O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1
2024-05-03 – 2024-05-04 · Oneonta, AL
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $2,500.00
Grand Champion: Pork Life (349.6916) · 27 teams
Entries
27
2 categories
Top score
349.6916
Winning margin
1.1544
GC over RC
Field average
334.98
median 337.66
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
3.4284 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
340.5144
what a walk cost here
Field spread
52.7544
winner to last place
Prize money
$2,500.00
on the line
Double threats
1
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 86%
beats 14% of 2715 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1556
avg power rating going in · stronger than 62% of contests
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1544 points — closer than 80% of every championship in the data.
🃏 An upset on the books
Pork Life came in rated below the field's top team, NORALA BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 17-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
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-03 ← this one | Oneonta, AL | 27 | 349.6916 | Pork Life |
| 2025-05-02 | Oneonta, AL | 28 | 355.4288 | Norala BBQ Team |
| 2026-05-01 | Cleveland, AL | 17 | 350.8344 | Puddleduck BBQ |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series — Chicken
27 entries · top 177.7028 · median 168.5488
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 931 BBQ | |
| 2 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Pork Life | |
| 4 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 6 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 7 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 8 | Bentley Que | |
| 9 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 10 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 11 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 12 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 13 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 14 | Backyard Grilling and Smoking | |
| 15 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 16 | Blue Falcon | |
| 17 | Modest Meats | |
| 18 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 19 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 20 | Budget BBQ | |
| 21 | Codeman's BBQ | |
| 22 | BLOW-N-SMOKE | |
| 23 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 24 | Smoke Right BBQ | |
| 25 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 26 | The Smoke Show | |
| 27 | Hortons Hawgs |
Backyard Series — Overall
27 entries · top 349.6916 · median 337.6572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pork Life | |
| 2 | 931 BBQ | |
| 3 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 4 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 7 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 8 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 9 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 10 | Modest Meats | |
| 11 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 12 | Bentley Que | |
| 13 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 14 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 15 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 16 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 17 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 18 | Backyard Grilling and Smoking | |
| 19 | Blue Falcon | |
| 20 | Codeman's BBQ | |
| 21 | Budget BBQ | |
| 22 | BLOW-N-SMOKE | |
| 23 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 24 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 25 | The Smoke Show | |
| 26 | Hortons Hawgs | |
| 27 | Smoke Right BBQ |
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.2516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 3 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 4 | Pork Life | |
| 5 | Modest Meats | |
| 6 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 7 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 8 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 9 | 931 BBQ | |
| 10 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 11 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 12 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 13 | Codeman's BBQ | |
| 14 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 15 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 16 | Budget BBQ | |
| 17 | Bentley Que | |
| 18 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 19 | BLOW-N-SMOKE | |
| 20 | Backyard Grilling and Smoking | |
| 21 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 22 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 23 | Blue Falcon | |
| 24 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 25 | The Smoke Show | |
| 26 | Hortons Hawgs | |
| 27 | Smoke Right BBQ |