave | 41 | 708.0000 | Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas | 3 Cow Cartel |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 174.8572 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 173.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
48 entries · top 713.1660 · median 662.1770
Chicken
47 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
48 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
48 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.5428 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
48 entries · top 180.0000 · median 161.3828 · 🔥 perfect 180
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 — Steak
45 entries · top 178.8800 · median 167.9884