Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
2024-04-05 – 2024-04-06 · Chelsea, AL · 📍 11101 Chelsea Rd
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $3,000.00
Grand Champion: Jury's Out (347.3944) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MAD ROCKET BARBECUE
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📸 Photo finishes
Backyard Series — Chicken places 2–3: NORALA BBQ TEAM and Smokey Bees BBQ - MS tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 8–9: Holy Smokin BBQ and LEE LA Q tied on 166.2400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 9–10: LEE LA Q and Say My Name BBQ tied on 166.2400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
Jury's Out came in rated below the field's top team, NORALA BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-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)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-17 | Chelsea, AL | Chelsea City Hall | 21 | 517.6684 | Pig Destroyer | — |
| 2022-04-02 | Chelsea, AL | 11101 Chelsea Rd | 20 | 520.5144 | RibLife | — |
| 2023-04-14 | Chelsea, AL | 11101 Chelsea Rd | 17 | 521.6572 | Smokey Bee's | — |
| 2024-04-05 ← this one | Chelsea, AL | 11101 Chelsea Rd | 16 | 347.3944 | Jury's Out | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 175.4172 | 171.9772 | 166.2400 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 173.1200 | 171.4172 | 167.9656 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 173.1200 | 170.2628 | 165.7028 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
16 entries · top 347.3944 · median 332.7772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jury's Out | |
| 2 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 3 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 4 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 6 | LEE LA Q | |
| 7 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 8 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 9 | Pork Life | |
| 10 | The Smokin’ Huskies | |
| 11 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 12 | Rise N Swine | |
| 13 | Holy Smokin BBQ | |
| 14 | The Smoke Show | |
| 15 | Smokin Goose BBQ | |
| 16 | Tus-Que-Loosa |
Chicken
16 entries · top 175.4172 · median 166.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jury's Out | |
| 2 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 4 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 5 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 6 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 7 | Rise N Swine | |
| 8 | Holy Smokin BBQ | |
| 9 | LEE LA Q | |
| 10 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 11 | The Smoke Show | |
| 12 | Pork Life | |
| 13 | The Smokin’ Huskies | |
| 14 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 15 | Smokin Goose BBQ | |
| 16 | Tus-Que-Loosa |
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 173.1200 · median 169.1086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEE LA Q | |
| 2 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 3 | Jury's Out | |
| 4 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 5 | The Smokin’ Huskies | |
| 6 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 7 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 8 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 9 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 10 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 11 | Pork Life | |
| 12 | Smokin Goose BBQ | |
| 13 | Rise N Swine | |
| 14 | Holy Smokin BBQ | |
| 15 | The Smoke Show | |
| 16 | Tus-Que-Loosa |
Ancillary
Pork
16 entries · top 173.1200 · median 167.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 2 | LEE LA Q | |
| 3 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | Holy Smokin BBQ | |
| 5 | Jury's Out | |
| 6 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 7 | The Smokin’ Huskies | |
| 8 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 9 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 10 | Smokin Goose BBQ | |
| 11 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 12 | The Smoke Show | |
| 13 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 14 | Tus-Que-Loosa | |
| 15 | Pork Life | |
| 16 | Rise N Swine |