Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (Backyard 2)
2025-07-11 – 2025-07-12 · Cameron, MO · 📍 9018 N.E. Highway 69
Reps: EUGENE WICKHAM, SARAH WICKHAM · Prize money: $750.00
Grand Champion: HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ (346.2284) · 10 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 T-Dawg BBQ
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👑 A dynasty in the making
Slaps BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 15 tracked editions.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 6–7: Bushwood BBQ edged HESSHOGS by 0.0116. Chicken places 4–5: Poppin Smoke BBQ edged RICK'S RACKS by 0.0116.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: SWINE-O-LICIOUS BBQ (won 2024).
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1597 power rating going in — stronger than 90% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Swine-O-licious BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-17 | Cameron, MO | Cameron Elks | 42 | 708.5372 | Man Meat BBQ | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN |
| 2020-07-18 | Cameron, MO | Cameron Elks | 32 | 705.6916 | Slaps BBQ | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q |
| 2022-07-15 | Cameron, MO | 9018 N.E. Highway 69 | 27 | 701.0856 | Slaps BBQ | 4 LEGS UP BBQ |
| 2022-07-16 | Cameron, MO | 9018 N.E. Highway 69 | 25 | 702.8572 | Fergolicious BBQ | MAN MEAT BBQ |
| 2023-07-07 | Cameron, MO | 9018 N.E. Highway 69 | 30 | 703.3828 | Meat Rushmore BBQ | BrewsCue |
| 2023-07-07 | Cameron, MO | 9018 N.E. Highway 69 | 30 | 177.7144 | Gettin' Basted | — |
| 2023-07-07 | Cameron, MO | 9018 N.E. Highway 69 | 12 | 349.7028 | Smoke This Drink That BBQ | — |
| 2024-07-12 | Cameron, MO | 9018 N.E. Highway 69 | 28 | 703.9544 | JANKY LEG BBQ | FAIRWAY SMOKERS |
| 2024-07-12 | Cameron, MO | 9018 N.E. Highway 69 | 20 | 178.8572 | SWINE-O-LICIOUS BBQ | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Cameron, MO | 9018 N.E. Highway 69 | 36 | 702.7884 | Shiggin aint easy | GETTIN' BASTED |
| 2025-07-11 ← this one | Cameron, MO | 9018 N.E. Highway 69 | 10 | 346.2284 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Cameron, MO | 9018 N.E. Highway 69 | 27 | 180.0000 | HESSHOGS4 | — |
| 2026-07-10 | Cameron, MO | 9018 NE Highway 69 | 37 | 713.1200 | TRIPLE H BBQ | MAN MEAT BBQ |
| 2026-07-10 | Cameron, MO | 9018 NE Highway 69 | 21 | 180.0000 | Too Sauced BBQ | — |
| 2026-07-10 | Cameron, MO | 9018 NE Highway 69 | 16 | 349.6684 | Too Sauced BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.1200 | 169.6684 | 156.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 169.1200 | 155.4060 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
10 entries · top 346.2284 · median 336.8170
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 2 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 3 | HESSHOGS | |
| 4 | Fire Pig | |
| 5 | SadieQ | |
| 6 | RICK'S RACKS | |
| 7 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 9 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 10 | Kingdom Que BBQ |
Chicken
10 entries · top 173.1200 · median 168.5314
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 2 | Fire Pig | |
| 3 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 4 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | RICK'S RACKS | |
| 6 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 7 | HESSHOGS | |
| 8 | SadieQ | |
| 9 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 10 | Kingdom Que BBQ |
Pork Ribs
10 entries · top 177.1428 · median 168.5486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HESSHOGS | |
| 2 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 3 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 4 | SadieQ | |
| 5 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 6 | Fire Pig | |
| 7 | RICK'S RACKS | |
| 8 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 10 | Kingdom Que BBQ |