Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD)
2025-09-20 · Glencoe, AL · 📍 313 Nancy Carrol Ave
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER
Grand Champion: Dogpatch Q (348.0116) · 22 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LEE LA Q
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Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Dogpatch Q has won this contest 2 times across its 10 tracked editions.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Dogpatch Q took the Grand Championship home to VA.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: Pork Life and Maggie Farm tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: NORALA BBQ TEAM edged BAMA BOYS BBQ by 0.0116. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team edged Low N' Slow Locomotives by 0.0228.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Leela Q (won 2020).
🃏 An upset on the books
Dogpatch Q came in rated below the field's top team, NORALA BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-10 | 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 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Ave | 30 | 351.9656 | Puddleduck BBQ | — |
| 2025-09-20 ← this one | 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 | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4172 | 171.9772 | 169.6684 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 174.8572 | 169.6800 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
22 entries · top 348.0116 · median 338.2228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 2 | LEE LA Q | |
| 3 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 4 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 5 | Pork Life | |
| 6 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 7 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 8 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 9 | Low N' Slow Locomotives | |
| 10 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 11 | Slingin' Pig Meat | |
| 12 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 13 | REDBONES | |
| 14 | Ghost Hill BBQ Team | |
| 15 | Maggie Farm | |
| 16 | Candied Pig | |
| 17 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 18 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 19 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 20 | Sand Valley BBQrs | |
| 21 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 22 | Wee Daddy's BBQ |
Chicken
22 entries · top 175.4172 · median 168.8514
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 2 | LEE LA Q | |
| 3 | Pork Life | |
| 4 | Maggie Farm | |
| 5 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 7 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 8 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 9 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 10 | Slingin' Pig Meat | |
| 11 | REDBONES | |
| 12 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 13 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 14 | Ghost Hill BBQ Team | |
| 15 | Sand Valley BBQrs | |
| 16 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 17 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 18 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 19 | Candied Pig | |
| 20 | Low N' Slow Locomotives | |
| 21 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 22 | Wee Daddy's BBQ |
Pork Ribs
22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 2 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 3 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 4 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 5 | Low N' Slow Locomotives | |
| 6 | LEE LA Q | |
| 7 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 8 | Candied Pig | |
| 9 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 10 | Ghost Hill BBQ Team | |
| 11 | Pork Life | |
| 12 | Slingin' Pig Meat | |
| 13 | REDBONES | |
| 14 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 15 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 16 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 17 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 18 | Maggie Farm | |
| 19 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 20 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 21 | Sand Valley BBQrs | |
| 22 | BAMA BOYS BBQ |
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Ancillary — Mystery Box
22 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 2 | LEE LA Q | |
| 3 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 5 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 6 | REDBONES | |
| 7 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 8 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 9 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 10 | Pork Life | |
| 11 | Ghost Hill BBQ Team | |
| 12 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 13 | Candied Pig | |
| 14 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 15 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 16 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 17 | Slingin' Pig Meat | |
| 18 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 19 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 20 | Sand Valley BBQrs | |
| 21 | Low N' Slow Locomotives | |
| 22 | Maggie Farm |