Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
2024-10-04 – 2024-10-05 · Pleasant Hill, MO
Reps: DAVID DYCHE, JO DYCHE · Prize money: $3,750.00
Grand Champion: Piggy's Kin (354.3316) · 19 teams
Entries
19
2 categories
Top score
354.3316
Winning margin
0.0344
GC over RC
Field average
334.61
median 338.79
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
3.4284 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
338.7884
what a walk cost here
Field spread
61.7832
winner to last place
Prize money
$3,750.00
on the line
Double threats
2
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 79%
beats 21% of 2715 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1540
avg power rating going in · stronger than 45% of contests
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0344 points — closer than 95% of every championship in the data.
🃏 An upset on the books
Piggy's Kin came in rated below the field's top team, HESSHOGS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-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)
Score distribution
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-04 ← this one | Pleasant Hill, MO | 19 | 354.3316 | Piggy's Kin |
| 2025-10-03 | Pleasant Hill, MO | 23 | 358.8572 | ELECTRO-QUE-TED |
| 2026-10-02 | Pleasant Hill, MO | — | — | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series — Chicken
19 entries · top 177.7028 · median 166.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 2 | Piggy's Kin | |
| 3 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 4 | Smoker and the Bandit | |
| 5 | HESSHOGS | |
| 6 | Pit Pals | |
| 7 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 8 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 10 | Fern Kee | |
| 11 | Tall Boy BBQ | |
| 12 | SUDS AND SWINE | |
| 13 | I Smell Smoke | |
| 14 | Brothers Always Smokin Something! | |
| 15 | Too Sauced To Smoke | |
| 16 | Big Ham BBQ | |
| 17 | J & M BBQ | |
| 18 | Rump Rubbers | |
| 19 | JJ's Meat Fixins |
Backyard Series — Overall
19 entries · top 354.3316 · median 338.7884
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piggy's Kin | |
| 2 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 3 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | Pit Pals | |
| 5 | Smoker and the Bandit | |
| 6 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 7 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 8 | HESSHOGS | |
| 9 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 10 | Too Sauced To Smoke | |
| 11 | Rump Rubbers | |
| 12 | Tall Boy BBQ | |
| 13 | Fern Kee | |
| 14 | SUDS AND SWINE | |
| 15 | I Smell Smoke | |
| 16 | Brothers Always Smokin Something! | |
| 17 | Big Ham BBQ | |
| 18 | J & M BBQ | |
| 19 | JJ's Meat Fixins |
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs
19 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 2 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | Piggy's Kin | |
| 4 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 5 | Rump Rubbers | |
| 6 | Too Sauced To Smoke | |
| 7 | Pit Pals | |
| 8 | Smoker and the Bandit | |
| 9 | HESSHOGS | |
| 10 | Tall Boy BBQ | |
| 11 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 12 | Fern Kee | |
| 13 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 14 | SUDS AND SWINE | |
| 15 | I Smell Smoke | |
| 16 | Brothers Always Smokin Something! | |
| 17 | Big Ham BBQ | |
| 18 | J & M BBQ | |
| 19 | JJ's Meat Fixins |