Record Book CO

The whole sport in one place — records, dynasties, and where the fire burns hottest, from 37 scored contests. Data grows nightly.

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Showing the CO record book — the stats, scores, championships, fields, category difficulty and season trend below are all limited to contests held in CO. Longest streaks, Team of the Year and the cross-region contest map stay global.

Contests scored

of 56 tracked

Teams

442

6265 result rows

Reps

Perfect 180s

31 🔥

all-time, across the four meats

Highest score ever

709.7144

Master · GETTIN' BASTED

Biggest field ever

26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge

The sport over time in CO (contests per season, and the average winning score at full 4-meat contests)

Hot in 2026 🔥

Team	GCs this season
BrewsCue	1

Closest championships ever (Master)

Margin	Winner over runner-up
0.0344	Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ over Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 · 2022-10-22
0.5600	BURNT TREES BBQ over PORKY BUTTS BBQ Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 · 2022-10-21
0.6056	CLARK CREW BBQ over GETTIN' BASTED Colorado BBQ Challenge · 2023-06-16
1.1428	MAN MEAT BBQ over GETTIN' BASTED Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest · 2024-09-06
1.7372	Chucho Q over Crossed Rifles BBQ Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews · 2023-08-11
1.7832	PORKY'S PIT CREW over LUCKY'S Q 26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge · 2019-06-14
2.2972	Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ over Colorado Bulldawg BBQ Art of Barbeque · 2023-06-30
2.3200	Texas Smoke Whisper over Bushmaster BBQ San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ · 2019-08-02
2.8112	GETTIN' BASTED over SMELL OUR BUTTS BAR-B-Q National Western BBQ Throwdown · 2019-01-11
3.3828	BrewsCue over Brinkerhoff BBQ Wild West BBQ Cook-Off · 2026-04-24

Biggest blowouts (Master)

Margin	Winner over runner-up
15.4512	Bushmaster BBQ over SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews · 2024-08-09
14.8452	Backdraft BBQ over UTAH BBQ COMPANY Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest · 2019-06-21
14.3200	GETTIN' BASTED over Colorado Bulldawg BBQ Wild West BBQ Cook-Off · 2024-05-10
12.0228	GETTIN' BASTED over 4 LEGS UP BBQ SLV Beat the Heat BBQ · 2021-08-06
9.1660	Piggin' Whiskey over Bushmaster BBQ Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day · 2021-08-13

Best scores that didn't win (Master)

Score	Team · finish
705.1200	Texas Smoke Whisperer finished 2nd Frisco BBQ Challenge · 2022-06-16
704.5256	GETTIN' BASTED finished 2nd Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest · 2024-09-06
699.3832	GETTIN' BASTED finished 2nd Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest · 2023-05-27
698.8228	CLARK CREW BBQ finished 3rd Frisco BBQ Challenge · 2022-06-16
698.8000	Meat Machine BBQ finished 4th Frisco BBQ Challenge · 2022-06-16
698.2628	SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ finished 3rd Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest · 2024-09-06
698.2172	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ finished 3rd Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest · 2023-05-27
697.6916	4 LEGS UP BBQ finished 2nd SLV Beat the Heat BBQ · 2021-08-06
697.6572	GETTIN' BASTED finished 2nd Colorado BBQ Challenge · 2023-06-16
697.6456	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ finished 3rd SLV Beat the Heat BBQ · 2021-08-06

A day this good usually wins a contest outright — these are the unluckiest great cooks on record.

Highest overall contest scores

Master (out of 720)

#	Team	Score	Event
1	GETTIN' BASTED	709.7144	SLV Beat the Heat BBQ 2021-08-06
2	GETTIN' BASTED	709.1428	Frisco BBQ Challenge 2022-06-16
3	Bushmaster BBQ	709.1200	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 2024-08-09
4	JANKY LEG BBQ	707.9772	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 2023-05-27
5	MAN MEAT BBQ	705.6684	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 2024-09-06
6	Texas Smoke Whisperer	705.1200	Frisco BBQ Challenge 2022-06-16
7	GETTIN' BASTED	704.5256	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 2024-09-06
8	GETTIN' BASTED	703.3828	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 2024-05-10
9	Bushmaster BBQ	702.8456	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 2023-05-12
10	POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	702.2628	The Art of Barbeque 2024-06-28
11	GETTIN' BASTED	701.1200	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 2022-08-05
12	BOOMERANG BBQ	701.0856	LuLu's Brew & Que 2019-04-26
13	Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ	699.4516	Art of Barbeque 2023-06-30
14	GETTIN' BASTED	699.3832	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 2023-05-27
15	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	699.3712	S.T.A.R Brews & Q 2020-09-05

