2024-07-12 – 2024-07-13 · Miles, IA · 📍 44 Centennial St.
Reps: PATRICK DILLER · Prize money: $2,025.00
Grand Champion: BBQ Pit Bros (353.7144) · 11 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Bramble BBQ
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2024 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
BBQ Pit Bros came in rated below the field's top team, Big Racks BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was BBQ Pit Bros's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 20th tracked contest.
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs places 5–6: Skinny Pig BBQ edged Bramble BBQ by 0.0116. Backyard Series — Chicken places 5–6: Skinny Pig BBQ edged Big Racks BBQ by 0.0116. Backyard Series — Pork Ribs places 4–5: Sugba Smokehouse edged Skinny Pig BBQ by 0.0228.
BBQ Pit Bros won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-12 ← this one | Miles, IA | 44 Centennial St. | 11 | 353.7144 | BBQ Pit Bros | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Miles, IA | 44 Centennial St. | 18 | 349.7028 | Chesters Twisted Que | — |
| 2025-07-12 | Miles, IA | 44 Centennial St. | 16 | 353.1316 | Bramble BBQ | — |
| 2026-07-17 | Miles, IA | 99 Centennial St. | 27 | 355.4172 | Must B Smokin' Somethin' BBQ Team | — |
| 2026-07-18 | Miles, IA | 99 Centennial St. | 28 | 353.7028 | Kick Ash BBQ | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 177.7028 | 171.9772 | 155.9888 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 171.9888 | 152.5260 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 178.2972 | 171.9772 | 150.2288 |
11 entries · top 353.7144 · median 343.3944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 2 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 3 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 4 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 5 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 6 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 7 | 309 BBQ | |
| 8 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 9 | Heavy & Sweaty BBQ | |
| 10 | Clinton County Convicts | |
| 11 | K&E BBQ |
11 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 3 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 4 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 5 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 6 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 7 | 309 BBQ | |
| 8 | Heavy & Sweaty BBQ | |
| 9 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 10 | Clinton County Convicts | |
| 11 | K&E BBQ |
11 entries · top 176.5600 · median 171.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 2 | 309 BBQ | |
| 3 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 4 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 5 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 6 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 7 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 8 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 9 | Heavy & Sweaty BBQ | |
| 10 | Clinton County Convicts | |
| 11 | K&E BBQ |
11 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 2 | 309 BBQ | |
| 3 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 4 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 5 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 6 | Heavy & Sweaty BBQ | |
| 7 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 8 | Sugba Smokehouse | |
| 9 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 10 | K&E BBQ | |
| 11 | Clinton County Convicts |