First State BBQ Bash (SUNDAY BACKYARD ONLY)
2025-09-28 · Milford, DE · 📍 20142 Beaver Dam Dr
Reps: BILL JONES, LOUISE WEIDNER
Grand Champion: Fire & Shine BBQ (352.0000) · 14 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Oink N' Doink BBQ
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Perfect 180s
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How hot was the win?
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Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Fire & Shine BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 4 tracked editions.
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 8.0456 points — a wider margin than 85% of championships in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
FIRE & SHINE BBQ took the Grand Championship home to VA.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 9–10: Capt. Blue BBQ and Hot Thang BBQ tied on 166.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: Rough Cut Q and Brewski's BBQ Competition Team tied on 165.6800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Fire & Shine BBQ (won 2025), Rough Cut Q (won 2025).
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1614 power rating going in — stronger than 95% 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)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | Milford, DE | 20142 Beaver Dam Dr | 25 | 697.6688 | Drilling & Grilling | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE |
| 2025-09-26 | Milford, DE | 20142 Beaver Dam Dr | 16 | 176.0116 | Fire & Shine BBQ | — |
| 2025-09-26 | Milford, DE | 20142 Beaver Dam Dr | 12 | 178.8572 | Rough Cut Q | — |
| 2025-09-28 ← this one | Milford, DE | 20142 Beaver Dam Dr | 14 | 352.0000 | Fire & Shine BBQ | — |
| 2026-09-25 | Milford, DE | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-09-27 | Milford, DE | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1544 | 172.5600 | 166.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5944 | 169.6684 | 165.6800 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
14 entries · top 352.0000 · median 338.5086
Chicken
14 entries · top 177.1544 · median 168.5314
Pork Ribs
14 entries · top 176.5944 · median 166.8228