Jun 12–13, 2026 · Huntsville, AL · 📍 Ditto Landing
Reps: Carol Bigler, Randy G Bigler · Prize money: $2,300
Big Fluff BBQ won Grand Champion at the Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) on June 12, 2026 in Huntsville, AL at Ditto Landing, scoring 360.0000 in a field of 31 teams. Rollin Smoke BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 351.9772. Category winners: Chicken — Big Fluff BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Big Fluff BBQ (180.0000). This is the 8th of 8 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by Mind If I Smoke?.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Big Fluff BBQ holds the KCBS record for highest backyard overall score — 360 Backyard Series, out of 360, won the board, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100
Big Fluff BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Rollin Smoke BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Big Fluff BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 10th tracked contest.
Wider than 85% of the 610 championships in the data
The champion won by 8.0228 points — a wider margin than 85% of championships in the data.
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
2 of 8 tracked editions
NORALA BBQ TEAM has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.
Chicken places 2–3: Jury's Out and Gustoso BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Rollin Smoke BBQ and Bentley Que tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: PUDDLEDUCK BBQ and GSP Barbecue tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Big Fluff BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Mind If I Smoke? (won 2025).
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2018 | Huntsville, AL | 293 Ditto Landing RD | — | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 25 | 347.9772 | Thin Blue Swine |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 31 | 348 | The Real Squeal |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 23 | 350.2628 | Hickory Hangover |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 26 | 346.2632 | NORALA BBQ TEAM |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 35 | 353.1428 | NORALA BBQ TEAM |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 35 | 358.8572 | Mind If I Smoke? |
| Jun 12, 2026 ← this one | Huntsville, AL | Ditto Landing | 31 | 360 | Big Fluff BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7028 | 175.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 174.2744 | 171.9772 |
31 entries · top 360 · median 339.3600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 2 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 4 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 5 | Bentley Que | |
| 6 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 7 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 8 | Pork Life | |
| 9 | Modest Meats | |
| 10 | Southern Swine | |
| 11 | Jury's Out | |
| 12 | 4 Paws BBQ | |
| 13 | Last Place Chicken | |
| 14 | HUNTER'S HOT ASH BBQ | |
| 15 | PATTY Q | |
| 16 | GSP Barbecue | |
| 17 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 18 | Porko Smoko | |
| 19 | Batons & Bones | |
| 20 | Big Back BBQ | |
| 21 | Cedar Creek | |
| 22 | Baba Gonky! BBQ | |
| 23 | Smith Bros BBQ | |
| 24 | FOCAS SMOKAS | |
| 25 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 26 | Rocket City Q | |
| 27 | Hey Dude BBQ | |
| 28 | Smokin temptations | |
| 29 | SMOKING BROKE | |
| 30 | Smoking and Fishing BBQ | |
| 31 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ |
31 entries · top 180 · median 169.6916 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 2 | Jury's Out | |
| 3 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 4 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 5 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | Bentley Que | |
| 7 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 8 | GSP Barbecue | |
| 9 | FOCAS SMOKAS | |
| 10 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 11 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 12 | Last Place Chicken | |
| 13 | Modest Meats | |
| 14 | HUNTER'S HOT ASH BBQ | |
| 15 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 16 | Big Back BBQ | |
| 17 | 4 Paws BBQ | |
| 18 | Cedar Creek | |
| 19 | PATTY Q | |
| 20 | Porko Smoko | |
| 21 | Batons & Bones | |
| 22 | Southern Swine | |
| 23 | Pork Life | |
| 24 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 25 | Smith Bros BBQ | |
| 26 | Smokin temptations | |
| 27 | Baba Gonky! BBQ | |
| 28 | SMOKING BROKE | |
| 29 | Hey Dude BBQ | |
| 30 | Rocket City Q | |
| 31 | Smoking and Fishing BBQ |
30 entries · top 180 · median 169.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Fluff BBQ | |
| 2 | Pork Life | |
| 3 | Southern Swine | |
| 4 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 5 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | Wee Daddy's BBQ | |
| 7 | PATTY Q | |
| 8 | 4 Paws BBQ | |
| 9 | Baba Gonky! BBQ | |
| 10 | Modest Meats | |
| 11 | Bentley Que | |
| 12 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 13 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 14 | Rocket City Q | |
| 15 | Porko Smoko | |
| 16 | Batons & Bones | |
| 17 | HUNTER'S HOT ASH BBQ | |
| 18 | Last Place Chicken | |
| 19 | Hey Dude BBQ | |
| 20 | Smith Bros BBQ | |
| 21 | Smoking and Fishing BBQ | |
| 22 | Jury's Out | |
| 23 | Cedar Creek | |
| 24 | Big Back BBQ | |
| 25 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 26 | GSP Barbecue | |
| 27 | Ghost Hill BBQ | |
| 28 | SMOKING BROKE | |
| 29 | Smokin temptations | |
| 30 | FOCAS SMOKAS |