Highest category scores

Chicken → full record book

#	Team	Score
1	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ Art of Barbeque · 2023-06-30	180.0000 🔥
2	MAN MEAT BBQ Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest · 2024-09-06	180.0000 🔥
3	Smoked & Furious Wild West BBQ Cook-Off · 2025-04-25	180.0000 🔥
4	BOOMERANG BBQ LuLu's Brew & Que · 2019-04-26	180.0000 🔥
5	Meat Machine BBQ The Art of BBQ · 2022-07-01	180.0000 🔥
6	Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ The Art of BBQ · 2022-07-01	180.0000 🔥
7	BURNT TREES BBQ Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 · 2022-10-21	180.0000 🔥
8	913 BBQ Colorado BBQ Challenge · 2023-06-16	180.0000 🔥
9	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS Buskers, Brews & BBQ · 2019-06-07	179.4400
10	Backdraft BBQ San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ · 2019-08-02	179.4400

Pork Ribs → full record book

#	Team	Score
1	POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP Art of Barbeque · 2023-06-30	180.0000 🔥
2	Texas Smoke Whisperer Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest · 2024-09-06	180.0000 🔥
3	THE CELTIC PIG 26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge · 2019-06-14	180.0000 🔥
4	Fergolicious BBQ Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) · 2022-06-04	180.0000 🔥
5	GETTIN' BASTED Frisco BBQ Challenge · 2022-06-16	180.0000 🔥
6	Texas Smoke Whisperer Frisco BBQ Challenge · 2022-06-16	180.0000 🔥
7	Bushmaster BBQ Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews · 2024-08-09	179.4400
8	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE LuLu's Brew & Que · 2019-04-26	179.4400
9	Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews · 2022-08-05	178.8800
10	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews · 2022-08-05	178.8800

Pork → full record book

#	Team	Score
1	POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP The Art of Barbeque · 2024-06-28	180.0000 🔥
2	Bushmaster BBQ Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews · 2024-08-09	180.0000 🔥
3	Colorado Bulldawg BBQ Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest · 2024-09-06	180.0000 🔥
4	POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest · 2024-09-06	180.0000 🔥
5	Sasquatch BBQ Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest · 2024-09-06	180.0000 🔥
6	HONEYMAN BBQ Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival · 2019-09-20	180.0000 🔥
7	Bushmaster BBQ Greeley Blues Jam · 2021-06-04	180.0000 🔥
8	LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ Greeley Blues Jam · 2021-06-04	180.0000 🔥
9	Fergolicious BBQ Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) · 2022-06-04	180.0000 🔥
10	LA PASADITA Colorado BBQ Challenge · 2023-06-16	180.0000 🔥

Brisket → full record book

#	Team	Score
1	WHEN PIGS DIE Art of Barbeque · 2023-06-30	180.0000 🔥
2	Soul Master Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest · 2024-09-06	180.0000 🔥
3	Lost Weekend Grill LuLu's Brew & Que · 2019-04-26	180.0000 🔥
4	Rise N Swine Wild West BBQ Cook-Off · 2022-05-06	180.0000 🔥
5	CLARK CREW BBQ Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1) · 2022-06-03	180.0000 🔥
6	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1) · 2022-06-03	180.0000 🔥
7	AMERICAN HEROES BBQ Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest · 2023-05-27	180.0000 🔥
8	BARREL FEVER BBQ Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews · 2023-08-11	179.4400
9	Bushmaster BBQ Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews · 2022-08-05	179.4400
10	ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 · 2022-10-22	179.4400

Perfect 180s (most recent)

