The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY)
2024-05-03 – 2024-05-04 · Mobile, AL · 📍 2703 Battleship Pkwy
Reps: KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS · Prize money: $5,700.00
Grand Champion: Flaps Up BBQ (355.4400) · 10 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Porky Blinders
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
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0228 points — closer than 94% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: FLAPS UP BBQ and Porky Blinders tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: FLAPS UP BBQ edged Porky Blinders by 0.0228. Pork Ribs places 9–10: Oink-A-Doodle Moo edged Grumpy Old Men by 0.0344.
🃏 An upset on the books
Flaps Up BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, RIBLIFE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-03 ← this one | Mobile, AL | 2703 Battleship Pkwy | 10 | 355.4400 | Flaps Up BBQ | — |
| 2025-06-27 | Mobile, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 173.7028 | 124.3544 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 171.9772 | 148.5484 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
10 entries · top 355.4400 · median 347.1086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLAPS UP BBQ | |
| 2 | Porky Blinders | |
| 3 | Men of Sign | |
| 4 | RAMMER JAMMER BBQ | |
| 5 | Cook Shak BBQ | |
| 6 | RIBLIFE | |
| 7 | Chase-N-Butts | |
| 8 | Oink-A-Doodle Moo | |
| 9 | CPS Pork Pounders | |
| 10 | Grumpy Old Men |
Chicken
10 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.4114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RIBLIFE | |
| 2 | FLAPS UP BBQ | |
| 3 | Porky Blinders | |
| 4 | Men of Sign | |
| 5 | RAMMER JAMMER BBQ | |
| 6 | Cook Shak BBQ | |
| 7 | Chase-N-Butts | |
| 8 | Oink-A-Doodle Moo | |
| 9 | Grumpy Old Men | |
| 10 | CPS Pork Pounders |
Pork Ribs
10 entries · top 177.7372 · median 169.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLAPS UP BBQ | |
| 2 | Porky Blinders | |
| 3 | Cook Shak BBQ | |
| 4 | RAMMER JAMMER BBQ | |
| 5 | Men of Sign | |
| 6 | RIBLIFE | |
| 7 | CPS Pork Pounders | |
| 8 | Chase-N-Butts | |
| 9 | Oink-A-Doodle Moo | |
| 10 | Grumpy Old Men |