Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
Norco, CA — every tracked edition of this contest.
Editions
8
7 with results
Typical draw
44
teams · biggest 75
Purse listed
$40K
across all editions
State championship
6 🏅
editions carried the title
The dynasty board (Grand Championships here)
- 🏆 Loot N' Booty BBQ — 2 wins (2025, 2025)
- 🏆 Big Red BBQ — 1 win (2023)
- 🏆 Big Poppa Smokers — 1 win (2022)
- 🏆 Burnin' and Lootin' — 1 win (2019)
- 🏆 MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ. — 1 win (2016)
- 🏆 PORTERHOUSE BBQ — 1 win (2015)
Course records (best score ever posted here)
| Category | Score | Team | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (Master) | 711.9884 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | May 30, 2025 |
| Overall (Backyard) | 353.7144 | Double Trouble BBQ | Jun 3, 2022 |
| Chicken | 180 🔥 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | May 31, 2025 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 🔥 | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | May 30, 2025 |
| Pork | 180 🔥 | The Pitfather BBQ | May 30, 2025 |
| Brisket | 180 🔥 | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | May 29, 2015 |
Most successful here (overall standings across editions)
| Team | Editions | GCs | Top-10s | Best | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | top 6% |
| Burnin and Lootin | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | top 16% |
| BIG POPPA SMOKERS | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | top 10% |
| Porterhouse BBQ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 40% |
| MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 24% |
| BIG RED BBQ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 43% |
| 3SLUGGZBBQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 2% |
| Double Trouble BBQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 3% |
| Sweet Willy’s BBQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 2% |
| LADY OF Q | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | top 22% |
| Meat Candy Q | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | top 15% |
| SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | top 39% |
| SMOKE HOUND BBQ | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | top 38% |
| 5TH GEAR BBQ | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | top 17% |
| DG FIREHOUSE BBQ | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | top 15% |
Edition by edition (field size and high score)
Every edition
| Date | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2026 cancelled 🏅 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 31, 2025 🏅 | 3737 Crestview | 20 | 710.2744 | Loot N' Booty BBQ | Meat Candy Q | $6,000 |
| May 30, 2025 🏅 | 3737 Crestview | 27 | 711.9884 | Loot N' Booty BBQ | Meat Candy Q | $8,000 |
| Jun 2, 2023 🏅 | 3737 Crestview Dr | 43 | 705.1316 | Big Red BBQ | Meat Candy Q | $8,000 |
| Jun 3, 2022 🏅 | 3737 Crestview Dr | 37 | 706.2400 | Big Poppa Smokers | Meat Candy Q | $8,000 |
| May 31, 2019 🏅 | 3737 Crestview Dr | 49 | 695.9312 | Burnin' and Lootin' | Team Woodshed | $10,000 |
| Jun 3, 2016 | 3737 Crestview Dr | 58 | 705.1544 | MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ. | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | — |
| May 29, 2015 | Norco, CA 92860 | 75 | 708.5828 | PORTERHOUSE BBQ | SMOKE HOUND BBQ | — |