Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest
2020-09-25 – 2020-09-26 · Semmes, AL · State championship
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $3,200.00
Grand Champion: Perfectly Blended BBQ (342.2400) · 23 teams
Entries
23
3 categories
Top score
342.2400
Winning margin
1.6684
GC over RC
Field average
327.51
median 328.49
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
2.2856 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
329.6916
what a walk cost here
Field spread
34.9484
winner to last place
Prize money
$3,200.00
on the line
Double threats
2
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 94%
beats 6% of 2713 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1543
avg power rating going in · stronger than 48% of contests
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6684 points — closer than 77% of every championship 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)
Score distribution
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Ancillary — Anything butt
3 entries · top 166.8916 · median 166.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokehouse %239 | |
| 2 | PERFECTLY BLENDED | |
| 3 | Batwing BBQ |
Backyard Series — Chicken
23 entries · top 173.7028 · median 166.8572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEE LA Q | |
| 2 | Southern Heat | |
| 3 | Flappin in the Breeze | |
| 4 | PERFECTLY BLENDED | |
| 5 | Bama-Que | |
| 6 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 7 | RAMMER JAMMER BBQ | |
| 8 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 9 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 10 | Smokehouse %239 | |
| 11 | HOLY SMOKERS - AL | |
| 12 | Big Cats BBQ | |
| 13 | Southern Q | |
| 14 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 15 | FLAPS UP BBQ | |
| 16 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 17 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 18 | Batwing BBQ | |
| 19 | BA's Barbeque | |
| 20 | Red, White & Brew | |
| 21 | RIBLIFE | |
| 22 | General Lee Smoking | |
| 23 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH |
Backyard Series — Overall
23 entries · top 342.2400 · median 328.4916
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PERFECTLY BLENDED | |
| 2 | Flappin in the Breeze | |
| 3 | RAMMER JAMMER BBQ | |
| 4 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 5 | LEE LA Q | |
| 6 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 7 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 8 | Big Cats BBQ | |
| 9 | Southern Q | |
| 10 | Bama-Que | |
| 11 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 12 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 13 | Southern Heat | |
| 14 | RIBLIFE | |
| 15 | General Lee Smoking | |
| 16 | Batwing BBQ | |
| 17 | FLAPS UP BBQ | |
| 18 | Red, White & Brew | |
| 19 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 20 | HOLY SMOKERS - AL | |
| 21 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 22 | Smokehouse %239 | |
| 23 | BA's Barbeque |
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs
23 entries · top 170.2744 · median 163.9544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PERFECTLY BLENDED | |
| 2 | Flappin in the Breeze | |
| 3 | RAMMER JAMMER BBQ | |
| 4 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 5 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 6 | RIBLIFE | |
| 7 | General Lee Smoking | |
| 8 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 9 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 10 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 11 | Big Cats BBQ | |
| 12 | LEE LA Q | |
| 13 | Southern Q | |
| 14 | Batwing BBQ | |
| 15 | Red, White & Brew | |
| 16 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 17 | FLAPS UP BBQ | |
| 18 | Bama-Que | |
| 19 | Southern Heat | |
| 20 | HOLY SMOKERS - AL | |
| 21 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 22 | BA's Barbeque | |
| 23 | Smokehouse %239 |