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The Art of the 'Cue (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jul 12–13, 2024
· Shelbyville, TN
· 📍 1110 N. Evan St
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Reps: Janet Appleton , Sam Appleton
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Prize money: $1,925
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355.4172 · Backyard Series — Overall
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353.1200 · Backyard Series — Overall
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349.6800 · Backyard Series — Overall
Smokey Bees BBQ - MS The Art of the 'Cue (BACKYARD ONLY) on July 12, 2024 in Shelbyville, TN at 1110 N. Evan St, scoring 355.4172 in a field of 17 teams. Pig Destroyer Smokey Bees BBQ - MS Pig Destroyer
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.
303.34
median 343.39
355.42 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Backyard Series — Chicken
178.86
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs
178.86
Ancillary — Pork
176.56
138.18
178.86
Winning margin 2.2972
GC over RC
Field average 339.01
303.34 355.42
median 343.39 · last place to winner
Tightest race Pork Ribs
4.5828 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff 342.8116
303.34 355.42
10th place overall
Field spread 52.0800
winner to last place
Prize money $1,925
on the line
Most consistent avg finish 3 across 3 meats
Double threats 4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
Widest winning margin Pork Ribs
How hot was the win? Top 13%
beats 87% of 610 Backyard Series wins in the data
Form held Strong
ρ = -0.71 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength 1,582
avg power rating going in · stronger than 65% of contests
Top-rated in the field rated 1788 pre-contest
Storylines (1 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.
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Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 9 calls decided inside half a point
Backyard Series — Chicken places 1–2: Smokey Bees BBQ - MS Small Batch BBQ - TN 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 4–5: NORALA BBQ TEAM Red, White & Que 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 5–6: Red, White & Que Pig Destroyer 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Backyard Series — Chicken 1–2 · tie Backyard Series — Chicken 4–5 · tie Backyard Series — Chicken 5–6 · tie Backyard Series — Chicken 6–7 · tie
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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)
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 178.8572 174.2628 171.9772 Backyard Series — Pork Ribs 178.8572 174.2744 168.5372 Ancillary — Pork 176.5600 171.9772 166.2628
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Backyard Series
Overall
17 entries · top 355.4172 · median 343.3944
Chicken
17 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.1200
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
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Ancillary
Pork
17 entries · top 176.5600 · median 168.5372
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