A day of perfect scores
3
perfect 180s
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- Rudes BBQ · Chicken
- HESSHOGS · Chicken
- Electro-Que-ted · Pork Ribs
Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) 2025
Oct 3–4, 2025 · Pleasant Hill, MO · 📍 300 Campbell Street
Reps: Bunny Tuttle, Rich Tuttle · Prize money: $2,700
Electro-Que-ted won Grand Champion at the Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) on October 3, 2025 in Pleasant Hill, MO at 300 Campbell Street, scoring 358.8572 in a field of 23 teams. HESSHOGS took Reserve Grand Champion with 356.0000. Category winners: Chicken — Rudes BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Electro-Que-ted (180.0000). This is the 2nd of 3 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by Piggy's Kin; the next was held in 2026.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
301.01
median 338.80
358.86 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 180 🔥
- Pork Ribs 180 🔥
143.35
180
Entries
23
2 judged meats
Top score
358.8572
Winning margin
2.8572
GC over RC
Field average
336.10
301.01358.86
median 338.80 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Chicken
3.4400 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
342.2400
301.01358.86
10th place overall
Field spread
57.8512
winner to last place
Prize money
$2,700
on the line
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 2%
beats 98% of 616 Backyard Series wins in the data
Came back for more
42%
8 of 19 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.58 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,569
avg power rating going in · stronger than 53% of contests
Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
A rookie on the podium
3rd
at their first tracked contest
RUCKING FADICULOUS BBQ finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 3 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 1–2: Rudes BBQ and HESSHOGS tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: BARE KNUCKLE BBQ and Fire Pig tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: SadieQ edged Rudes BBQ by 0.0116.
- Chicken 1–2 · tie
- Chicken 6–7 · tie
- Pork Ribs 6–7 · 0.0116
A contest record in chicken
180.0000
best chicken ever cooked here
Rudes BBQ turned in 180.0000 in chicken — past the 177.7028 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
- old best 177.7028
- across 1 past editions
In the record book (1 in the KCBS record book)
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2024 | Pleasant Hill, MO | 308 W. Commercial St. | 19 | 354.3316 | Piggy's Kin |
| Oct 3, 2025 ← this one | Pleasant Hill, MO | 300 Campbell Street | 23 | 358.8572 | ELECTRO-QUE-TED |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Pleasant Hill, MO | 300 Campbell Street | 15 | 354.2856 | SMOKED BY THE BROOKS |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 176.5600 | 170.8228 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 176 | 170.2744 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
23 entries · top 358.8572 · median 338.8000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | HESSHOGS | |
| 3 | RUCKING FADICULOUS BBQ | |
| 4 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 5 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 6 | Fire Pig | |
| 7 | BARE KNUCKLE BBQ | |
| 8 | PIT PALS | |
| 9 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 10 | SadieQ | |
| 11 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 12 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 13 | I SMELL SMOKE | |
| 14 | Salt and Pepper BBQ | |
| 15 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 16 | Blues Q's | |
| 17 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 18 | Six Packs Slabs | |
| 19 | Brothers Always Smokin Somethin | |
| 20 | LL BBQ | |
| 21 | BROS BBQ | |
| 22 | GRAND BABY ROY'S R SMOKIN | |
| 23 | J & M BBQ |
Chicken
23 entries · top 180 · median 167.4400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 2 | HESSHOGS | |
| 3 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 4 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 5 | RUCKING FADICULOUS BBQ | |
| 6 | BARE KNUCKLE BBQ | |
| 7 | Fire Pig | |
| 8 | I SMELL SMOKE | |
| 9 | PIT PALS | |
| 10 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 11 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 12 | Salt and Pepper BBQ | |
| 13 | SadieQ | |
| 14 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 15 | Six Packs Slabs | |
| 16 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | Blues Q's | |
| 18 | BROS BBQ | |
| 19 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 20 | Brothers Always Smokin Somethin | |
| 21 | LL BBQ | |
| 22 | J & M BBQ | |
| 23 | GRAND BABY ROY'S R SMOKIN |
Pork Ribs
23 entries · top 180 · median 169.6916 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | RUCKING FADICULOUS BBQ | |
| 3 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 4 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | HESSHOGS | |
| 6 | SadieQ | |
| 7 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 8 | Fire Pig | |
| 9 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 10 | PIT PALS | |
| 11 | Salt and Pepper BBQ | |
| 12 | BARE KNUCKLE BBQ | |
| 13 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 14 | Brothers Always Smokin Somethin | |
| 15 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 16 | Blues Q's | |
| 17 | I SMELL SMOKE | |
| 18 | Six Packs Slabs | |
| 19 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 20 | LL BBQ | |
| 21 | GRAND BABY ROY'S R SMOKIN | |
| 22 | BROS BBQ | |
| 23 | J & M BBQ |