The people have spoken and the Cowboy Cup has been crowned Oklahoma’s cannabis competition.
In true Sooner State fashion, winners earn bolo ties, spurs and belt buckles after throwing their hats in the ring against other local industry participants at the Tumbleweed Dance Hall in Stillwater.
There were some familiar faces from other competitions, like ALTVM taking first place in the indoor flower category with their Slapz strain and Pharmicated — who took the first Cowboy Cup buckle for indoor flower when they were operating as Purple Tangie — taking both first and second place in the sungrown flower category.
While several companies took two of the three awards in their respective categories, only newcomer Golden Trends swept one entirely with their CO2 cartridges.
Attendance totals have not yet been finalized, but Lewis estimates at least 8,000 people attended the event across two days.
“Everybody was just beside themselves at how well the event went and how beneficial it was for their business,” Lewis said.
More than 520 products were entered into the competition, including nearly 200 indoor flower contestants, he said.
While complaints about other cannabis competitions being pay-to-play are rampant, after attending the first year’s event, I asked if I could be a judge for the indoor flower category.
Be careful what you wish for. A total of 82 entries were given to my half of the judges, who had about six weeks to complete their portion of the competition. If it sounds like a lot of work, it was. Averaging about four strains a day, each was identified only by a three-letter prefix and a three-digit numeral.
The horse I backed, IND-098, made it to the final ten, which consisted of both groups of judges conspiring in a smoke-filled room to narrow down the top three in a lightning round of judging one November afternoon over barbecue and baked goods.
For the curious, that strain was Killer Cupcake from F5 Farms.
Despite the popularity of this year’s event, Lewis said he plans on limiting himself to one major event a year.
“We may try to do something in the summer just for fun, but really, we just want to do one thing really, really good,” he said.
And the winners are…
Baked Goods
ButterstuPHD, Bud Bark
2nd: Pharmers Daughter Edibles, Churro Cake Jar
3rd: Intent Distribution, PB&J Blonde Duos
Capsules
918 OG, Strawberry Raspberry Fruit Crisps
2nd: Mint Company, 300mg Rocket Fuel Refuel Tank
3rd: High Sunshine Farms, EZ Dose It Nano Caps
Drinks
JKJ Processing, Lemon Berry Holy Water
2nd: Infamous OG, Grape Pie 200 mg Infused Infamous OG Drink
3rd: Pharmacated, Kalvara THC Infused Cocktail
Hard/soft candies
Dandy Lion Edibles, Strawnana
2nd: Wana, Peach Bellini
3rd: Kosmik Brands, Peanut Butter Jelly Blasters
High dose edibles
Kosmik Brands, 1000mg Black Hole Gummies
2nd: Flav, Rainbow Belts
3rd: JKJ Processing, Dragon Paw PB Wafers
Specialty edibles
918 OG, Strawberry Raspberry Fruit Crisps
2nd: Escalated Greens, Caramel Coma Corn
3rd: Esco Brands, Crispy’s Iced Out Oreo Bar
Tinctures
Mint Company, 750mg RSO Indica Tincture
2nd: Delta Oil, 5:1 Tincture
3rd: Hourglass Extracts, 1000mg Cottonmouth Spray Mint
Topicals
Xen Xracts, Xengay Medicated Rollon
2nd: Pharmacated, Cannidex
3rd: JKJ Processing, Pink Passion Bath Salts
Prerolls
Progressive Grow Labs, Tropical Runts
2nd: Kind Origin Cannabis, Mimosa
3rd: Lake and Bake Shop, Tropicana Cookies
Infused prerolls
ALTVM, Mafia Funeral Blunt
2nd: Cicada x Leaf Logic, Cattall Solventless Infused Pre-Roll
3rd: Icy Melts Solventless x Carter Creek Cannabis, Vixen -Hash Rosin Stix
Best new concentrates
Xen Xtracts, Geode
2nd: Noble Nectar, Tropaya BHO/SHO Powdered Donut
3rd: Tribe Collective, Dog Walker Dipped and Rolled Variety Pack
Liquid BHO
Apothecary Extracts, Hazelnut Cream Ambrosia Live Resin
2nd: Giddy’s Greenleaf Organics, Mac Gelato
3rd: 710 Diamond Co,Vixen -Hash Rosin Stix
Solid BHO
Xen Xtracts, Macaloupe
2nd: Xen Xtracts, Liberty Haze
3rd: Slow Burn Desert Xtracts, Blueberry Kush
Live resin cart
Origin Extracts x Stability Cannabis, Trop Cookies
2nd: Origin Extracts x Stability Cannabis, Orangeade
3rd: Apothecary Extracts, Tropicana Sunrise Ambrosia Pod
Rosin cart
Scissortail Solventless & Top Notch Herbal Care, Papaya Punch
2nd: War Party Extracts, Strawberry Jedi E-Blunts
3rd: Noble Nectar, Slurricane
Cured resin cart
Elite Cultivation, Gelato Cake
2nd: 64 Farms, Rude Boy
3rd: Escalated Greens, Hybrid Ripstick
C02 Cart
Golden Trends, Snozzberry Cart
2nd: Golden Trends, Grape Ape Cart
3rd: Golden Trends, Golden Hawaiian Cart
Distillate Cart
ESCO Brands: Strawberry Shortcake
2nd: Hourglass Extracts, Runtz
3rd: ESCO Brands, Sweet Stuff Blueberry Kush
Ice water hash
Cicada x Phresh Harvest, Mai Thai Mints
2nd: Cicada x Juble Exotics, DK Smash
3rd: Cicada x Juble Exotics, Guava Juice
Temple ball
Cicada Labs x Snaxland,Ice Cream Cake
2nd: Progressive Grow Labs, Temple Ball
3rd: Tribe Collective,Amnesia Haze
Rosin
Scissortail Solventless & Top Notch Herbal Care, Papaya Punch
2nd: Scissortail Solventless & Top Notch Herbal Care, Papaya
3rd: Cicada x ALTVM, Lylac Diesel
Sungrown light assist
High Prairie Farms, Orange Cheese
2nd: High Top Harvest,33 Degrees
3rd: High Prairie Farms, Headband Cookie
Sungrown
Pharmicated, Lemon Meringue Cake
2nd: Pharmicated, Wedding Cake
3rd: Pott County Boys,Terple 17
Indoor flower
ALTVM, Slapz
2nd: Drip Cultivation, Superboof
3rd: Liberty Haze,Heavenly Haze
This article appears in Best of OKC 2021.