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Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) 2024

Sep 7, 2024 · Roseville, MN · 📍 1744 Terrace Dr

Reps: John Scharffbillig, Tina Weller · Prize money: $5,800

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341.6916 · Backyard Series — Overall
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341.6912 · Backyard Series — Overall
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337.1772 · Backyard Series — Overall

Notorious P.I.G. won Grand Champion at the Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) on September 7, 2024 in Roseville, MN at 1744 Terrace Dr, scoring 341.6916 in a field of 18 teams. Porket About It took Reserve Grand Champion with 341.6912. Category winners: Chicken — Notorious P.I.G. (176.5944); Pork Ribs — Big Bear BBQ (172.5944). This is the 3rd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2023 edition was won by Sensuous BBQ.

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 176.59
  • Pork Ribs 172.59
149.67 176.59

Entries

18
2 judged meats

Top score

341.6916

Winning margin

0.0004
GC over RC

Field average

326.60
305.07341.69
median 327.69 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
6.9032 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

326.2400
305.07341.69
10th place overall

Field spread

36.6172
winner to last place

Prize money

$5,800
on the line

Double threats

1
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 0.0344 pts — Notorious P.I.G.

How hot was the win?

Top 83%
beats 17% of 610 Backyard Series wins in the data

Came back for more

50%
15 of 30 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.7 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,550
avg power rating going in · stronger than 38% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1718 pre-contest

Storylines (4 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.

A razor-thin finish

0.0004 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 98% of the 610 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0004 points — closer than 98% of every championship in the data.

  • Notorious P.I.G.
  • Porket About It

An upset on the books

31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100

Notorious P.I.G. came in rated below the field's top team, Sensuous BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

  • champion 1577
  • top seed 1718

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 6 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 2–3: Marty Party BBQ and DAWGS BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: Black Stack BBQ edged Unknown Smokers by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 1–2: Big Bear BBQ edged Porket About It by 0.0116.

  • Chicken 2–3 · tie
  • Chicken 8–9 · 0.0116
  • Pork Ribs 1–2 · 0.0116
  • Chicken 1–2 · 0.0344

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Sensuous BBQ (won 2023).

  • Sensuous BBQ · 2023

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)

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand Champion
Sep 10, 2022 Roseville, MN 1744 Terrace Dr 30 349.7144 Dad Bod BBQ
Sep 9, 2023 Roseville, MN 1744 Terrace Dr 30 349.1316 Sensuous BBQ
Sep 7, 2024 ← this one Roseville, MN 1744 Terrace Dr 18 341.6916 Notorious P.I.G.

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.5944169.6912167.4284
Pork Ribs172.5944165.0972160.5256

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Backyard Series

Overall

18 entries · top 341.6916 · median 327.6914

#TeamScore
1 Notorious P.I.G. 341.6916
2 Porket About It 341.6912
3 Big Bear BBQ 337.1772
4 DAWGS BBQ 337.0856
5 Marty Party BBQ 335.4288
6 Rack Shack bbq 334.2400
7 Lucky Shoes BBQ 331.9888
8 Unknown Smokers 331.3600
9 Sensuous BBQ 329.1428
10 Big Racks BBQ 326.2400
11 BBQ for a Better World 321.6568
12 Wildhart BBQ 320.4912
13 Rub me the right way 319.4172
14 Black Stack BBQ 317.6576
15 Penny's Cut BBQ 317.6572
16 Anderson BBQ Supply 316.5028
17 Imperial BBQ 314.2860
18 Squealin'Good BBQ 305.0744

Chicken

18 entries · top 176.5944 · median 167.7028

#TeamScore
1 Notorious P.I.G. 176.5944
2 Marty Party BBQ 176.5600
3 DAWGS BBQ 176.5600
4 Lucky Shoes BBQ 170.2972
5 Wildhart BBQ 169.6912
6 Rub me the right way 169.1428
7 Porket About It 169.1084
8 Black Stack BBQ 167.9888
9 Unknown Smokers 167.9772
10 BBQ for a Better World 167.4284
11 Rack Shack bbq 166.2400
12 Big Bear BBQ 164.5828
13 Penny's Cut BBQ 163.9772
14 Sensuous BBQ 162.8800
15 Big Racks BBQ 162.8228
16 Imperial BBQ 158.8572
17 Anderson BBQ Supply 155.3484
18 Squealin'Good BBQ 150.8460

Pork Ribs

18 entries · top 172.5944 · median 160.8400

#TeamScore
1 Big Bear BBQ 172.5944
2 Porket About It 172.5828
3 Rack Shack bbq 168
4 Sensuous BBQ 166.2628
5 Notorious P.I.G. 165.0972
6 Big Racks BBQ 163.4172
7 Unknown Smokers 163.3828
8 Lucky Shoes BBQ 161.6916
9 Anderson BBQ Supply 161.1544
10 DAWGS BBQ 160.5256
11 Marty Party BBQ 158.8688
12 Imperial BBQ 155.4288
13 Squealin'Good BBQ 154.2284
14 BBQ for a Better World 154.2284
15 Penny's Cut BBQ 153.6800
16 Wildhart BBQ 150.8000
17 Rub me the right way 150.2744
18 Black Stack BBQ 149.6688

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