West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY)
2026-05-15 – 2026-05-16 · Kansas City, MO · 📍 Liberty Street
Reps: CLARA WILLIAMS, JONATHAN B WILLIAMS · Prize money: $6,200.00
Grand Champion: Big Reds Backyard BBQ (353.7028) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Too Sauced BBQ
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🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5828 points — closer than 86% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: HevyQue and Big Reds Backyard BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: Smoked By The Brooks and Too Sauced BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: HOG TUAH BBQ edged Smoked By The Brooks by 0.0228.
🃏 An upset on the books
Big Reds Backyard BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Too Sauced BBQ, 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)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 ← this one | Kansas City, MO | Liberty Street | 16 | 353.7028 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | — |
| 2026-05-15 | Kansas City, MO | Liberty Street | 15 | 178.8800 | Smokey Jokers | — |
| 2026-05-15 | Kansas City, MO | Liberty Street | 15 | 177.1428 | Too Sauced BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 169.6912 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 175.4516 | 170.2628 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
16 entries · top 353.7028 · median 341.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 2 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 3 | Bald Beauties BBQ | |
| 4 | Smoked By The Brooks | |
| 5 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 6 | HevyQue | |
| 7 | Sasquatch Smoke N Que | |
| 8 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 10 | Alaska BBQ Mann | |
| 11 | HOG TUAH BBQ | |
| 12 | SadieQ | |
| 13 | 10 In The Pit BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKEY JOKERS | |
| 15 | i smell smoke | |
| 16 | Leuchen Hausgemacht |
Chicken
16 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.2686
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska BBQ Mann | |
| 2 | Bald Beauties BBQ | |
| 3 | HevyQue | |
| 4 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 5 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 6 | SadieQ | |
| 7 | HOG TUAH BBQ | |
| 8 | Smoked By The Brooks | |
| 9 | Sasquatch Smoke N Que | |
| 10 | 10 In The Pit BBQ | |
| 11 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 12 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 13 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 14 | Leuchen Hausgemacht | |
| 15 | i smell smoke | |
| 16 | SMOKEY JOKERS |
Pork Ribs
16 entries · top 178.8572 · median 172.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smoked By The Brooks | |
| 2 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 3 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 4 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 5 | Poppin Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | Bald Beauties BBQ | |
| 7 | HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ | |
| 8 | Sasquatch Smoke N Que | |
| 9 | SMOKEY JOKERS | |
| 10 | HevyQue | |
| 11 | i smell smoke | |
| 12 | HOG TUAH BBQ | |
| 13 | 10 In The Pit BBQ | |
| 14 | SadieQ | |
| 15 | Alaska BBQ Mann | |
| 16 | Leuchen Hausgemacht |