Team	Category	Event	Date
Smoked & Furious	Chicken	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	2025-04-25
Soul Master	Brisket	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest	2024-09-06
MAN MEAT BBQ	Chicken	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest	2024-09-06
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	Pork	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest	2024-09-06
POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	Pork	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest	2024-09-06
Sasquatch BBQ	Pork	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest	2024-09-06
Texas Smoke Whisperer	Pork Ribs	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest	2024-09-06
Bushmaster BBQ	Pork	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews	2024-08-09
POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	Pork	The Art of Barbeque	2024-06-28
WHEN PIGS DIE	Brisket	Art of Barbeque	2023-06-30
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	Chicken	Art of Barbeque	2023-06-30
POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	Pork Ribs	Art of Barbeque	2023-06-30
913 BBQ	Chicken	Colorado BBQ Challenge	2023-06-16
LA PASADITA	Pork	Colorado BBQ Challenge	2023-06-16
AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	Brisket	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest	2023-05-27
BURNT TREES BBQ	Chicken	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1	2022-10-21
Meat Machine BBQ	Chicken	The Art of BBQ	2022-07-01
Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ	Chicken	The Art of BBQ	2022-07-01
GETTIN' BASTED	Pork Ribs	Frisco BBQ Challenge	2022-06-16
Texas Smoke Whisperer	Pork Ribs	Frisco BBQ Challenge	2022-06-16
Fergolicious BBQ	Pork	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2)	2022-06-04
Fergolicious BBQ	Pork Ribs	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2)	2022-06-04
CLARK CREW BBQ	Brisket	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1)	2022-06-03
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	Brisket	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1)	2022-06-03
Rise N Swine	Brisket	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	2022-05-06
Bushmaster BBQ	Pork	Greeley Blues Jam	2021-06-04
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	Pork	Greeley Blues Jam	2021-06-04
HONEYMAN BBQ	Pork	Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival	2019-09-20
THE CELTIC PIG	Pork Ribs	26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge	2019-06-14
Lost Weekend Grill	Brisket	LuLu's Brew & Que	2019-04-26
BOOMERANG BBQ	Chicken	LuLu's Brew & Que	2019-04-26

Team of the Year champions (national program — all regions)

Year	Series	Team	Points
2026 ↗	Backyard	DAWGS BBQ 🏆	1356
2026 ↗	Master	JANKY LEG BBQ 🏆	2602
2025 ↗	Backyard	Electro-Que-ted 🏆	1414
2025 ↗	Master	GETTIN' BASTED 🏆	2826
2024 ↗	Backyard	WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ 🏆	1404
2024 ↗	Master	CHUNKY BBQ 🏆	2734
2023 ↗	Master	JANKY LEG BBQ 🏆	2773
2022 ↗	Master	Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit 🏆	2761
2021 ↗	Master	GETTIN' BASTED 🏆	2804
2020 ↗	Master	GETTIN' BASTED 🏆	2670
2019 ↗	Master	B-S BBQ OUTLAWS 🏆	2774
2018 ↗	Master	GETTIN' BASTED 🏆	2840
2017 ↗	Master	CLARK CREW BBQ 🏆	2850
2016 ↗	Master	PORKY BUTTS BBQ 🏆	2846
2015 ↗	Master	CLARK CREW BBQ 🏆	2843
2014 ↗	Master	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 🏆	2936
2013 ↗	Master	WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 🏆	2940
2013 ↗	Master	TRUEBUD BBQ 🏆	2940

Most grand championships

Team	GCs
GETTIN' BASTED	7
Bushmaster BBQ	3
CLARK CREW BBQ	2
Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ	2
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	2
Texas Smoke Whisper	1
PORKY'S PIT CREW	1
WOODY'S Q SHACK	1
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX	1
UNCLE J'S	1
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	1
Backdraft BBQ	1
BOOMERANG BBQ	1
Rise N Swine	1
Fergolicious BBQ	1

Most reserve championships

Team	RCs
Bushmaster BBQ	5
GETTIN' BASTED	4
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	3
Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ	2
Texas Smoke Whisperer	2
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	2
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	2
SMELL OUR BUTTS BAR-B-Q	1
#MIDNIGHT SMOKERS	1
YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG	1
UNCLE J'S	1
4 LEGS UP BBQ	1
LUCKY'S Q	1
UTAH BBQ COMPANY	1
SHIG NINJA BBQ	1

