O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1
2026-05-01 – 2026-05-02 · Cleveland, AL · 📍 6700 CR1
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $1,775.00
Grand Champion: Puddleduck BBQ (350.8344) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Bentley Que
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 2–3: Cook Shak BBQ MS and HOLY SMOKIN!!! tied on 176.5716 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Deviant Smoke edged Bentley Que by 0.0116. Chicken places 6–7: Pork Life edged Jury's Out by 0.0116.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Pork Life (won 2024).
🃏 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
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-03 | Oneonta, AL | 28117 State Hwy 75 | 27 | 349.6916 | Pork Life | — |
| 2025-05-02 | Oneonta, AL | 28117 State Hwy 75 | 28 | 355.4288 | Norala BBQ Team | — |
| 2026-05-01 ← this one | Cleveland, AL | 6700 CR1 | 17 | 350.8344 | Puddleduck BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.2744 | 167.3712 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 174.2744 | 171.4056 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
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 |