O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1
2026-05-01 – 2026-05-02 · Cleveland, AL
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $1,775.00
Grand Champion: Puddleduck BBQ (350.8344) · 17 teams
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
How hot was the win?
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1544 points — closer than 80% of every championship in the data.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
5 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🃏 An upset on the books
PUDDLEDUCK BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Rollin Smoke BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-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
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-03 | Oneonta, AL | 27 | 349.6916 | Pork Life |
| 2025-05-02 | Oneonta, AL | 28 | 355.4288 | Norala BBQ Team |
| 2026-05-01 ← this one | Cleveland, AL | 17 | 350.8344 | Puddleduck BBQ |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series — Chicken
17 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.3828 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 2 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | Bentley Que | |
| 4 | Modest Meats | |
| 5 | Southern Swine | |
| 6 | Pork Life | |
| 7 | Jury's Out | |
| 8 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 9 | Baptized by Smoke | |
| 10 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 11 | LEE LA Q | |
| 12 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 13 | Cook Shak BBQ MS | |
| 14 | Grill of Fortune BBQ | |
| 15 | Budget BBQ | |
| 16 | Batons & Bones | |
| 17 | LWS Smokin Aces |
Backyard Series — Overall
17 entries · top 350.8344 · median 341.6572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 2 | Bentley Que | |
| 3 | Pork Life | |
| 4 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | Jury's Out | |
| 6 | LEE LA Q | |
| 7 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 8 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 9 | Southern Swine | |
| 10 | Cook Shak BBQ MS | |
| 11 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 12 | Budget BBQ | |
| 13 | Baptized by Smoke | |
| 14 | Grill of Fortune BBQ | |
| 15 | Modest Meats | |
| 16 | Batons & Bones | |
| 17 | LWS Smokin Aces |
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 177.7144 · median 171.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEE LA Q | |
| 2 | Cook Shak BBQ MS | |
| 3 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 4 | Pork Life | |
| 5 | Jury's Out | |
| 6 | Budget BBQ | |
| 7 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 8 | Bentley Que | |
| 9 | Grill of Fortune BBQ | |
| 10 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 11 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 12 | Batons & Bones | |
| 13 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 14 | Baptized by Smoke | |
| 15 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 16 | Southern Swine | |
| 17 | Modest Meats |
Kids-Q — 10-15 year olds
2 entries · top 178.8572 · median 177.7086
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rollin' Smoke Jr. | |
| 2 | Miss Cook Shak |
Kids-Q — 2-4 year olds
3 entries · top 180.0000 · median 180.0000 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretty In Pink | |
| 2 | Grill of Fortune 2.0 | |
| 3 | Rollin' Smoke III |
Kids-Q — 5-9 year olds
5 entries · top 180.0000 · median 177.7028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singing Mermaid | |
| 2 | The Grilln' Diva | |
| 3 | Team Iron Man | |
| 4 | Pork Life Jr. | |
| 5 | Say My Name 2.0 |