2025-09-19 – 2025-09-20 · Glencoe, AL · 📍 313 Nancy Carrol Ave
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $3,500.00
Grand Champion: Puddleduck BBQ (351.9656) · 30 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Electro-Que-ted
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2019 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 92% of the 713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5368 points — closer than 92% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100
PUDDLEDUCK 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.
This was Puddleduck BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 19th tracked contest.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 10 tracked editions
Dogpatch Q has won this contest 2 times across its 10 tracked editions.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 2.8456 points — 2 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Backyard Series — Chicken places 5–6: NORALA BBQ TEAM and PUDDLEDUCK BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Pork Ribs places 3–4: Mind if I Smoke? and PUDDLEDUCK BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Pork Ribs places 4–5: PUDDLEDUCK BBQ and Southern Swine tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Leela Q (won 2020).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-10 | Glencoe, AL | 407 Hollingsworth Park dr | — | — | — | — |
| 2019-08-09 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Av | 26 | 518.8116 | Slinging Pig Meat | — |
| 2020-08-07 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Av | 21 | 521.1088 | Leela Q | — |
| 2021-08-06 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Av | 31 | 514.2284 | NOROLA BBQ Team | — |
| 2022-08-12 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Ave | 35 | 530.8228 | Hickory Hangover | — |
| 2023-08-11 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Ave | 35 | 523.9772 | Small Batch BBQ | — |
| 2024-09-20 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Ave | 18 | 354.2744 | Curly Bird BBQ | — |
| 2025-09-19 ← this one | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Ave | 30 | 351.9656 | Puddleduck BBQ | — |
| 2025-09-20 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Ave | 22 | 348.0116 | Dogpatch Q | — |
| 2026-06-05 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carol Dr | 26 | 353.7144 | Dogpatch Q | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4056 | 173.1200 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 176.5600 | 171.9772 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
30 entries · top 351.9656 · median 339.6572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 2 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 3 | Bentley Que | |
| 4 | Southern Swine | |
| 5 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 7 | 205 Smoke | |
| 8 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 9 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 10 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 11 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 12 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 13 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 14 | LEE LA Q | |
| 15 | RIBLIFE | |
| 16 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 17 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 18 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 19 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 20 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 21 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 22 | Ghost Hill BBQ Team | |
| 23 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 24 | Pork Life | |
| 25 | Slingin' Pig Meat | |
| 26 | Smokin' Lang%22s BBQ16 | |
| 27 | Hive and Hickory | |
| 28 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 29 | Sand Valley bbqrs | |
| 30 | Low N' Slow Locomotives |
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 2 | Bentley Que | |
| 3 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 5 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 7 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 8 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 9 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 10 | 205 Smoke | |
| 11 | Southern Swine | |
| 12 | RIBLIFE | |
| 13 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 14 | Smokin' Lang%22s BBQ16 | |
| 15 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 16 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 17 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 18 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 19 | LEE LA Q | |
| 20 | Pork Life | |
| 21 | Ghost Hill BBQ Team | |
| 22 | Slingin' Pig Meat | |
| 23 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 24 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 25 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 26 | Hive and Hickory | |
| 27 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 28 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 29 | Sand Valley bbqrs | |
| 30 | Low N' Slow Locomotives |
30 entries · top 178.2972 · median 168.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 2 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 3 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 4 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 5 | Southern Swine | |
| 6 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 7 | 205 Smoke | |
| 8 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 9 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 11 | LEE LA Q | |
| 12 | Bentley Que | |
| 13 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 14 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 15 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 16 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 17 | RIBLIFE | |
| 18 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 19 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 20 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 21 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 22 | Ghost Hill BBQ Team | |
| 23 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 24 | Pork Life | |
| 25 | Slingin' Pig Meat | |
| 26 | Hive and Hickory | |
| 27 | Smokin' Lang%22s BBQ16 | |
| 28 | Low N' Slow Locomotives | |
| 29 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 30 | Sand Valley bbqrs |
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9714 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 2 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | LEE LA Q | |
| 4 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | Southern Swine | |
| 6 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 7 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 9 | RIBLIFE | |
| 10 | Bentley Que | |
| 11 | Low N' Slow Locomotives | |
| 12 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 13 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 14 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 15 | Hive and Hickory | |
| 16 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 17 | Ghost Hill BBQ Team | |
| 18 | 205 Smoke | |
| 19 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 20 | Slingin' Pig Meat | |
| 21 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 22 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 23 | Smokin' Lang%22s BBQ16 | |
| 24 | Sand Valley bbqrs | |
| 25 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 26 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 27 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 28 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 29 | Pork Life | |
| 30 | Thin Blue Swine |