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KCBS in Utah UT
39 tracked contests over 13.5 years,
259 teams on the scoresheets — the 44th busiest of 94 regions on file.
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At a glance
This season 2
contests in 2026 · 23 teams competing
Teams competed 259
distinct teams on record
Typical field 22
teams · biggest 42
Avg winning score 694.64
Master · of 720 · best 716.57
Avg category score 165.29
across 2,456 meat entries
Perfect 180s 35 🔥
14.3 per 1,000 entries
Grand champions 27
titles handed out here
State championships 15 🏅
on the calendar
Towns 13
16 venues · 31 recurring contests
Seasons on record 14
2013 – 2026
Published purses $128,300
across 13 contests that listed one
Cancelled 2
not counted as contests held
How Utah stacks up (against all 94 regions on file)
The bar is Utah's standing on that measure: a full bar is the region that leads it, an empty one is the region that trails it. Rate-based measures need a minimum body of results before a region is ranked at all, so a single hot weekend can't buy a place. The median is the middle region, not the average — one huge region would drag an average somewhere no region actually is.
Contests held
39
#44 of 94
▲ median 37
Teams competing
259
#47 of 88
▲ median 249.5
Contests this season
2
#51 of 75
▼ median 2.5
Field depth
22 teams
#50 of 61
▼ median 31 teams
Winning score
694.64
#23 of 52
▲ median 694.24
State championships
15
#35 of 51
▲ median 5
Regions like this one
Matched on the shape of the scene — how many contests it runs, how deep the fields get, how the room scores and how often it hands out a 180 — not on the map. Counts are compared on a log scale, because 5 contests to 15 is a different scene while 300 to 310 is the same one.
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Season by season
Click a column heading to re-sort. Winning score is the Master overall (of 720); a season with no scored Master contest leaves it blank.
Contests per season (up to 2026)
When they cook (month of year)
Field depth over time (average teams per contest, and teams competing that season)
What it took to win (average Master winning score, and 180s scored)
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How the room scores (every judged meat, against the sport as a whole)
A lower average means a harder room. “vs sport” is this region's average minus the same meat's average everywhere KCBS is scored.
Meat Avg here vs sport Entries 180s 180s /1k
Chicken
166.71
+1.55
620
13
21
Pork Ribs
164.21
+0.59
621
1
1.6
Pork
166.16
+1.86
609
15
24.6
Brisket
164.08
+1.85
606
6
9.9
Top teams who cook here (by power rating)
The regulars (most contests cooked in Utah)
Team Contests GCs Last
CROOKED PIGS 18 1 May 1, 2026
Rhythm n QUE 11 2 Jul 19, 2024
UTAH BBQ COMPANY 11 1 Jul 18, 2025
BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ 11 1 Jul 19, 2024
G AND L BBQ 11 — Jun 19, 2020
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 10 2 Jul 19, 2024
TEAM AMERICA 10 1 Jun 29, 2018
HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ 10 — Jul 13, 2018
R&R BBQ 9 2 Jan 3, 2020
GIRLS CAN GRILL 9 1 Jul 18, 2025
GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE 9 1 Jul 13, 2018
1 Bite BBQ 8 — Sep 18, 2026
Highest scores in Utah (Master · /720)
Score Team Where
716.5716 Tuffy's BBQ
NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship Sep 18, 2026
714.2860 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ
NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship Sep 18, 2026
713.7144 CROOKED PIGS
Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash May 1, 2026
713.1316 Brinkerhoff BBQ
NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship Sep 18, 2026
712.5716 Burnin and Lootin
Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship Jun 20, 2025
710.8688 SinBin BBQ
Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship Jun 20, 2025
710.8572 Big Juicy BBQ
NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship Sep 18, 2026
709.7260 Bourbon & Blues BBQ
Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship Jun 20, 2025
709.6916 SinBin BBQ
NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship Sep 18, 2026
707.9888 SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ
Blaze of 47 Jul 18, 2025
Contests that come back (recurring)
Where it happens (towns in Utah)
Town Contests Seasons Avg field Last
Salt Lake City 9 7 26 Jul 18, 2025
Ogden 8 7 19 Sep 18, 2026
Kanab 7 6 23 Sep 9, 2022
Layton 3 1 — Jul 22, 2017
Holladay 3 1 31 Jul 24, 2014
Lehi 2 1 — Jul 14, 2016
Marriott-Slaterville 1 1 19 May 1, 2026
Logan 1 1 — Jun 24, 2022
Riverdale 1 1 32 Jun 19, 2020
Hurrican 1 1 15 Jan 3, 2020
Draper 1 1 21 Jul 13, 2018
Washington 1 1 15 May 18, 2018
State championships 🏅
Contest Teams Grand champion
NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship Sep 18, 2026
12
Tuffy's BBQ
Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash May 1, 2026
19
Crooked Pigs
Blaze of 47 Jul 18, 2025
26
Smokin' Volts BBQ
Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship Jun 20, 2025
16
Burnin and Lootin
The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff Jul 19, 2024
16
Rhythm 'n Que
Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship Jun 21, 2024
29
LC BBQ
GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship Jun 9, 2023
16
Girls Can Grill
Western Legends BBQ Contest Sep 9, 2022
31
Bushmaster BBQ
The Cache Smokeout at the American West Heritage Center (POSTPONED UNTIL 2023) Jun 24, 2022
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Western Legends BBQ Contest Aug 20, 2021
26
YSB BBQ
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Where else these teams cook
Of the 251 teams with a recorded finish in Utah, this is where else they turn up — the honest picture of which scenes share a travelling field. Follow one to open it up.
On the map (every mapped contest in Utah — tap a pin)
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