Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest
2020-09-25 – 2020-09-26 · Semmes, AL · 📍 9930 Stone Rd · State championship
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $3,200.00
Grand Champion: Perfectly Blended BBQ (342.2400) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Flappin in the Breeze
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
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 5–6: The Real Squeal BBQ and RIBLIFE tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q and HICKORY HANGOVER tied on 166.2400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team edged RAMMER JAMMER BBQ by 0.0112.
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.7028 | 171.4172 | 167.4172 |
| Pork Ribs | 170.2744 | 167.4172 | 166.2400 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 Butt
3 entries · top 166.8916 · median 166.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokehouse %239 | |
| 2 | PERFECTLY BLENDED | |
| 3 | Batwing BBQ |