Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
2024-03-22 – 2024-03-23 · Athens, AL · 📍 18118 Highway 99
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $5,250.00
Grand Champion: Smokey Bees BBQ (354.2628) · 38 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Electro-Que-ted
Entries
38
2 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
354.2628
Winning margin
3.4400
GC over RC
Field average
335.88
median 337.37
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
4.5828 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
342.2400
10th place overall
Field spread
37.7600
winner to last place
Prize money
$5,250.00
on the line
How hot was the win?
Top 33%
beats 67% of 708 Backyard Series wins in the data
Traveled in
11%
of the 38 teams with a home region came from outside AL
Form held
Weak
ρ = -0.25 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1565
avg power rating going in · stronger than 69% of contests
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Smokey Bees BBQ - MS took the Grand Championship home to MS.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: Say My Name BBQ and MAD ROCKET BARBECUE tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: MAD ROCKET BARBECUE and Smokey Bees BBQ - MS tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Rollin Smoke BBQ and Curly Bird BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-22 ← this one | Athens, AL | 18118 Highway 99 | 38 | 354.2628 | Smokey Bees BBQ | — |
| 2025-03-21 | Athens, AL | 18118 Highway 99 | 43 | 355.4172 | LeeLa Q | — |
| 2026-03-27 | Athens, AL | 18118 SR-99 | 43 | 356.5716 | Mind if I Smoke? | — |
| 2027-04-02 | Athens, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 172.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 172.0000 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
38 entries · top 354.2628 · median 337.3714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 2 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 3 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 4 | Saturday Night Swine | |
| 5 | B.G.Q. | |
| 6 | Bentley Que | |
| 7 | LEE LA Q | |
| 8 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 10 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 11 | Da-Ham Good BBQ | |
| 12 | Modest Meats | |
| 13 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 14 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 15 | Green Dragon BBQ | |
| 16 | When Pigs Fly - Florence, AL | |
| 17 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 18 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 19 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 20 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 21 | 205 Smoke | |
| 22 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 23 | Scuttlebutts | |
| 24 | FLO TOWN SMOKERS | |
| 25 | Codeman's BBQ | |
| 26 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 27 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 28 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 29 | JT'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 30 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 31 | Crazy Thunder BBQ Team | |
| 32 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 33 | The Tate Crew Barbeque | |
| 34 | Redstone Federal Credit | |
| 35 | Stoney Lonesome | |
| 36 | Rise and Swine-AL | |
| 37 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 38 | Reggie Time BBQ |
Chicken
38 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 2 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 3 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 4 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 5 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 6 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 7 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 8 | Saturday Night Swine | |
| 9 | Modest Meats | |
| 10 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 11 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 12 | Scuttlebutts | |
| 13 | Da-Ham Good BBQ | |
| 14 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 15 | When Pigs Fly - Florence, AL | |
| 16 | Codeman's BBQ | |
| 17 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 18 | Green Dragon BBQ | |
| 19 | B.G.Q. | |
| 20 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 21 | Stoney Lonesome | |
| 22 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 23 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 24 | LEE LA Q | |
| 25 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 26 | Bentley Que | |
| 27 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 28 | Redstone Federal Credit | |
| 29 | FLO TOWN SMOKERS | |
| 30 | 205 Smoke | |
| 31 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 32 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 33 | Crazy Thunder BBQ Team | |
| 34 | JT'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 35 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 36 | Reggie Time BBQ | |
| 37 | Rise and Swine-AL | |
| 38 | The Tate Crew Barbeque |
Pork Ribs
38 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.4228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 2 | Bentley Que | |
| 3 | LEE LA Q | |
| 4 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 6 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 7 | B.G.Q. | |
| 8 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 9 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 10 | Saturday Night Swine | |
| 11 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 12 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 13 | 205 Smoke | |
| 14 | Da-Ham Good BBQ | |
| 15 | The Tate Crew Barbeque | |
| 16 | Green Dragon BBQ | |
| 17 | When Pigs Fly - Florence, AL | |
| 18 | Modest Meats | |
| 19 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 20 | FLO TOWN SMOKERS | |
| 21 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 22 | JT'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 23 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 24 | Crazy Thunder BBQ Team | |
| 25 | Scuttlebutts | |
| 26 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 27 | Rise and Swine-AL | |
| 28 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 29 | Codeman's BBQ | |
| 30 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 31 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 32 | Redstone Federal Credit | |
| 33 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 34 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 35 | Reggie Time BBQ | |
| 36 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 37 | Stoney Lonesome | |
| 38 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY |
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Ancillary — Dessert
11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 2 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 3 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 4 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 5 | Crazy Thunder BBQ Team | |
| 6 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 7 | Reggie Time BBQ | |
| 8 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 9 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 10 | Da-Ham Good BBQ | |
| 11 | The Tate Crew Barbeque |