May 4–5, 2024 · Oneonta, AL · 📍 28117 State Hwy 75
Reps: Carol Bigler, Randy G Bigler · Prize money: $2,500
Blue Falcon won Grand Champion at the O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 on May 4, 2024 in Oneonta, AL at 28117 State Hwy 75, scoring 355.4288 in a field of 20 teams. NORALA BBQ TEAM took Reserve Grand Champion with 355.4056. Category winners: Chicken — NORALA BBQ TEAM (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Bentley Que (176.5600). This is the 1st of 3 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2025.
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 616 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0232 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 83 times in 100
Blue Falcon 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.
This was Blue Falcon's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 2nd tracked contest.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Chicken places 1–2: NORALA BBQ TEAM and Blue Falcon tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: Blue Falcon and PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Small Batch BBQ - TN and Smokey Bees BBQ - MS tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2024 ← this one | Oneonta, AL | 28117 State Hwy 75 | 20 | 355.4288 | Blue Falcon |
| May 3, 2025 | Oneonta, AL | 28117 State Hwy 75 | 23 | 358.8572 | Norala BBQ Team |
| May 2, 2026 | Cleveland, AL | 6700 CR1 | 15 | 353.1200 | Baptized by Smoke |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 178.8572 | 169.6800 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 175.4056 | 171.9772 |
20 entries · top 355.4288 · median 341.0800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Falcon | |
| 2 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 4 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 5 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 6 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 7 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 8 | Bentley Que | |
| 9 | 931 BBQ | |
| 10 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 11 | Pork Life | |
| 12 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 13 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 14 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 15 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 16 | Modest Meats | |
| 17 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 18 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 19 | Smoke Right BBQ | |
| 20 | BUTSY-Q |
20 entries · top 180 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | Blue Falcon | |
| 3 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 4 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 5 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 6 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 7 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 8 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 9 | 931 BBQ | |
| 10 | Bentley Que | |
| 11 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 12 | Pork Life | |
| 13 | Modest Meats | |
| 14 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 15 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 16 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 17 | Smoke Right BBQ | |
| 18 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 19 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 20 | BUTSY-Q |
20 entries · top 176.5600 · median 171.4058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bentley Que | |
| 2 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 3 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 4 | Blue Falcon | |
| 5 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | 931 BBQ | |
| 7 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 8 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 9 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 10 | Pork Life | |
| 11 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 12 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 13 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 14 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 15 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 16 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 17 | Modest Meats | |
| 18 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 19 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 20 | Smoke Right BBQ |