Full results from the Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) 2024, a KCBS-sanctioned barbecue contest held on September 6, 2024 in Cullman, AL at 1600 St. Bernard Drive SE. Electro-Que-ted took Reserve Grand Champion. Category winners: Chicken — NORALA BBQ TEAM (174.2628). This is the 3rd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by Brothers Q BBQ Supply.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Chicken totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
152.48median 167.98174.26 🏆
Entries
16
1 judged meat
Top score
174.2628
Winning margin
Tie
identical totals — KCBS tiebreaker
Field average
165.29
152.48174.26
Chicken · median 167.98 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
3.4284 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
164.5600
152.48174.26
10th place in Chicken
Field spread
21.7828
winner to last place
Prize money
$900
on the line
How hot was the win?
Top 90%
beats 10% of 5574 Chicken wins in the data
Came back for more
47%
9 of 19 teams from the previous edition returned
Storylines (2 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.