Most category wins

Team	Wins
Bushmaster BBQ	8
GETTIN' BASTED	8
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	8
POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	7
Texas Smoke Whisperer	5
Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ	5
UNCLE J'S	4
Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ	4
Backdraft BBQ	4
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	4
HONEYMAN BBQ	3
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX	3
Meat Machine BBQ	3
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	3
LA PASADITA	3

Most perfect 180s (career)

Team	180s
POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	3 🔥
Fergolicious BBQ	2 🔥
Bushmaster BBQ	2 🔥
Texas Smoke Whisperer	2 🔥
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	2 🔥

Best single seasons (most GCs in one year)

Team	Season	GCs
GETTIN' BASTED	2022	2
GETTIN' BASTED	2021	2

Longest top-10 streaks (global)

Team	Streak
Westside BBQ	33 active
PARKSTAD SMOKERS	30 active
Too Sauced BBQ	29
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	27
The BBQ Ranch	26 active
Sensuous BBQ	25
D’Qued Barbeque	24
SWEET & SAVORY BBQ	23
White Squirrel BBQ	22 active
Backcorner BBQ	22
The Antwerp Smokers	21 active
Furlongs Smoke & Seafood	21
Rollin Smoke BBQ	21
BBQ+	20
Knockstone BBQ Team Austria	20

Most consecutive GCs (global)

Team	In a row
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	6 🏆
Sweaty Hogs	4 🏆
BOGGS HOG BBQ	4 🏆
BUNCH OF SWINES	4 🏆
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	4 🏆
WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ	4 🏆
ZIPS BBQ	4 🏆
White Squirrel BBQ	4 🏆
Under the Radar	4 🏆
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	3 🏆
JANKY LEG BBQ	3 🏆
BLUE CHIP BBQ	3 🏆
Curly Bird BBQ	3 🏆
DAWGS BBQ	3 🏆
Dog Bite Barbecue	3 🏆

Most active reps

Rep	Events
MICHAEL WINTER	27
DEL ANDERSON	27
BRIAN MOORE	17
RICH TUTTLE	11
BUNNY TUTTLE	11
MICHAEL EBERLE	5
ROBERT HAHN	4
STEVEN FLEWALLEN	2

Biggest contests

Event	Teams	GC
26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge 2019-06-14 · Frisco, CO	55	PORKYS PIT CREW
San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ 2019-08-02 · Alamosa, CO	54	Texas Smoke Whisperer
Meat Scream BBQ Competition 2019-10-18 · Westminster, CO	46	B-S BBQ Outlaws
SLV Beat the Heat BBQ 2021-08-06 · Alamosa, CO	42	Gettin' Basted
Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 2021-08-13 · Milliken, CO	42	Piggin' Whiskey
Colorado BBQ Challenge 2023-06-16 · Frisco, CO	42	Clark Crew BBQ
LuLu's Brew & Que 2019-04-26 · Brighton, CO	40	Boomerang BBQ
National Western BBQ Throwdown 2019-01-11 · Denver, CO	38	Gettin' Basted
Buskers, Brews & BBQ 2019-06-07 · Aurora, CO	38	BUCKSHOT BBQ
Frisco BBQ Challenge 2022-06-16 · Frisco, CO	37	GETTIN' BASTED
Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 2023-05-27 · Castle Rock, CO	37	Janky Leg BBQ
Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 2024-09-06 · Castle Rock, CO	36	Man Meat BBQ
Art of Barbeque 2023-06-30 · Sterling, CO	35	Heifers, Butts & Clucks BBQ
Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 2021-05-07 · Lamar, CO	35	Gettin' Basted
Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 2022-08-05 · Alamosa, CO	35	Gettin' Basted

Category difficulty (which meat is toughest to score in CO)

Category	Entries	Avg score	Avg winning score	Perfect 180s	180s per 1,000 entries
Brisket toughest room	1184	162.49	177.52	7	5.9
Pork Ribs	1213	164.38	177.19	6	4.9
Pork	1185	164.86	177.58	10	8.4
Chicken	1185	166.19	177.94	8	6.8

Sorted by average score — the category at the top scores lowest across the whole field, which usually means the judges are hardest to please there.