O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2
2024-05-04 – 2024-05-05 · Oneonta, AL
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $2,500.00
Grand Champion: Blue Falcon (355.4288) · 20 teams
Entries
20
2 categories
Top score
355.4288
Winning margin
0.0232
GC over RC
Field average
340.14
median 341.08
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Tightest race
Chicken
1.1428 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
341.6456
what a walk cost here
Field spread
38.3772
winner to last place
Prize money
$2,500.00
on the line
Double threats
2
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 78%
beats 22% of 2715 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1581
avg power rating going in · stronger than 81% of contests
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0232 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🃏 An upset on the books
Blue Falcon came in rated below the field's top team, NORALA BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-04 ← this one | Oneonta, AL | 20 | 355.4288 | Blue Falcon |
| 2025-05-03 | Oneonta, AL | 23 | 358.8572 | Norala BBQ Team |
| 2026-05-02 | Cleveland, AL | 15 | 353.1200 | Baptized by Smoke |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series — Chicken
20 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |
Backyard Series — Overall
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 |
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs
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 |