May 3–4, 2024 · Mobile, AL · 📍 2703 Battleship Pkwy
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FLAPS UP BBQ won Grand Champion at The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) on May 3, 2024 in Mobile, AL at 2703 Battleship Pkwy, scoring 355.4400 in a field of 10 teams. Porky Blinders took Reserve Grand Champion with 355.4172. Category winners: Chicken — RIBLIFE (178.8572); Pork Ribs — FLAPS UP BBQ (177.7372).
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 93% of the 610 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0228 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
Flaps Up BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, RIBLIFE, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Flaps Up BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 12th tracked contest.
Porky Blinders finished 2nd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
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.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2024 ← this one | Mobile, AL | 2703 Battleship Pkwy | 10 | 355.4400 | Flaps Up BBQ |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Mobile, AL | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 173.7028 | 124.3544 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 171.9772 | 148.5484 |
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 |
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 |
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 |