Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)
2024-07-05 – 2024-07-06 · Stanley, WI · 📍 Chapman Park
Reps: LAURIE TWETEN · Prize money: $2,000.00
Grand Champion: Dawgs BBQ (350.8572) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Furlongs Smoke & Seafood
Entries
16
2 judged meats
Top score
350.8572
Winning margin
0.0228
GC over RC
Field average
333.80
median 335.37
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
2.2744 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
333.6800
10th place overall
Field spread
47.5544
winner to last place
Prize money
$2,000.00
on the line
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 47%
beats 53% of 708 Backyard Series wins in the data
Traveled in
63%
of the 16 teams with a home region came from outside WI
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.77 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1569
avg power rating going in · stronger than 73% of contests
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Dawgs BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 3 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0228 points — closer than 95% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
DAWGS BBQ took the Grand Championship home to MN.
📸 Photo finishes
🃏 An upset on the books
DAWGS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Furlongs Smoke & Seafood, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-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
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-05 ← this one | Stanley, WI | Chapman Park | 16 | 350.8572 | Dawgs BBQ | — |
| 2025-04-25 | Stanley, WI | Soo Line Park | 24 | 348.5372 | Briskey Business BBQ | — |
| 2026-04-24 | Stanley, WI | Chapman Park | 24 | 352.0000 | Dawgs BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 173.1084 | 163.9428 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 174.2972 | 165.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
16 entries · top 350.8572 · median 335.3656
Chicken
16 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.1028
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 176.5716 · median 166.5486