O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2
2025-05-03 – 2025-05-04 · Oneonta, AL · 📍 28117 State Hwy 75
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $2,900.00
Grand Champion: Norala BBQ Team (358.8572) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Smokey Bees BBQ - MS
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1428 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Backyard Series — Chicken places 1–2: Electro-Que-ted and Cook Shak BBQ MS tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 2–3: Cook Shak BBQ MS and Wee Daddy's BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 4–5: NORALA BBQ TEAM and Smokey Bees BBQ - MS tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Blue Falcon (won 2024).
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1604 power rating going in — stronger than 92% of every contest tracked.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-04 | Oneonta, AL | 28117 State Hwy 75 | 20 | 355.4288 | Blue Falcon | — |
| 2025-05-03 ← this one | Oneonta, AL | 28117 State Hwy 75 | 23 | 358.8572 | Norala BBQ Team | — |
| 2026-05-02 | Cleveland, AL | 6700 CR1 | 15 | 353.1200 | Baptized by Smoke | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 174.2628 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 173.1316 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 173.1084 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
23 entries · top 358.8572 · median 346.2284
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 3 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 4 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 5 | LEE LA Q | |
| 6 | Cook Shak BBQ MS | |
| 7 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 9 | Jury's Out | |
| 10 | Bentley Que | |
| 11 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 12 | Blue Falcon | |
| 13 | Modest Meats | |
| 14 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 15 | Fire Pig | |
| 16 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 17 | Smokin 3's BBQ | |
| 18 | BLOW-N-SMOKE | |
| 19 | Budget BBQ | |
| 20 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 21 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 22 | Pork Life | |
| 23 | Bonnie Blue BBQ |
Chicken
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | Cook Shak BBQ MS | |
| 3 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 4 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 6 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 7 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 8 | LEE LA Q | |
| 9 | Bentley Que | |
| 10 | Fire Pig | |
| 11 | Blue Falcon | |
| 12 | Jury's Out | |
| 13 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 14 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 15 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 16 | Pork Life | |
| 17 | Smokin 3's BBQ | |
| 18 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 19 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 20 | Modest Meats | |
| 21 | BLOW-N-SMOKE | |
| 22 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 23 | Budget BBQ |
Pork Ribs
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | Modest Meats | |
| 3 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 4 | Jury's Out | |
| 5 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 6 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 7 | Budget BBQ | |
| 8 | LEE LA Q | |
| 9 | Blue Falcon | |
| 10 | BLOW-N-SMOKE | |
| 11 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 12 | Bentley Que | |
| 13 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 14 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 15 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 16 | Cook Shak BBQ MS | |
| 17 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 18 | Smokin 3's BBQ | |
| 19 | Fire Pig | |
| 20 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 21 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 22 | Pork Life | |
| 23 | Bonnie Blue BBQ |
Ancillary
Pork
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 2 | Blue Falcon | |
| 3 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 4 | Cook Shak BBQ MS | |
| 5 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 6 | Fire Pig | |
| 7 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 8 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | BLOW-N-SMOKE | |
| 10 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 11 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 12 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 13 | LEE LA Q | |
| 14 | Smokin 3's BBQ | |
| 15 | Modest Meats | |
| 16 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 17 | Jury's Out | |
| 18 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 19 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 20 | Bentley Que | |
| 21 | Pork Life | |
| 22 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 23 | Budget BBQ |