Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
2024-10-11 – 2024-10-12 · Scottsboro, AL · 📍 102 E. Laurel St.
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $3,250.00
Grand Champion: Rollin Smoke BBQ (357.7028) · 38 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team
Entries
38
2 judged meats
Top score
357.7028
Winning margin
2.2856
GC over RC
Field average
329.96
median 333.91
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
2.2972 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
343.9312
10th place overall
Field spread
75.5316
winner to last place
Prize money
$3,250.00
on the line
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 20%
beats 80% of 708 Backyard Series wins in the data
Traveled in
13%
of the 38 teams with a home region came from outside AL
Came back for more
59%
16 of 27 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.68 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1559
avg power rating going in · stronger than 64% of contests
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: Say My Name BBQ and Rollin Smoke BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: 2 Swine Crew and Curly Bird BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Electro-Que-ted and Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: 2 Swine Crew (won 2022), Mad Rocket Barbecue (won 2023).
🃏 An upset on the books
Rollin Smoke BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, NORALA BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 22-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
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-08 | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 31 | 349.1316 | Hell on Squeals | — |
| 2022-10-07 | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 38 | 349.7028 | 2 Swine Crew | — |
| 2023-10-13 | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 27 | 350.8456 | Mad Rocket Barbecue | — |
| 2024-10-11 ← this one | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 38 | 357.7028 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | — |
| 2025-10-10 | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 30 | 353.1200 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | — |
| 2026-10-09 | Scottsboro, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 171.9772 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
38 entries · top 357.7028 · median 333.9084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 2 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 3 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 4 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 5 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 6 | LEE LA Q | |
| 7 | Mind If I Smoke? | |
| 8 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 9 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 10 | Redbones BBQ | |
| 11 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 12 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 13 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 14 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 15 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 16 | Modest Meats | |
| 17 | Saturday Night Swine | |
| 18 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 19 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 20 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 21 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 22 | Southern Swine | |
| 23 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 24 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 25 | Smoke Right BBQ | |
| 26 | 225 Degree Single Barrel Crew | |
| 27 | LWS SMOKING ACES | |
| 28 | WSG Cookers | |
| 29 | Wintenn | |
| 30 | Back 40 BBQ | |
| 31 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 32 | Idle Times | |
| 33 | The Smokin’ Huskies | |
| 34 | Double D's BBQ | |
| 35 | Smoking Broke BBQ | |
| 36 | T&M BBQ | |
| 37 | Finger Lickers | |
| 38 | Blow-N-Smoke |
Chicken
38 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 2 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 4 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 5 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 6 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 7 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 8 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 9 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 10 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 11 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 12 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 13 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 14 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 15 | Mind If I Smoke? | |
| 16 | LEE LA Q | |
| 17 | Saturday Night Swine | |
| 18 | Redbones BBQ | |
| 19 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 20 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 21 | Smoke Right BBQ | |
| 22 | Wintenn | |
| 23 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 24 | Modest Meats | |
| 25 | 225 Degree Single Barrel Crew | |
| 26 | Southern Swine | |
| 27 | WSG Cookers | |
| 28 | LWS SMOKING ACES | |
| 29 | Back 40 BBQ | |
| 30 | The Smokin’ Huskies | |
| 31 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 32 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 33 | Finger Lickers | |
| 34 | Double D's BBQ | |
| 35 | Idle Times | |
| 36 | Smoking Broke BBQ | |
| 37 | Blow-N-Smoke | |
| 38 | T&M BBQ |
Pork Ribs
38 entries · top 178.8572 · median 164.5200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 2 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 3 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 5 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 6 | LEE LA Q | |
| 7 | Redbones BBQ | |
| 8 | Mind If I Smoke? | |
| 9 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 10 | Modest Meats | |
| 11 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 12 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 13 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 14 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 15 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 16 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 17 | Southern Swine | |
| 18 | Saturday Night Swine | |
| 19 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 20 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 21 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 22 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 23 | LWS SMOKING ACES | |
| 24 | 225 Degree Single Barrel Crew | |
| 25 | Back 40 BBQ | |
| 26 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 27 | WSG Cookers | |
| 28 | Idle Times | |
| 29 | Smoke Right BBQ | |
| 30 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 31 | Wintenn | |
| 32 | T&M BBQ | |
| 33 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 34 | Smoking Broke BBQ | |
| 35 | The Smokin’ Huskies | |
| 36 | Double D's BBQ | |
| 37 | Finger Lickers | |
| 38 | Blow-N-Smoke |