Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
2025-10-10 – 2025-10-11 · Stover, MO · 📍 401 W. 2nd St.
Reps: EUGENE WICKHAM, SARAH WICKHAM · Prize money: $4,400.00
Grand Champion: BBQ MIKE (354.2628) · 13 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BBQ Pit Bros
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
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Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
BBQ MIKE took the Grand Championship home to IL.
🧹 A double category winner
BBQ Pit Bros won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
Backyard Series — Chicken places 2–3: Rudes BBQ and HESSHOGS tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 7–8: SadieQ and Bushwood BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 9–10: HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ and Rucking Fidiculous BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-10 ← this one | Stover, MO | 401 W. 2nd St. | 13 | 354.2628 | BBQ MIKE | — |
| 2026-10-10 | Stover, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 177.7028 | 174.8572 | 170.8228 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 169.6684 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 158.2400 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
13 entries · top 354.2628 · median 345.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 2 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 3 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 4 | HESSHOGS | |
| 5 | Pork n Go | |
| 6 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 7 | RobbieQ | |
| 8 | SadieQ | |
| 9 | Rucking Fidiculous BBQ | |
| 10 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 11 | Blended Smoke BBQ | |
| 12 | Six Packs Slabs | |
| 13 | Holy Smoke BBQ MO |
Chicken
13 entries · top 177.7028 · median 173.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 2 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 3 | HESSHOGS | |
| 4 | Pork n Go | |
| 5 | RobbieQ | |
| 6 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 7 | SadieQ | |
| 8 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 9 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 10 | Rucking Fidiculous BBQ | |
| 11 | Blended Smoke BBQ | |
| 12 | Six Packs Slabs | |
| 13 | Holy Smoke BBQ MO |
Pork Ribs
13 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 2 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 3 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 4 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 5 | HESSHOGS | |
| 6 | Rucking Fidiculous BBQ | |
| 7 | Pork n Go | |
| 8 | RobbieQ | |
| 9 | SadieQ | |
| 10 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 11 | Blended Smoke BBQ | |
| 12 | Holy Smoke BBQ MO | |
| 13 | Six Packs Slabs |
Ancillary
Pork
10 entries · top 177.7028 · median 170.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 2 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 3 | Rucking Fidiculous BBQ | |
| 4 | RobbieQ | |
| 5 | Blended Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 7 | Bushwood BBQ | |
| 8 | Holy Smoke BBQ MO | |
| 9 | Six Packs Slabs | |
| 10 | SadieQ |