The Art of the 'Cue (BACKYARD ONLY)
2024-07-12 – 2024-07-13 · Shelbyville, TN · 📍 1110 N. Evan St
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $1,925.00
Grand Champion: Smokey Bees BBQ - MS (355.4172) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Pig Destroyer
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Smokey Bees BBQ - MS took the Grand Championship home to MS.
📸 Photo finishes
Backyard Series — Chicken places 1–2: Smokey Bees BBQ - MS and Small Batch BBQ - TN tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 4–5: NORALA BBQ TEAM and Red, White & Que tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 5–6: Red, White & Que and Pig Destroyer tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 171.9772 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.2744 | 168.5372 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 176.5600 | 171.9772 | 166.2628 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
17 entries · top 355.4172 · median 343.3944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 2 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 3 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 4 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 6 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 7 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 8 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 9 | 931 BBQ | |
| 10 | Bad company cookers | |
| 11 | Pork Life | |
| 12 | Red, White & Que | |
| 13 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 14 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 15 | Crazy Thunder BBQ Team | |
| 16 | WestNash BBQ | |
| 17 | Bailey Smokes |
Chicken
17 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 2 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 3 | Pork Life | |
| 4 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | Red, White & Que | |
| 6 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 7 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 8 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 9 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 10 | Bad company cookers | |
| 11 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 12 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 13 | 931 BBQ | |
| 14 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 15 | WestNash BBQ | |
| 16 | Bailey Smokes | |
| 17 | Crazy Thunder BBQ Team |
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 2 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 3 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 4 | 931 BBQ | |
| 5 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 7 | Bad company cookers | |
| 8 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 9 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 10 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 11 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 12 | Pork Life | |
| 13 | Red, White & Que | |
| 14 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 15 | Crazy Thunder BBQ Team | |
| 16 | WestNash BBQ | |
| 17 | Bailey Smokes |
Ancillary
Pork
17 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 2 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 3 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 4 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 5 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 7 | 931 BBQ | |
| 8 | Red, White & Que | |
| 9 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 10 | Bailey Smokes | |
| 11 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 12 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 13 | WestNash BBQ | |
| 14 | Bad company cookers | |
| 15 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 16 | Pork Life | |
| 17 | Crazy Thunder BBQ Team |