Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)
2023-10-13 – 2023-10-14 · Scottsboro, AL · 📍 102 E. Laurel St.
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $3,250.00
Grand Champion: Mad Rocket Barbecue (350.8456) · 27 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 All Smoked Up
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
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📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 7–8: Bentley Que and Ghost Hill BBQ tied on 169.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: All Smoked Up edged MAD ROCKET BARBECUE by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 9–10: 225 Degree Single Barrel Crew edged 2 Swine Crew by 0.0228.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: 2 Swine Crew (won 2022).
🃏 An upset on the books
Mad Rocket Barbecue came in rated below the field's top team, NORALA BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-08 | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 31 | 349.1316 | Hell on Squeals | — |
| 2022-10-07 | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 38 | 349.7028 | 2 Swine Crew | — |
| 2023-10-13 ← this one | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 27 | 350.8456 | Mad Rocket Barbecue | — |
| 2024-10-11 | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 38 | 357.7028 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | — |
| 2025-10-10 | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 30 | 353.1200 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | — |
| 2026-10-09 | Scottsboro, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5828 | 171.9772 | 168.0000 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 173.1200 | 168.5372 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
27 entries · top 350.8456 · median 331.9200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 2 | All Smoked Up | |
| 3 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 5 | Bentley Que | |
| 6 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 7 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 8 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 9 | SJ&L Racing Team | |
| 10 | Saturday Night Swine | |
| 11 | Back 40 BBQ | |
| 12 | Leela Q | |
| 13 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 14 | Smoking Broke BBQ | |
| 15 | Creekside BBQ | |
| 16 | Blackwater BBQ | |
| 17 | FBC Holy Smokers | |
| 18 | 225 Degree Single Barrel Crew | |
| 19 | Modest Meats | |
| 20 | Mamma Montego | |
| 21 | 4 Paws BBQ | |
| 22 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 23 | WSG Cookers | |
| 24 | The Smokin’ Huskies | |
| 25 | Smokin Aces | |
| 26 | Dos Gatos | |
| 27 | Mr Meats BBQ |
Chicken
27 entries · top 176.5828 · median 167.3712
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 2 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 3 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 4 | All Smoked Up | |
| 5 | Creekside BBQ | |
| 6 | The Smokin’ Huskies | |
| 7 | Bentley Que | |
| 8 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 9 | Mamma Montego | |
| 10 | SJ&L Racing Team | |
| 11 | Leela Q | |
| 12 | Back 40 BBQ | |
| 13 | Saturday Night Swine | |
| 14 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 15 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 16 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 17 | Blackwater BBQ | |
| 18 | Smokin Aces | |
| 19 | FBC Holy Smokers | |
| 20 | Modest Meats | |
| 21 | Dos Gatos | |
| 22 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 23 | Smoking Broke BBQ | |
| 24 | 225 Degree Single Barrel Crew | |
| 25 | WSG Cookers | |
| 26 | 4 Paws BBQ | |
| 27 | Mr Meats BBQ |
Pork Ribs
27 entries · top 177.7144 · median 166.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 3 | All Smoked Up | |
| 4 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 5 | Bentley Que | |
| 6 | Smoking Broke BBQ | |
| 7 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 8 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 9 | 225 Degree Single Barrel Crew | |
| 10 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 11 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 12 | SJ&L Racing Team | |
| 13 | Saturday Night Swine | |
| 14 | Back 40 BBQ | |
| 15 | Leela Q | |
| 16 | 4 Paws BBQ | |
| 17 | FBC Holy Smokers | |
| 18 | Blackwater BBQ | |
| 19 | Modest Meats | |
| 20 | WSG Cookers | |
| 21 | Creekside BBQ | |
| 22 | Mamma Montego | |
| 23 | Mr Meats BBQ | |
| 24 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 25 | Dos Gatos | |
| 26 | Smokin Aces | |
| 27 | The Smokin’ Huskies |