Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
2024-09-07 · Roseville, MN · 📍 1744 Terrace Dr
Reps: JOHN SCHARFFBILLIG, TINA WELLER · Prize money: $5,800.00
Grand Champion: Notorious P.I.G. (341.6916) · 18 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Porket About It
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🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0004 points — closer than 98% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Notorious P.I.G. took the Grand Championship home to AB.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Sensuous BBQ (won 2023).
🃏 An upset on the books
Notorious P.I.G. came in rated below the field's top team, Sensuous BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
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Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-10 | Roseville, MN | 1744 Terrace Dr | 30 | 349.7144 | Dad Bod BBQ | — |
| 2023-09-09 | Roseville, MN | 1744 Terrace Dr | 30 | 349.1316 | Sensuous BBQ | — |
| 2024-09-07 ← 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)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5944 | 169.6912 | 167.4284 |
| Pork Ribs | 172.5944 | 165.0972 | 160.5256 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
18 entries · top 341.6916 · median 327.6914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notorious P.I.G. | |
| 2 | Porket About It | |
| 3 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 4 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 5 | Marty Party BBQ | |
| 6 | Rack Shack bbq | |
| 7 | Lucky Shoes BBQ | |
| 8 | Unknown Smokers | |
| 9 | Sensuous BBQ | |
| 10 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 11 | BBQ for a Better World | |
| 12 | Wildhart BBQ | |
| 13 | Rub me the right way | |
| 14 | Black Stack BBQ | |
| 15 | Penny's Cut BBQ | |
| 16 | Anderson BBQ Supply | |
| 17 | Imperial BBQ | |
| 18 | Squealin'Good BBQ |
Chicken
18 entries · top 176.5944 · median 167.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notorious P.I.G. | |
| 2 | Marty Party BBQ | |
| 3 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 4 | Lucky Shoes BBQ | |
| 5 | Wildhart BBQ | |
| 6 | Rub me the right way | |
| 7 | Porket About It | |
| 8 | Black Stack BBQ | |
| 9 | Unknown Smokers | |
| 10 | BBQ for a Better World | |
| 11 | Rack Shack bbq | |
| 12 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 13 | Penny's Cut BBQ | |
| 14 | Sensuous BBQ | |
| 15 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 16 | Imperial BBQ | |
| 17 | Anderson BBQ Supply | |
| 18 | Squealin'Good BBQ |
Pork Ribs
18 entries · top 172.5944 · median 160.8400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Bear BBQ | |
| 2 | Porket About It | |
| 3 | Rack Shack bbq | |
| 4 | Sensuous BBQ | |
| 5 | Notorious P.I.G. | |
| 6 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 7 | Unknown Smokers | |
| 8 | Lucky Shoes BBQ | |
| 9 | Anderson BBQ Supply | |
| 10 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 11 | Marty Party BBQ | |
| 12 | Imperial BBQ | |
| 13 | Squealin'Good BBQ | |
| 14 | BBQ for a Better World | |
| 15 | Penny's Cut BBQ | |
| 16 | Wildhart BBQ | |
| 17 | Rub me the right way | |
| 18 | Black Stack BBQ |