Montana BBQ Cook-off
Absarokee, MT · 📍 Woodard Ave — every tracked edition of this contest.
Editions
9
9 with results
Typical draw
28
teams · biggest 35
Purse listed
$10K
across all editions
State championship
3 🏅
editions carried the title
The dynasty board (Grand Championships here)
- 🏆 Parrothead Smokers — 3 wins (2014, 2017, 2019)
- 🏆 LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS — 2 wins (2013, 2015)
- 🏆 Stoake-D-Fire.com — 1 win (2022)
- 🏆 Texas Smoke Whisperer — 1 win (2021)
- 🏆 HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ — 1 win (2018)
- 🏆 MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ — 1 win (2016)
Course records (best score ever posted here)
| Category | Score | Team | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (Master) | 708.5600 | Texas Smoke Whisperer | Jun 11, 2021 |
| Chicken | 179.4400 | Mountain Smoke | Jun 10, 2022 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 🔥 | AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | Jun 11, 2021 |
| Pork | 180 🔥 | PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ | Jul 5, 2014 |
| Brisket | 180 🔥 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | Jun 23, 2018 |
Most successful here (overall standings across editions)
| Team | Editions | GCs | Top-10s | Best | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | 8 | 3 | 8 | 1 | top 11% |
| LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | top 15% |
| MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | top 22% |
| HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | top 10% |
| Texas Smoke Whisperer | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | top 19% |
| Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 4% |
| HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | top 27% |
| JO-BAWB'S BBQ | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | top 11% |
| YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | top 19% |
| Grate Expectations | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | top 31% |
| Sunrise BBQ | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | top 29% |
| Up In Smoke BBQ | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | top 44% |
| Beer Belly BBQ | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | top 39% |
| G AND L BBQ | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | top 36% |
| BIG BONE BBQ-MT | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | top 49% |
Edition by edition (field size and high score)
Every edition
| Date | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2022 🏅 | Woodard Ave | 27 | 693.6112 | Stoake-D-Fire.com | OWENS BBQ | — |
| Jun 11, 2021 🏅 | Woodard Ave | 27 | 708.5600 | Texas Smoke Whisperer | Bushmaster BBQ | — |
| Jun 22, 2019 🏅 | Hwy 78 | 29 | 699.9196 | Parrothead Smokers | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | $10,000 |
| Jun 23, 2018 | Hwy 78 | 26 | 695.9660 | HICKORY AND SPICE BBQ | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | — |
| Jun 24, 2017 | Hwy 78 | 35 | 701.1200 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG | — |
| Jun 25, 2016 | Downtown Absarokee | 29 | 701.7144 | MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | — |
| Jul 3, 2015 | Absarokee, MT 59001 | 29 | 696.5828 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | JO-BAWB'S BBQ | — |
| Jul 5, 2014 | Absarokee, MT 59001 | 25 | 694.3316 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | SUNRISE BBQ | — |
| Jul 6, 2013 | Absarokee, MT | 22 | 650.2858 | LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | — |