Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
2026-03-27 – 2026-03-28 · Athens, AL · 📍 18118 SR-99
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $7,750.00
Grand Champion: Mind if I Smoke? (356.5716) · 43 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Rollin Smoke BBQ
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📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: Say My Name BBQ and Smokey Bees BBQ - MS tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: PUDDLEDUCK BBQ and Armstrong Smoke & Co. tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Armstrong Smoke & Co. and Southern Swine tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Smokey Bees BBQ (won 2024), LeeLa Q (won 2025).
🃏 An upset on the books
Mind if I Smoke? came in rated below the field's top team, WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 17-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)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-22 | Athens, AL | 18118 Highway 99 | 38 | 354.2628 | Smokey Bees BBQ | — |
| 2025-03-21 | Athens, AL | 18118 Highway 99 | 43 | 355.4172 | LeeLa Q | — |
| 2026-03-27 ← this one | Athens, AL | 18118 SR-99 | 43 | 356.5716 | Mind if I Smoke? | — |
| 2027-04-02 | Athens, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 177.7144 | 176.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 173.1316 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
43 entries · top 356.5716 · median 337.6688
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 2 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 4 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 5 | Southern Swine | |
| 6 | LEE LA Q | |
| 7 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 8 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 9 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 10 | Red, White & Que | |
| 11 | 205 Smoke | |
| 12 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 13 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 14 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 15 | Cook Shak BBQ MS | |
| 16 | Bentley Que | |
| 17 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 18 | When Pigs Fly - Florence, AL | |
| 19 | Jury's Out | |
| 20 | Rise and Swine-AL | |
| 21 | Grill of Fortune BBQ | |
| 22 | HUNTER'S HOT ASH BBQ | |
| 23 | Budget BBQ | |
| 24 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 25 | Cedar Creek | |
| 26 | Pork Life | |
| 27 | Macalicious BBQ | |
| 28 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 29 | Scuttlebutts | |
| 30 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 31 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 32 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 33 | Rocky Top BBQ | |
| 34 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 35 | J.T.'s Smoke Shack | |
| 36 | Audrey & Helen's Smokehouse BBQ | |
| 37 | Last Place Last Year | |
| 38 | Hey Dude BBQ | |
| 39 | Rocket City Q | |
| 40 | Brother In-Law BBQ | |
| 41 | All Things Covered 'N Smoke | |
| 42 | Dynamic Que-O | |
| 43 | BLACKOUT BBQ |
Chicken
43 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 2 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 3 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 4 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 5 | Southern Swine | |
| 6 | Cook Shak BBQ MS | |
| 7 | BLACKOUT BBQ | |
| 8 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 9 | LEE LA Q | |
| 10 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 11 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 12 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 13 | 205 Smoke | |
| 14 | Scuttlebutts | |
| 15 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 16 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 17 | When Pigs Fly - Florence, AL | |
| 18 | Bentley Que | |
| 19 | Jury's Out | |
| 20 | Cedar Creek | |
| 21 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 22 | Rise and Swine-AL | |
| 23 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 24 | Red, White & Que | |
| 25 | Macalicious BBQ | |
| 26 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 27 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 28 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 29 | Pork Life | |
| 30 | Grill of Fortune BBQ | |
| 31 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 32 | HUNTER'S HOT ASH BBQ | |
| 33 | J.T.'s Smoke Shack | |
| 34 | Budget BBQ | |
| 35 | Brother In-Law BBQ | |
| 36 | Dynamic Que-O | |
| 37 | Rocket City Q | |
| 38 | Audrey & Helen's Smokehouse BBQ | |
| 39 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 40 | Rocky Top BBQ | |
| 41 | Hey Dude BBQ | |
| 42 | Last Place Last Year | |
| 43 | All Things Covered 'N Smoke |
Pork Ribs
42 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5314 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 2 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 3 | Budget BBQ | |
| 4 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 5 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 6 | Red, White & Que | |
| 7 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | HUNTER'S HOT ASH BBQ | |
| 9 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 10 | Grill of Fortune BBQ | |
| 11 | Southern Swine | |
| 12 | LEE LA Q | |
| 13 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 14 | Bentley Que | |
| 15 | 205 Smoke | |
| 16 | Rocky Top BBQ | |
| 17 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 18 | When Pigs Fly - Florence, AL | |
| 19 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 20 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 21 | Pork Life | |
| 22 | Rise and Swine-AL | |
| 23 | Jury's Out | |
| 24 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 25 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 26 | Cook Shak BBQ MS | |
| 27 | Cedar Creek | |
| 28 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 29 | Macalicious BBQ | |
| 30 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 31 | Audrey & Helen's Smokehouse BBQ | |
| 32 | J.T.'s Smoke Shack | |
| 33 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 34 | Last Place Last Year | |
| 35 | Scuttlebutts | |
| 36 | Hey Dude BBQ | |
| 37 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 38 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 39 | All Things Covered 'N Smoke | |
| 40 | Rocket City Q | |
| 41 | Brother In-Law BBQ | |
| 42 | Dynamic Que-O |
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Ancillary — Anything But
7 entries · top 177.7028 · median 173.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 2 | LEE LA Q | |
| 3 | All Things Covered 'N Smoke | |
| 4 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 5 | Red, White & Que | |
| 6 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 7 | Hey Dude BBQ |
Ancillary — Dessert
10 entries · top 180.0000 · median 179.4286 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 2 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 3 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 4 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 5 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 7 | Bentley Que | |
| 8 | All Things Covered 'N Smoke | |
| 9 | Red, White & Que | |
| 10 | Wee Daddy's BBQ |
Kids-Q — Kid'S-Q: 10-15
3 entries · top 173.1084 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rollin' Smoke JR | |
| 2 | Miss Cook Shak | |
| 3 | Ronnie's Boys |
Kids-Q — Kid'S-Q: 2-4
5 entries · top 180.0000 · median 180.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rollin' Smoke 3rd | |
| 2 | Pretty in Pink | |
| 3 | The Real Little Squeal Jr. | |
| 4 | The Cookin' Kid | |
| 5 | Grill of Fortune BBQ 2.0 |
Kids-Q — Kids-Q: 5-9
7 entries · top 177.7144 · median 171.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 205R Smoke Jr. JR | |
| 2 | SparkleQ | |
| 3 | 205 Smoke Jr | |
| 4 | Singing Mermaids | |
| 5 | The Real Little Squeal | |
| 6 | Pork Life Jr. | |
| 7 | Dino Dogs |
Ancillary — Steak
13 entries · top 176.0000 · median 165.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 2 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | Southern Swine | |
| 4 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 5 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 6 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 7 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 8 | All Things Covered 'N Smoke | |
| 9 | 205 Smoke | |
| 10 | Jury's Out | |
| 11 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 12 | Rocky Top BBQ | |
| 13 | Wee Daddy's BBQ |