Cowchip BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2
2024-08-24 – 2024-08-25 · Beaver, OK · 📍 Beaver County Fairgrounds
Reps: LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH · Prize money: $1,250.00
Grand Champion: CURLY BIRD (342.8684) · 2 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 I'll Tell You Later BBQ
Entries
2
2 judged meats
Top score
342.8684
Winning margin
0.6172
GC over RC
Field average
342.56
median 342.56
Perfect 180s
0
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
2
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 84%
beats 16% of 708 Backyard Series wins in the data
Traveled in
100%
of the 2 teams with a home region came from outside OK
Field strength
1583
avg power rating going in
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6172 points — closer than 82% 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)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
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 | 170.2628 | — | — |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | — | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
2 entries · top 342.8684 · median 342.5598
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 2 | I'll Tell You Later BBQ |
Chicken
2 entries · top 170.2628 · median 166.8456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'll Tell You Later BBQ | |
| 2 | Curly Bird BBQ |
Pork Ribs
2 entries · top 179.4400 · median 175.7142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 2 | I'll Tell You Later BBQ |