Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival(BACKYARD ONLY)
· Scottsboro, AL · 📍 102 E Laurel St
Prize money: $1,950.00
Grand Champion: Puck Daddy's Killer Q (352.0116) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PARTTY ALL KNIGHT
Entries
23
2 judged meats
Top score
352.0116
Winning margin
5.7372
GC over RC
Field average
334.46
median 335.42
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
2.2740 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
337.7144
10th place overall
Field spread
37.2000
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 42%
beats 58% of 708 Backyard Series wins in the data
Traveled in
13%
of the 23 teams with a home region came from outside AL
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 4–5: Bonnie Blue BBQ and PARTTY ALL KNIGHT tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: BACKYARD PORKERS and Smok'n M tied on 172.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Dixie Cotton Cookers and Q the Pig tied on 170.8800 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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
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 | 180.0000 | 173.7028 | 170.3316 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8456 | 172.5716 | 169.7028 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
23 entries · top 352.0116 · median 335.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 2 | PARTTY ALL KNIGHT | |
| 3 | BACKYARD PORKERS | |
| 4 | Hickory Hangover | |
| 5 | SOUTH RYLAND | |
| 6 | WSG Cookers | |
| 7 | Smok'n M | |
| 8 | All Smoked Up | |
| 9 | Slinging Pig Meat | |
| 10 | Outhouse Smokers | |
| 11 | Dixie Cotton Cookers | |
| 12 | Creekbank Smokers | |
| 13 | Barking Pig BBQ | |
| 14 | The Meat Whisperers | |
| 15 | Q the Pig | |
| 16 | LEE LA Q | |
| 17 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 18 | Simply Smoked | |
| 19 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 20 | Old Smokey's Q | |
| 21 | BACK 40 BBQ | |
| 22 | All Sauced Up | |
| 23 | Triple R |
Chicken
23 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOUTH RYLAND | |
| 2 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 3 | WSG Cookers | |
| 4 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 5 | PARTTY ALL KNIGHT | |
| 6 | BACKYARD PORKERS | |
| 7 | Smok'n M | |
| 8 | All Smoked Up | |
| 9 | Slinging Pig Meat | |
| 10 | Creekbank Smokers | |
| 11 | Hickory Hangover | |
| 12 | Old Smokey's Q | |
| 13 | Dixie Cotton Cookers | |
| 14 | LEE LA Q | |
| 15 | Outhouse Smokers | |
| 16 | The Meat Whisperers | |
| 17 | Barking Pig BBQ | |
| 18 | BACK 40 BBQ | |
| 19 | Q the Pig | |
| 20 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 21 | All Sauced Up | |
| 22 | Simply Smoked | |
| 23 | Triple R |
Pork Ribs
23 entries · top 174.8456 · median 168.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hickory Hangover | |
| 2 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 3 | Outhouse Smokers | |
| 4 | BACKYARD PORKERS | |
| 5 | PARTTY ALL KNIGHT | |
| 6 | Barking Pig BBQ | |
| 7 | Dixie Cotton Cookers | |
| 8 | Q the Pig | |
| 9 | The Meat Whisperers | |
| 10 | Simply Smoked | |
| 11 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 12 | Slinging Pig Meat | |
| 13 | All Smoked Up | |
| 14 | LEE LA Q | |
| 15 | Smok'n M | |
| 16 | WSG Cookers | |
| 17 | Creekbank Smokers | |
| 18 | SOUTH RYLAND | |
| 19 | BACK 40 BBQ | |
| 20 | Triple R | |
| 21 | All Sauced Up | |
| 22 | Old Smokey's Q | |
| 23 | Bonnie Blue BBQ |