Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
2024-09-27 – 2024-09-28 · Clanton, AL · 📍 Clanton, AL 35045
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $5,500.00
Grand Champion: Holy Smokin!!! (355.4056) · 18 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 NORALA BBQ TEAM
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📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: NORALA BBQ TEAM and Smokey Bees BBQ - MS tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: 3D BBQ and Modest Meats tied on 167.3828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q edged Modest Meats by 0.0116.
🃏 An upset on the books
HOLY SMOKIN!!! came in rated below the field's top team, NORALA BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
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Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-27 ← this one | Clanton, AL | Clanton, AL 35045 | 18 | 355.4056 | Holy Smokin!!! | — |
| 2025-09-26 | Clanton, AL | 702 Airport Road | 15 | 352.5484 | Deviant Smoke | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.2628 | 167.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 169.6684 | 166.2400 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
18 entries · top 355.4056 · median 335.9256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 2 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 4 | Modest Meats | |
| 5 | 3D BBQ | |
| 6 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 7 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 8 | YA BETTA EAT | |
| 9 | Naw-Da-Bone BBQ | |
| 10 | Smoke Wagon BBQ | |
| 11 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 12 | Carlee Que's BBQ Competition Team | |
| 13 | Smokin' The Wagon | |
| 14 | Rise N Swine | |
| 15 | Ya Betta Eat | |
| 16 | Bad Dog's BBQ | |
| 17 | Greasy Ridge Smokers | |
| 18 | Casual Smokers |
Chicken
18 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 3 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 4 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 5 | Modest Meats | |
| 6 | 3D BBQ | |
| 7 | Carlee Que's BBQ Competition Team | |
| 8 | YA BETTA EAT | |
| 9 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 10 | Rise N Swine | |
| 11 | Naw-Da-Bone BBQ | |
| 12 | Smoke Wagon BBQ | |
| 13 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 14 | Smokin' The Wagon | |
| 15 | Ya Betta Eat | |
| 16 | Greasy Ridge Smokers | |
| 17 | Casual Smokers | |
| 18 | Bad Dog's BBQ |
Pork Ribs
18 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.2514
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 2 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 3 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | Smoke Wagon BBQ | |
| 5 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 6 | Naw-Da-Bone BBQ | |
| 7 | 3D BBQ | |
| 8 | Modest Meats | |
| 9 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 10 | YA BETTA EAT | |
| 11 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 12 | Ya Betta Eat | |
| 13 | Smokin' The Wagon | |
| 14 | Carlee Que's BBQ Competition Team | |
| 15 | Bad Dog's BBQ | |
| 16 | Rise N Swine | |
| 17 | Greasy Ridge Smokers | |
| 18 | Casual Smokers |