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First State BBQ Bash (SUNDAY BACKYARD ONLY)

2025-09-28 · Milford, DE

Reps: BILL JONES, LOUISE WEIDNER

Grand Champion: Fire & Shine BBQ (352.0000) · 14 teams

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352.0000 · Backyard Series — Overall
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343.9544 · Backyard Series — Overall
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343.3828 · Backyard Series — Overall

Entries

14
2 categories

Top score

352.0000

Winning margin

8.0456
GC over RC

Field average

335.53
median 338.51

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
4.5944 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

331.9200
what a walk cost here

Field spread

33.8056
winner to last place

Double threats

2
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 3.4400 pts — FIRE & SHINE BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 83%
beats 17% of 2713 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1615
avg power rating going in · stronger than 95% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1751 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

Fire & Shine BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

FIRE & SHINE BBQ took the Grand Championship home to VA.

🏟️ A stacked field

The field averaged a 1615 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)

This contest over the years

DateWhereTeamsHigh scoreGrand Champion
2025-09-26 Milford, DE 25 697.6688 Drilling & Grilling
2025-09-26 Milford, DE 16 176.0116 Fire & Shine BBQ
2025-09-26 Milford, DE 12 178.8572 Rough Cut Q
2025-09-28 ← this one Milford, DE 14 352.0000 Fire & Shine BBQ
2026-09-25 Milford, DE

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Backyard Series — Chicken

14 entries · top 177.1544 · median 168.5314

#TeamScore
1 Brewski's BBQ Competition Team 177.1544
2 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 175.4056
3 Castleton Q 173.7144
4 Rough Cut Q 173.1200
5 Better Half Barbecue 172.5600
6 Oink N' Doink BBQ 171.9772
7 Leaning Jowler BBQ 169.6800
8 Backwooder BBQ 167.3828
9 Capt. Blue BBQ 166.8228
10 Hot Thang BBQ 166.8228
11 Bay Brothers BBQ 165.0972
12 All About the Wood 165.0972
13 MRC_Barbecue 163.3944
14 Squeals like the First Time 158.8000

Backyard Series — Overall

14 entries · top 352.0000 · median 338.5086

#TeamScore
1 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 352.0000
2 Oink N' Doink BBQ 343.9544
3 Castleton Q 343.3828
4 Brewski's BBQ Competition Team 342.8344
5 Hot Thang BBQ 339.9772
6 Better Half Barbecue 339.9656
7 Rough Cut Q 338.8000
8 Leaning Jowler BBQ 338.2172
9 All About the Wood 335.9200
10 Capt. Blue BBQ 331.9200
11 MRC_Barbecue 329.6344
12 Squeals like the First Time 322.7772
13 Backwooder BBQ 319.8744
14 Bay Brothers BBQ 318.1944

Backyard Series — Pork Ribs

14 entries · top 176.5944 · median 166.8228

#TeamScore
1 FIRE & SHINE BBQ 176.5944
2 Hot Thang BBQ 173.1544
3 Oink N' Doink BBQ 171.9772
4 All About the Wood 170.8228
5 Castleton Q 169.6684
6 Leaning Jowler BBQ 168.5372
7 Better Half Barbecue 167.4056
8 MRC_Barbecue 166.2400
9 Rough Cut Q 165.6800
10 Brewski's BBQ Competition Team 165.6800
11 Capt. Blue BBQ 165.0972
12 Squeals like the First Time 163.9772
13 Bay Brothers BBQ 153.0972
14 Backwooder BBQ 152.4916

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