Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

· Spring Valley, CA

Reps: KATHLEEN MCINTOSH, KELLY MCINTOSH · Prize money: $1,300.00

Grand Champion: BZ Fuss (334.2056) · 20 teams

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BZ Fuss

334.2056 · Backyard Series — Overall

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Heftyboy BBQ

331.4512 · Backyard Series — Overall

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JOHNS SWEETFIRE BBQ

331.4284 · Backyard Series — Overall

Entries

4 categories

Top score

334.2056

Winning margin

2.7544

GC over RC

Field average

299.89

median 309.43

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Chicken

5.1200 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

310.3772

what a walk cost here

Field spread

215.3600

winner to last place

Prize money

$1,300.00

on the line

Most consistent

Heftyboy BBQ

avg finish 6.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 9.1544 pts — JOHNS SWEETFIRE BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 97%

beats 3% of 2715 overall wins in the data

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)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Ancillary — Carne asada

18 entries · top 172.5828 · median 152.0400

#	Team	Score
1	Eat_A_Cow	172.5828
2	Jer's All American BBQ	167.4172
3	Up in Smoke BBQ	165.2000
4	BarrelmanBBQ	162.8456
5	BENICKS BBQ	162.8112
6	Grillfellas BBQ	159.4744
7	JOHNS SWEETFIRE BBQ	154.8112
8	Cook's Cookin'	153.2344
9	Suds and Smoke	152.6400
10	BZ Fuss	151.4400
11	Heftyboy BBQ	148.5372
12	Char BBQ	147.3828
13	Smokin Jay's Bartz-B-Que	146.2972
14	Double D's BBQ	145.7140
15	Soak N Smoke BBQ	143.4740
16	Narwhal BBQ	141.6684
17	BBQ Junkies	139.9544
18	Big John Brand	129.6572

Ancillary — Tri-tip

20 entries · top 174.3200 · median 152.3486

#	Team	Score
1	BarrelmanBBQ	174.3200
2	Cask & Que	172.5944
3	Big John Brand	163.4744
4	Char BBQ	157.1428
5	Suds and Smoke	157.1200
6	Jer's All American BBQ	157.0744
7	Heftyboy BBQ	156.5600
8	Smokin Jay's Bartz-B-Que	155.4056
9	Up in Smoke BBQ	154.2512
10	BENICKS BBQ	153.7488
11	Double D's BBQ	150.9484
12	Eat_A_Cow	150.8460
13	Narwhal BBQ	149.7028
14	Cook's Cookin'	143.4056
15	JOHNS SWEETFIRE BBQ	140.0000
16	Grillfellas BBQ	131.3600
17	Maynard's BBQ	130.7884
18	Soak N Smoke BBQ	129.1888
19	BBQ Junkies	129.0512
20	BZ Fuss	105.7600

Backyard Series — Chicken

20 entries · top 174.2856 · median 157.6570

#	Team	Score
1	Maynard's BBQ	174.2856
2	BZ Fuss	172.5484
3	Soak N Smoke BBQ	170.2628
4	BENICKS BBQ	169.7028
5	BBQ Junkies	169.1656
6	Heftyboy BBQ	162.9256
7	Narwhal BBQ	160.0228
8	Jer's All American BBQ	159.9544
9	Big John Brand	158.8456
10	Double D's BBQ	158.7884
11	Cook's Cookin'	156.5256
12	JOHNS SWEETFIRE BBQ	153.7256
13	Cask & Que	148.6860
14	Eat_A_Cow	148.0572
15	Suds and Smoke	142.7888
16	BarrelmanBBQ	142.7884
17	Grillfellas BBQ	141.1656
18	Char BBQ	136.5600
19	Up in Smoke BBQ	124.5372
20	Smokin Jay's Bartz-B-Que	118.8456

Backyard Series — Overall

20 entries · top 334.2056 · median 309.4344

#	Team	Score
1	BZ Fuss	334.2056
2	Heftyboy BBQ	331.4512
3	JOHNS SWEETFIRE BBQ	331.4284
4	Big John Brand	327.3940
5	Cook's Cookin'	322.8112
6	Maynard's BBQ	321.0856
7	BENICKS BBQ	319.9772
8	Soak N Smoke BBQ	319.9200
9	Double D's BBQ	313.0400
10	BBQ Junkies	310.3772
11	Jer's All American BBQ	308.4916
12	Cask & Que	307.5204
13	Eat_A_Cow	304.0000
14	Narwhal BBQ	303.3940
15	Char BBQ	301.1200
16	Grillfellas BBQ	300.0228
17	BarrelmanBBQ	288.4568
18	Suds and Smoke	274.1028
19	Up in Smoke BBQ	260.0684
20	Smokin Jay's Bartz-B-Que	118.8456

Backyard Series — Pork Ribs

19 entries · top 177.7028 · median 154.2516

#	Team	Score
1	JOHNS SWEETFIRE BBQ	177.7028
2	Big John Brand	168.5484
3	Heftyboy BBQ	168.5256
4	Cook's Cookin'	166.2856
5	Char BBQ	164.5600
6	BZ Fuss	161.6572
7	Grillfellas BBQ	158.8572
8	Cask & Que	158.8344
9	Eat_A_Cow	155.9428
10	Double D's BBQ	154.2516
11	BENICKS BBQ	150.2744
12	Soak N Smoke BBQ	149.6572
13	Jer's All American BBQ	148.5372
14	Maynard's BBQ	146.8000
15	BarrelmanBBQ	145.6684
16	Narwhal BBQ	143.3712
17	BBQ Junkies	141.2116
18	Up in Smoke BBQ	135.5312
19	Suds and Smoke	131.3140