NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
2024-07-12 – 2024-07-13 · Tomball, TX · 📍 14408 Alice Rd
Reps: LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH
Grand Champion: Smoking Wizard (347.4284) · 10 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 AMP Cookers
Entries
10
2 judged meats
Top score
347.4284
Winning margin
3.4512
GC over RC
Field average
332.87
median 335.08
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
5.7144 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
309.6228
10th place overall
Field spread
37.8056
winner to last place
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 67%
beats 33% of 708 Backyard Series wins in the data
Traveled in
10%
of the 10 teams with a home region came from outside TX
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.63 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1503
avg power rating going in · stronger than 7% of contests
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Smoking Wizard took the Grand Championship home to KS.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 4–5: The Two Holy Smoker and On Call Cookers tied on 167.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: MagCow Cookers %231 and The Two Holy Smoker tied on 168.5828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: MagCow Cookers %232 edged HOGBELLY COOKERS by 0.0228.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5828 | 167.9656 | 150.7656 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2972 | 168.5828 | 156.5600 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
10 entries · top 347.4284 · median 335.0798
Chicken
10 entries · top 176.5828 · median 167.1314
Pork Ribs
10 entries · top 174.2972 · median 168.5542