Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
2026-06-05 – 2026-06-06 · Glencoe, AL · 📍 313 Nancy Carol Dr
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $3,500.00
Grand Champion: Dogpatch Q (353.7144) · 26 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Wee Daddy's BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Dogpatch Q has won this contest 2 times across its 10 tracked editions.
⚖️ Decided by a tiebreaker
The top two teams finished on identical totals — the Grand Championship came down to the KCBS tiebreaker rules.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Dogpatch Q took the Grand Championship home to VA.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Backyard Series — Chicken places 1–2: 205 Smoke and Bentley Que tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 9–10: Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team and Thin Blue Swine tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Pork Ribs places 1–2: Ghost Hill BBQ and Wee Daddy's BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Slinging Pig Meat (won 2019), Leela Q (won 2020), Dogpatch Q (won 2025).
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-10 | 407 Hollingsworth Park dr | — | — | — | — | |
| 2019-08-09 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Av | 26 | 518.8116 | Slinging Pig Meat | — |
| 2020-08-07 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Av | 21 | 521.1088 | Leela Q | — |
| 2021-08-06 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Av | 31 | 514.2284 | NOROLA BBQ Team | — |
| 2022-08-12 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Ave | 35 | 530.8228 | Hickory Hangover | — |
| 2023-08-11 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Ave | 35 | 523.9772 | Small Batch BBQ | — |
| 2024-09-20 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Ave | 18 | 354.2744 | Curly Bird BBQ | — |
| 2025-09-19 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Ave | 30 | 351.9656 | Puddleduck BBQ | — |
| 2025-09-20 | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carrol Ave | 22 | 348.0116 | Dogpatch Q | — |
| 2026-06-05 ← this one | Glencoe, AL | 313 Nancy Carol Dr | 26 | 353.7144 | Dogpatch Q | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 175.4172 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 176.5600 | 173.7028 |
| Ancillary — Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.2744 | 172.0000 |
| Ancillary — Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 175.4288 | 170.8456 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 177.7028 | 174.2744 | 171.9772 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
26 entries · top 353.7144 · median 346.2514
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 2 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 3 | 205 Smoke | |
| 4 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 5 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 6 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Cedar Creek | |
| 8 | Bentley Que | |
| 9 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 10 | Modest Meats | |
| 11 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 12 | 3D BBQ | |
| 13 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 14 | Southern Swine | |
| 15 | Pork Life | |
| 16 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 17 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 18 | LEE LA Q | |
| 19 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 20 | Simply Smoked | |
| 21 | Slinging Pig Meat | |
| 22 | All In BBQ | |
| 23 | Double Barrel BBQ | |
| 24 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 25 | Smokin Spurs BBQ | |
| 26 | JT'S SMOKE SHACK |
Chicken
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 205 Smoke | |
| 2 | Bentley Que | |
| 3 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 4 | Cedar Creek | |
| 5 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 6 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 7 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 8 | Modest Meats | |
| 9 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 11 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 12 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 13 | Southern Swine | |
| 14 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 15 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 16 | Slinging Pig Meat | |
| 17 | LEE LA Q | |
| 18 | 3D BBQ | |
| 19 | All In BBQ | |
| 20 | Double Barrel BBQ | |
| 21 | Pork Life | |
| 22 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 23 | Smokin Spurs BBQ | |
| 24 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 25 | JT'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 26 | Simply Smoked |
Pork Ribs
26 entries · top 177.7144 · median 171.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 2 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 3 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 4 | Pork Life | |
| 5 | 3D BBQ | |
| 6 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 7 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 9 | Southern Swine | |
| 10 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 11 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 12 | 205 Smoke | |
| 13 | Simply Smoked | |
| 14 | Cedar Creek | |
| 15 | Modest Meats | |
| 16 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 17 | LEE LA Q | |
| 18 | Bentley Que | |
| 19 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 20 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 21 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 22 | Slinging Pig Meat | |
| 23 | All In BBQ | |
| 24 | Double Barrel BBQ | |
| 25 | Smokin Spurs BBQ | |
| 26 | JT'S SMOKE SHACK |
Ancillary
Chicken
21 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEE LA Q | |
| 2 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | Candied Pig | |
| 4 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 5 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 6 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 7 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 8 | JT'S SMOKE SHACK | |
| 9 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 10 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 11 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 12 | Pork Life | |
| 13 | Slinging Pig Meat | |
| 14 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 15 | Bentley Que | |
| 16 | Simply Smoked | |
| 17 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 18 | Maggie Farms | |
| 19 | Modest Meats | |
| 20 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 21 | Deviant Smoke |
Pork Ribs
21 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | Maggie Farms | |
| 3 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 4 | LEE LA Q | |
| 5 | Pork Life | |
| 6 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 7 | Modest Meats | |
| 8 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 9 | Bentley Que | |
| 10 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 11 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 12 | Slinging Pig Meat | |
| 13 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 14 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 15 | Simply Smoked | |
| 16 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 17 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 18 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 19 | Candied Pig | |
| 20 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 21 | JT'S SMOKE SHACK |
Pork
26 entries · top 177.7028 · median 171.1142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 2 | LEE LA Q | |
| 3 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 4 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 5 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 6 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 7 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 8 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 9 | LWS Smokin Aces | |
| 10 | Modest Meats | |
| 11 | Southern Swine | |
| 12 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 13 | 205 Smoke | |
| 14 | Simply Smoked | |
| 15 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 16 | Smokin Spurs BBQ | |
| 17 | Pork Life | |
| 18 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 19 | Bentley Que | |
| 20 | Cedar Creek | |
| 21 | 3D BBQ | |
| 22 | Double Barrel BBQ | |
| 23 | All In BBQ | |
| 24 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 25 | Slinging Pig Meat | |
| 26 | JT'S SMOKE SHACK |
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 — Ironman Mystery
21 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 2 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | Modest Meats | |
| 4 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 5 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 6 | Maggie Farms | |
| 7 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | LEE LA Q | |
| 9 | Thin Blue Swine | |
| 10 | Bentley Que | |
| 11 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 12 | Slinging Pig Meat | |
| 13 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 14 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 15 | Pork Life | |
| 16 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 17 | Simply Smoked | |
| 18 | BAMA BOYS BBQ | |
| 19 | Candied Pig | |
| 20 | LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | |
| 21 | JT'S SMOKE SHACK |