Sep 22–23, 2023 · Oneonta, AL · 📍 Blount County-Oneonta Agri
Reps: Carol Bigler, Randy G Bigler · Prize money: $1,550
Jury's Out won Grand Champion at the O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) #2 on September 22, 2023 in Oneonta, AL at Blount County-Oneonta Agri, scoring 350.8344 in a field of 11 teams. Smokey Bees BBQ - MS took Reserve Grand Champion with 339.3716. Category winners: Chicken — Jury's Out (180.0000); Pork Ribs — LEE LA Q (173.1084).
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
Jury's Out came in rated below the field's top team, LEE LA Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Jury's Out's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 21st tracked contest.
Wider than 93% of the 610 championships in the data
The champion won by 11.4628 points — a wider margin than 93% of championships in the data.
Pork Ribs places 7–8: MAD ROCKET BARBECUE edged 931 BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 2–3: MAD ROCKET BARBECUE edged 931 BBQ by 0.0116.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 167.3944 | 159.3716 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1084 | 169.1200 | 156.5028 |
11 entries · top 350.8344 · median 335.9084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jury's Out | |
| 2 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 3 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 4 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | 931 BBQ | |
| 6 | LEE LA Q | |
| 7 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 8 | Phat Bites BBQ | |
| 9 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 10 | Modest Meats | |
| 11 | Pork Life |
11 entries · top 180 · median 166.2400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jury's Out | |
| 2 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 3 | 931 BBQ | |
| 4 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 6 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 7 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 8 | LEE LA Q | |
| 9 | Modest Meats | |
| 10 | Phat Bites BBQ | |
| 11 | Pork Life |
11 entries · top 173.1084 · median 166.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEE LA Q | |
| 2 | Phat Bites BBQ | |
| 3 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 4 | Jury's Out | |
| 5 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 6 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 7 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 8 | 931 BBQ | |
| 9 | Pork Life | |
| 10 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 11 | Modest Meats |