WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
2025-10-17 – 2025-10-18 · Huntsville, AL
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $4,300.00
Grand Champion: Hickory Hangover (354.2744) · 39 teams
Entries
39
3 categories
Top score
354.2744
Winning margin
1.1544
GC over RC
Field average
327.37
median 334.87
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Tightest race
Chicken
1.1544 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
345.1088
what a walk cost here
Field spread
192.6060
winner to last place
Prize money
$4,300.00
on the line
Double threats
1
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 80%
beats 20% of 2713 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1531
avg power rating going in · stronger than 36% of contests
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1544 points — closer than 80% of every championship in the data.
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
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-18 | Huntsville, AL | 50 | 358.2972 | Deviant Smoke |
| 2025-10-17 ← this one | Huntsville, AL | 39 | 354.2744 | Hickory Hangover |
| 2026-10-16 | Huntsville, AL | — | — | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Ancillary — Dessert
8 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1314 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angie Siddiqui | |
| 2 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 3 | Big Back BBQ | |
| 4 | Slice to Meat You | |
| 5 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 6 | LEE LA Q | |
| 7 | Bethany Brown | |
| 8 | All Things Covered in Smoke |
Backyard Series — Chicken
38 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 2 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 3 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 4 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 5 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 6 | Smoke'Em All | |
| 7 | Serial Grillers | |
| 8 | Los Diablos | |
| 9 | LEE LA Q | |
| 10 | Hensel Phelps | |
| 11 | GSP Barbecue | |
| 12 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 13 | Beefis and Butthead | |
| 14 | Slice to Meat You | |
| 15 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 16 | Smoke Rings & BBQ Dreams | |
| 17 | Smokeaholics | |
| 18 | Boar on the Floor | |
| 19 | Window World | |
| 20 | Big Back BBQ | |
| 21 | PIG'N AND CHICK'N | |
| 22 | All Things Covered in Smoke | |
| 23 | You Don't Win Friends with Salad | |
| 24 | Big Beautiful BBQ | |
| 25 | SportsPage Smokers | |
| 26 | Blood, Sweat, & Titos | |
| 27 | Last Place Chicken | |
| 28 | Butt Dust Backyard BBQ | |
| 29 | RFCU SMOKE WHISPERERS | |
| 30 | A BBQ Team Divided | |
| 31 | El Heffe Q | |
| 32 | Boss Hawgs | |
| 33 | Just For Fun BBQ | |
| 34 | Last Place Last Year | |
| 35 | Boob-B-Q | |
| 36 | Coldwater Creek | |
| 37 | Limp Brizkit | |
| 38 | TWO CATS |
Backyard Series — Overall
39 entries · top 354.2744 · median 334.8688
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 2 | Serial Grillers | |
| 3 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 4 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 5 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 6 | Hensel Phelps | |
| 7 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 8 | LEE LA Q | |
| 9 | Smoke Rings & BBQ Dreams | |
| 10 | Los Diablos | |
| 11 | Smoke'Em All | |
| 12 | GSP Barbecue | |
| 13 | Window World | |
| 14 | All Things Covered in Smoke | |
| 15 | Smokeaholics | |
| 16 | Big Back BBQ | |
| 17 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 18 | Coldwater Creek | |
| 19 | Beefis and Butthead | |
| 20 | You Don't Win Friends with Salad | |
| 21 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 22 | Blood, Sweat, & Titos | |
| 23 | Slice to Meat You | |
| 24 | SportsPage Smokers | |
| 25 | Big Beautiful BBQ | |
| 26 | Just For Fun BBQ | |
| 27 | El Heffe Q | |
| 28 | PIG'N AND CHICK'N | |
| 29 | Boob-B-Q | |
| 30 | Boar on the Floor | |
| 31 | Butt Dust Backyard BBQ | |
| 32 | Limp Brizkit | |
| 33 | Last Place Chicken | |
| 34 | RFCU SMOKE WHISPERERS | |
| 35 | A BBQ Team Divided | |
| 36 | TWO CATS | |
| 37 | Boss Hawgs | |
| 38 | 4th and Pork | |
| 39 | Last Place Last Year |
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs
38 entries · top 178.8800 · median 169.1258
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 2 | Hensel Phelps | |
| 3 | Coldwater Creek | |
| 4 | Serial Grillers | |
| 5 | Smoke Rings & BBQ Dreams | |
| 6 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 7 | LEE LA Q | |
| 8 | All Things Covered in Smoke | |
| 9 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 10 | Window World | |
| 11 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 12 | GSP Barbecue | |
| 13 | Big Back BBQ | |
| 14 | Smokeaholics | |
| 15 | Los Diablos | |
| 16 | You Don't Win Friends with Salad | |
| 17 | Limp Brizkit | |
| 18 | Just For Fun BBQ | |
| 19 | El Heffe Q | |
| 20 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 21 | Blood, Sweat, & Titos | |
| 22 | Smoke'Em All | |
| 23 | 4th and Pork | |
| 24 | SportsPage Smokers | |
| 25 | Boob-B-Q | |
| 26 | Big Beautiful BBQ | |
| 27 | TWO CATS | |
| 28 | Beefis and Butthead | |
| 29 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 30 | Slice to Meat You | |
| 31 | Butt Dust Backyard BBQ | |
| 32 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 33 | PIG'N AND CHICK'N | |
| 34 | Boar on the Floor | |
| 35 | RFCU SMOKE WHISPERERS | |
| 36 | Last Place Chicken | |
| 37 | A BBQ Team Divided | |
| 38 | Boss Hawgs |