A first Grand Championship
7
tracked contests to get there
This was Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 7th tracked contest.
1st Annual Hy-Vee Ribs & Rides (BBQ Challenge and Car Show) (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 8, 2024 · Sycamore, IL · 📍 2700 DeKalb Avenue
Reps: Patrick Diller · Prize money: $1,425
Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ won Grand Champion at the 1st Annual Hy-Vee Ribs & Rides (BBQ Challenge and Car Show) (BACKYARD ONLY) on June 8, 2024 in Sycamore, IL at 2700 DeKalb Avenue, scoring 350.2972 in a field of 9 teams. BBQ Buddies took Reserve Grand Champion with 344.5256. Category winners: Chicken — Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ (175.4400); Pork Ribs — Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ (174.8572).
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
299.37
median 332.50
350.30 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Backyard Series — Chicken 175.44
- Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 174.86
- Ancillary — Pork 173.70
142.82
175.44
Entries
9
3 judged meats
Top score
350.2972
Winning margin
5.7716
GC over RC
Field average
326.88
299.37350.30
median 332.50 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
8.5828 pts across the top 5
Field spread
50.9260
winner to last place
Prize money
$1,425
on the line
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 42%
beats 58% of 612 Backyard Series wins in the data
Form held
Weak
ρ = -0.03 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,463
avg power rating going in
Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Photo finishes
0.0116
closest of 2 calls decided inside half a point
Ancillary — Pork places 5–6: Hog Heathens edged Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ by 0.0116. Backyard Series — Chicken places 5–6: Acme BBQ edged Kaleta's Kitchen by 0.0228.
- Ancillary — Pork 5–6 · 0.0116
- Backyard Series — Chicken 5–6 · 0.0228
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 175.4400 | 163.4056 | — |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 166.2744 | — |
| Ancillary — Pork | 173.7028 | 160 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
9 entries · top 350.2972 · median 332.5028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ Buddies | |
| 3 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 4 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 5 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 6 | Ryan's Wood Smoked BBQ | |
| 7 | Acme BBQ | |
| 8 | Up in Smoke | |
| 9 | Hog Heathens |
Chicken
9 entries · top 175.4400 · median 163.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ Buddies | |
| 3 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 4 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 5 | Acme BBQ | |
| 6 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 7 | Ryan's Wood Smoked BBQ | |
| 8 | Up in Smoke | |
| 9 | Hog Heathens |
Pork Ribs
9 entries · top 174.8572 · median 166.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ | |
| 2 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 3 | BBQ Buddies | |
| 4 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 5 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 6 | Ryan's Wood Smoked BBQ | |
| 7 | Hog Heathens | |
| 8 | Up in Smoke | |
| 9 | Acme BBQ |
Ancillary
Pork
9 entries · top 173.7028 · median 160
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 2 | Kaleta's Kitchen | |
| 3 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 4 | BBQ Buddies | |
| 5 | Hog Heathens | |
| 6 | Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ | |
| 7 | Up in Smoke | |
| 8 | Acme BBQ | |
| 9 | Ryan's Wood Smoked BBQ |