BBQ Fest - Chippewa Falls, WI (BACKYARD ONLY)
2026-05-15 – 2026-05-16 · Chippewa Falls, WI · 📍 225 Edward Street
Reps: LAURIE TWETEN · Prize money: $1,950.00
Grand Champion: Smokey GQ (350.2856) · 21 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 FENDER BENDER BBQ
Entries
21
2 judged meats
Top score
350.2856
Winning margin
1.7256
GC over RC
Field average
318.62
median 326.74
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
2.8456 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
327.9084
10th place overall
Field spread
161.7372
winner to last place
Prize money
$1,950.00
on the line
Double threats
2
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 51%
beats 49% of 708 Backyard Series wins in the data
Traveled in
19%
of the 21 teams with a home region came from outside WI
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.68 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1537
avg power rating going in · stronger than 43% of contests
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
SMOKEY GQ took the Grand Championship home to MN.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 7–8: All Smoked Up BBQ and SASSY SMOKE BBQ tied on 170.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: DAWGS BBQ edged Low-N-Slow Bro's by 0.0116. Chicken places 6–7: BT's Meat Treats edged All Smoked Up BBQ by 0.0232.
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 172.0000 | 166.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0000 | 173.1544 | 165.7144 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
21 entries · top 350.2856 · median 326.7428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 2 | FENDER BENDER BBQ | |
| 3 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 4 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 5 | SASSY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 6 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 7 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 8 | Ole Mae I BBQ | |
| 9 | BT's Meat Treats | |
| 10 | Low-N-Slow Bro's | |
| 11 | Simply BBQ | |
| 12 | Ribs For Your Pleasure | |
| 13 | Hogs & Hoses | |
| 14 | Midwestern BBQ | |
| 15 | Bigfoot Smokin' | |
| 16 | WON'T GET SMOKED AGAIN | |
| 17 | Squig-Sizzla Roktopus Munchery | |
| 18 | Spicy Studs BBQ | |
| 19 | R2BBQ | |
| 20 | Velvet Smoke | |
| 21 | Stout Buckets BBQ |
Chicken
21 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.1660
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 2 | FENDER BENDER BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 4 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 5 | Ole Mae I BBQ | |
| 6 | BT's Meat Treats | |
| 7 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 8 | SASSY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 9 | Simply BBQ | |
| 10 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 11 | Bigfoot Smokin' | |
| 12 | Ribs For Your Pleasure | |
| 13 | Hogs & Hoses | |
| 14 | WON'T GET SMOKED AGAIN | |
| 15 | Low-N-Slow Bro's | |
| 16 | Squig-Sizzla Roktopus Munchery | |
| 17 | Velvet Smoke | |
| 18 | Midwestern BBQ | |
| 19 | Spicy Studs BBQ | |
| 20 | R2BBQ | |
| 21 | Stout Buckets BBQ |
Pork Ribs
21 entries · top 176.0000 · median 164.5488
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 2 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 3 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 4 | Low-N-Slow Bro's | |
| 5 | FENDER BENDER BBQ | |
| 6 | SASSY SMOKE BBQ | |
| 7 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 8 | Stout Buckets BBQ | |
| 9 | Midwestern BBQ | |
| 10 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 11 | Hogs & Hoses | |
| 12 | Ribs For Your Pleasure | |
| 13 | Ole Mae I BBQ | |
| 14 | Simply BBQ | |
| 15 | BT's Meat Treats | |
| 16 | R2BBQ | |
| 17 | WON'T GET SMOKED AGAIN | |
| 18 | Spicy Studs BBQ | |
| 19 | Bigfoot Smokin' | |
| 20 | Squig-Sizzla Roktopus Munchery | |
| 21 | Velvet Smoke |