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Catskills Barbeque - Backyard Competition (Day 1)

2025-06-06 – 2025-06-07 · Grahamsville, NY · 📍 Grahamsville Little World's Fair

Reps: JEFF CHAMBERS, REGINA BODNAR · Prize money: $1,600.00

Grand Champion: Capt. Blue BBQ (352.0116) · 8 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Leaning Jowler BBQ

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352.0116 · Backyard Series — Overall
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350.8688 · Backyard Series — Overall
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348.5256 · Backyard Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 177.74
  • Pork Ribs 177.71
157.15 177.74

Entries

8
2 judged meats

Top score

352.0116

Winning margin

1.1428
GC over RC

Field average

341.63
321.15352.01
median 343.96 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
4.5828 pts across the top 5

Field spread

30.8572
winner to last place

Prize money

$1,600.00
on the line

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 3.4400 pts — Leaning Jowler BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 42%
beats 58% of 713 Backyard Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.88 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1609
avg power rating going in

Top-rated in the field

rated 1730 pre-contest

Storylines (2 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

A razor-thin finish

1.1428 points between champion and reserve

Closer than 76% of the 713 championships in the data

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1428 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.

  • Capt. Blue BBQ
  • Leaning Jowler BBQ

Photo finishes

0.0116 closest of 2 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 3–4: Rough Cut Q edged Yardogs BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 2–3: Capt. Blue BBQ edged Yardogs BBQ by 0.0344.

  • Pork Ribs 3–4 · 0.0116
  • Chicken 2–3 · 0.0344

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)

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 →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2025-06-06 ← this one Grahamsville, NY Grahamsville Little World's Fair 8 352.0116 Capt. Blue BBQ
2025-06-07 Grahamsville, NY Grahamsville Little World's Fair 8 360.0000 Leaning Jowler BBQ

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.7372169.7144
Pork Ribs177.7144173.1316

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Backyard Series

Overall

8 entries · top 352.0116 · median 343.9600

#TeamScore
1 Capt. Blue BBQ 352.0116
2 Leaning Jowler BBQ 350.8688
3 Yardogs BBQ 348.5256
4 Rough Cut Q 347.3828
5 All About the Wood 340.5372
6 Tame the Flame BBQ 339.9772
7 Red and Black BBQ Shack 332.5484
8 3 Muskabeers 321.1544

Chicken

8 entries · top 177.7372 · median 171.4114

#TeamScore
1 Leaning Jowler BBQ 177.7372
2 Capt. Blue BBQ 174.2972
3 Yardogs BBQ 174.2628
4 Rough Cut Q 173.1084
5 Tame the Flame BBQ 169.7144
6 Red and Black BBQ Shack 167.4400
7 All About the Wood 165.1084
8 3 Muskabeers 164.0000

Pork Ribs

8 entries · top 177.7144 · median 173.6972

#TeamScore
1 Capt. Blue BBQ 177.7144
2 All About the Wood 175.4288
3 Rough Cut Q 174.2744
4 Yardogs BBQ 174.2628
5 Leaning Jowler BBQ 173.1316
6 Tame the Flame BBQ 170.2628
7 Red and Black BBQ Shack 165.1084
8 3 Muskabeers 157.1544

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