RTrowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin (BACKYARD)
2024-05-17 – 2024-05-18 · Derby, KS · 📍 Cook Airfield
Reps: LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH · Prize money: $1,450.00
Grand Champion: Swine-O-Licious BBQ (360.0000) · 14 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 B-TEAM
Entries
14
2 judged meats
Top score
360.0000
Winning margin
9.1772
GC over RC
Field average
337.78
median 338.81
Tightest race
Chicken
6.2972 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
335.3828
10th place overall
Field spread
55.5544
winner to last place
Prize money
$1,450.00
on the line
Double threats
2
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 16%
beats 84% of 708 Backyard Series wins in the data
Traveled in
43%
of the 14 teams with a home region came from outside KS
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.6 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1542
avg power rating going in · stronger than 46% of contests
Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 9.1772 points — a wider margin than 88% of championships in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Swine-O-licious BBQ took the Grand Championship home to MO.
🧹 A double category winner
Swine-O-Licious BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 173.7028 | 167.3944 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 173.1428 | 163.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
14 entries · top 360.0000 · median 338.8114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 2 | B-TEAM | |
| 3 | Compete BBQ Team | |
| 4 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 5 | RO-RO'S Smokehouse | |
| 6 | Smokin' Love BBQ | |
| 7 | Smokey Bey's Barbecue | |
| 8 | Bucking Knockout | |
| 9 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 10 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 11 | KVF BBQ | |
| 12 | POP'S HOBO BBQ | |
| 13 | ALWAYS SAUCED | |
| 14 | FREEDOM BBQ |
Chicken
14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2742 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 2 | Compete BBQ Team | |
| 3 | B-TEAM | |
| 4 | Smokin' Love BBQ | |
| 5 | ALWAYS SAUCED | |
| 6 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 7 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 8 | POP'S HOBO BBQ | |
| 9 | RO-RO'S Smokehouse | |
| 10 | KVF BBQ | |
| 11 | Smokey Bey's Barbecue | |
| 12 | Bucking Knockout | |
| 13 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 14 | FREEDOM BBQ |
Pork Ribs
14 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.6914 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 2 | RO-RO'S Smokehouse | |
| 3 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 4 | B-TEAM | |
| 5 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 6 | Bucking Knockout | |
| 7 | Smokey Bey's Barbecue | |
| 8 | Compete BBQ Team | |
| 9 | Smokin' Love BBQ | |
| 10 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 11 | KVF BBQ | |
| 12 | POP'S HOBO BBQ | |
| 13 | FREEDOM BBQ | |
| 14 | ALWAYS SAUCED |