Smokin Ribs for the Kids (BACKYARD ONLY)
2025-09-19 – 2025-09-20 · Loves Park, IL · 📍 100 Heart Bld
Reps: CHARLIE BRINZA, JEANNE TITUS · Prize money: $1,000.00
Grand Champion: Sky High BBQ (348.0000) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Skinny Pig BBQ
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
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 3–4: Sky High BBQ and Rudes BBQ tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: All Smoked Up BBQ edged Smokey Bros Barbecue by 0.0116. Chicken places 4–5: M2BBQ edged Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que by 0.0344.
🃏 An upset on the books
Sky High BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Rudes BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5944 | 169.1084 | 163.4516 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1316 | 167.4172 | 157.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
17 entries · top 348.0000 · median 327.9312
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 2 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 3 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 4 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 5 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 6 | M2BBQ | |
| 7 | Smokey Bros Barbecue | |
| 8 | Boneheads BBQ | |
| 9 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 10 | Whatcha Smokin' | |
| 11 | Smokin' Her Eyez | |
| 12 | Cream City Q | |
| 13 | Brisket to the Limit | |
| 14 | Grillers Anonymous | |
| 15 | Drake Bros | |
| 16 | Barnes Family BBQ | |
| 17 | Tall Dad BBQ |
Chicken
17 entries · top 176.5944 · median 163.9884
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boneheads BBQ | |
| 2 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 3 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 4 | M2BBQ | |
| 5 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 6 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 7 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 8 | Smokey Bros Barbecue | |
| 9 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 10 | Brisket to the Limit | |
| 11 | Smokin' Her Eyez | |
| 12 | Whatcha Smokin' | |
| 13 | Cream City Q | |
| 14 | Drake Bros | |
| 15 | Grillers Anonymous | |
| 16 | Barnes Family BBQ | |
| 17 | Tall Dad BBQ |
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 173.1316 · median 158.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 2 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 3 | Sky High BBQ | |
| 4 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 5 | Wapatui Smokers | |
| 6 | Smokey Bros Barbecue | |
| 7 | M2BBQ | |
| 8 | Whatcha Smokin' | |
| 9 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 10 | Barnes Family BBQ | |
| 11 | Smokin' Her Eyez | |
| 12 | Grillers Anonymous | |
| 13 | Cream City Q | |
| 14 | Boneheads BBQ | |
| 15 | Tall Dad BBQ | |
| 16 | Drake Bros | |
| 17 | Brisket to the Limit |