2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off - Backyard A
2024-07-12 – 2024-07-13 · Cameron, MO · 📍 Cameron, MO 64429
Grand Champion: SWINE-O-LICIOUS BBQ (353.1200) · 10 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Bushwood BBQ
Entries
10
2 judged meats
Top score
353.1200
Winning margin
5.1312
GC over RC
Field average
339.84
median 342.25
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
4.5828 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
305.0632
10th place overall
Field spread
48.0568
winner to last place
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 38%
beats 62% of 708 Backyard Series wins in the data
Traveled in
20%
of the 10 teams with a home region came from outside MO
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.93 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1564
avg power rating going in · stronger than 69% of contests
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 7–8: Bushwood BBQ and Big Reds Backyard BBQ tied on 170.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: Flat Tire BBQ and Swine-O-Licious BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: Smoke Sergeant BBQ edged Breaking Slabs BBQ by 0.0116.
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 | 176.5600 | 171.9772 | 151.9544 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 171.9888 | 153.1088 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
10 entries · top 353.1200 · median 342.2458
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 2 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 3 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 4 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 5 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 6 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 7 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 8 | Flat Tire BBQ | |
| 9 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 10 | J & M |
Chicken
10 entries · top 176.5600 · median 171.6972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 3 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 4 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 5 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 6 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 7 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 8 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 9 | Flat Tire BBQ | |
| 10 | J & M |
Pork Ribs
10 entries · top 177.7144 · median 171.7030
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 2 | Flat Tire BBQ | |
| 3 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 4 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 5 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 6 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 7 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 8 | Smoke Sergeant BBQ | |
| 9 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 10 | J & M |