Last Chance Points Dance (BACKYARD)
2025-10-25 – 2025-10-26 · Cleveland, AL
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $750.00
Grand Champion: 931 BBQ (355.4288) · 16 teams
Entries
16
2 categories
Top score
355.4288
Winning margin
1.1660
GC over RC
Field average
345.10
median 345.10
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Tightest race
Chicken
2.2972 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
344.5256
what a walk cost here
Field spread
36.6860
winner to last place
Prize money
$750.00
on the line
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 78%
beats 22% of 2715 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1628
avg power rating going in · stronger than 98% of contests
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1660 points — closer than 79% of every championship in the data.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1628 power rating going in — stronger than 98% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
931 BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Smokey Bees BBQ - MS, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series — Chicken
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 3 | 931 BBQ | |
| 4 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 5 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 6 | Pork Life | |
| 7 | 205 Smoke | |
| 8 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | Fire Pig | |
| 10 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 11 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 12 | Backyard Grilling and Smoking | |
| 13 | Macalicious BBQ | |
| 14 | LEE LA Q | |
| 15 | Modest Meats | |
| 16 | Smoking Spurs |
Backyard Series — Overall
16 entries · top 355.4288 · median 345.1028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 931 BBQ | |
| 2 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 4 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 5 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 6 | Macalicious BBQ | |
| 7 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 8 | 205 Smoke | |
| 9 | Fire Pig | |
| 10 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 11 | LEE LA Q | |
| 12 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 13 | Backyard Grilling and Smoking | |
| 14 | Pork Life | |
| 15 | Modest Meats | |
| 16 | Smoking Spurs |
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 2 | Macalicious BBQ | |
| 3 | 931 BBQ | |
| 4 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 5 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | LEE LA Q | |
| 7 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 9 | 205 Smoke | |
| 10 | Backyard Grilling and Smoking | |
| 11 | Fire Pig | |
| 12 | Modest Meats | |
| 13 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 14 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 15 | Pork Life | |
| 16 | Smoking Spurs |