Cowchip BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2

2024-08-24 – 2024-08-25 · Beaver, OK

Reps: LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH · Prize money: $1,250.00

Grand Champion: CURLY BIRD (342.8684) · 2 teams

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Curly Bird BBQ

342.8684 · Backyard Series — Overall

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I'll Tell You Later BBQ

342.2512 · Backyard Series — Overall

Entries

2 categories

Top score

342.8684

Winning margin

0.6172

GC over RC

Field average

342.56

median 342.56

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

6.8344 pts across the top 5

Field spread

0.6172

winner to last place

Prize money

$1,250.00

on the line

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 7.4516 pts — Curly Bird BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 94%

beats 6% of 2715 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1584

avg power rating going in

Top-rated in the field

Curly Bird BBQ

rated 1673 pre-contest

Storylines

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6172 points — closer than 86% of every championship in the data.

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)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Backyard Series — Chicken

2 entries · top 170.2628 · median 166.8456

#	Team	Score
1	I'll Tell You Later BBQ	170.2628
2	Curly Bird BBQ	163.4284

Backyard Series — Overall

2 entries · top 342.8684 · median 342.5598

#	Team	Score
1	Curly Bird BBQ	342.8684
2	I'll Tell You Later BBQ	342.2512

Backyard Series — Pork Ribs

2 entries · top 179.4400 · median 175.7142

#	Team	Score
1	Curly Bird BBQ	179.4400
2	I'll Tell You Later BBQ	171.9884