Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
2020-03-13 – 2020-03-14 · Foley, AL · 📍 125 E Laurel Ave
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $4,000.00
Grand Champion: Sneaky Creeek (513.0628) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LEE LA Q
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
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Smokey Bees BBQ - MS has won this contest 3 times across its 7 tracked editions.
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.0856 points — closer than 81% of every championship in the data.
🧹 A double category winner
SNEAKY_CREEK_BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork places 5–6: RAMMER JAMMER BBQ and BAMA-QUE tied on 167.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: FLAPS UP BBQ edged Team Ballinger by 0.0112. Pork Ribs places 2–3: RAMMER JAMMER BBQ edged Colonel Rusty's by 0.0116.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-13 ← this one | Foley, AL | 125 E Laurel Ave | 23 | 513.0628 | Sneaky Creeek | — |
| 2021-03-12 | Foley, AL | 125 E Laurel Ave | 28 | 518.8000 | PuckDaddy;s Killer Q | — |
| 2022-03-12 | Foley, AL | 125 E Laurel Ave | 26 | 520.5028 | Lee La Q | — |
| 2023-03-10 | Foley, AL | 125 E Laurel Ave | 31 | 521.6800 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | — |
| 2024-03-09 | Foley, AL | 125 E Laurel Ave | 28 | 349.1200 | Smokey Bees BBQ | — |
| 2025-03-07 | Foley, AL | 125 E Laurel Ave | 30 | 358.8572 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | — |
| 2026-03-13 | Foley, AL | 200 N. Alston Street | 30 | 357.7028 | Southern Swine | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.1200 | 168.6744 | 162.8000 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 165.6800 | 162.2400 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 167.9772 | 165.6800 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
23 entries · top 513.0628 · median 479.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SNEAKY_CREEK_BBQ | |
| 2 | LEE LA Q | |
| 3 | RAMMER JAMMER BBQ | |
| 4 | BAMA-QUE | |
| 5 | Groundhog Smokers | |
| 6 | FLAPS UP BBQ | |
| 7 | Team Ballinger | |
| 8 | Deez Nutz Smokin Butts | |
| 9 | T-Ray's Rack Rubbers | |
| 10 | The Ginger Pig | |
| 11 | Pigs in a Blanket | |
| 12 | Chief Grilldaddy & the Hosedraggers | |
| 13 | This'll Do Barbecue | |
| 14 | Meat Slingers | |
| 15 | Carlee Que's | |
| 16 | Holy Smokers | |
| 17 | Trustmark Traveling Smoke | |
| 18 | Sunday Funday | |
| 19 | Bama Smokin-N-Grillin | |
| 20 | Limp Brisket | |
| 21 | Hookin N Cookin | |
| 22 | Colonel Rusty's | |
| 23 | Wind Creek BBQ |
Chicken
22 entries · top 173.1200 · median 161.9656
Pork Ribs
22 entries · top 174.8572 · median 160.5714
Pork
22 entries · top 177.1428 · median 163.6742
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SNEAKY_CREEK_BBQ | |
| 2 | T-Ray's Rack Rubbers | |
| 3 | Pigs in a Blanket | |
| 4 | FLAPS UP BBQ | |
| 5 | RAMMER JAMMER BBQ | |
| 6 | BAMA-QUE | |
| 7 | LEE LA Q | |
| 8 | Carlee Que's | |
| 9 | Groundhog Smokers | |
| 10 | Deez Nutz Smokin Butts | |
| 11 | Bama Smokin-N-Grillin | |
| 12 | Meat Slingers | |
| 13 | Chief Grilldaddy & the Hosedraggers | |
| 14 | The Ginger Pig | |
| 15 | Team Ballinger | |
| 16 | Trustmark Traveling Smoke | |
| 17 | Sunday Funday | |
| 18 | Hookin N Cookin | |
| 19 | Wind Creek BBQ | |
| 20 | Limp Brisket | |
| 21 | This'll Do Barbecue | |
| 22 | Holy Smokers |
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 — Anything But
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2400 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Sauce
21 entries · top 175.4400 · median 161.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bama Smokin-N-Grillin | |
| 2 | BAMA-QUE | |
| 3 | This'll Do Barbecue | |
| 4 | Wind Creek BBQ | |
| 5 | Meat Slingers | |
| 6 | RAMMER JAMMER BBQ | |
| 7 | Chief Grilldaddy & the Hosedraggers | |
| 8 | Sunday Funday | |
| 9 | SNEAKY_CREEK_BBQ | |
| 10 | Limp Brisket | |
| 11 | Hookin N Cookin | |
| 12 | Holy Smokers | |
| 13 | Team Ballinger | |
| 14 | Trustmark Traveling Smoke | |
| 15 | Groundhog Smokers | |
| 16 | LEE LA Q | |
| 17 | The Ginger Pig | |
| 18 | FLAPS UP BBQ | |
| 19 | Deez Nutz Smokin Butts | |
| 20 | Carlee Que's | |
| 21 | Colonel Rusty's |