The Last Cookout
Murder at the Labor Day BBQ
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Hector Garza has thrown Austin's most legendary Labor Day cookout for twenty-two years running. This year he dies beside his prized competition smoker, half a rack of ribs still on the grate. The medical examiner rules heat exhaustion — Hector had a heart condition, it was ninety-eight degrees, a…
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Medium difficulty · 2-8 players · 45-55 min · 3 objectives
About this case
Hector Garza has thrown Austin's most legendary Labor Day cookout for twenty-two years running. This year he dies beside his prized competition smoker, half a rack of ribs still on the grate. The medical examiner rules heat exhaustion — Hector had a heart condition, it was ninety-eight degrees, and everyone saw him sweating over the pit all afternoon. Then the toxicology comes back. Potassium chloride, introduced into the private marinade reserve he tasted from before every rack. That morning Hector had confronted his catering business partner about eighteen thousand dollars missing from their books. His daughter was freshly cut from his will. His neighbor had lost every backyard competition to him for a decade. And his real estate contact stood to lose two million dollars if Hector changed his mind about selling. The smoker's hidden competition cam captured sixty seconds of footage that changes everything. One guest added something to the marinade — you need to figure out who, how, and why before the leftovers go cold.
Setting: Suburban Backyard BBQ, Austin TX, 2024
How to play
- Host creates a room. One player clicks “Unlock for $4.99” and gets a 6-character room code and QR code.
- Everyone joins. Share the code — players join from any browser. No download, no account required to join.
- Investigate together. Examine evidence, debate suspects, and crack the case in 45-55 min.
