Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
· Okauchee, WI · 📍 N49W34400 Wisconsin Ave
Reps: DENA MILHOUS, RON MILHOUS
Grand Champion: Red Line BBQ (345.1656) · 19 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Raging Mermaid BBQ
Entries
19
2 judged meats
Top score
345.1656
Winning margin
1.6912
GC over RC
Field average
315.62
median 321.13
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
5.1316 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
321.1312
10th place overall
Field spread
175.4284
winner to last place
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 77%
beats 23% of 708 Backyard Series wins in the data
Traveled in
11%
of the 19 teams with a home region came from outside WI
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 9–10: SURVEYOR OF THE BBQ and 337 BBQ tied on 162.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Squeal Team 6 of Wisconsin edged Loose cannon by 0.0116. Chicken places 9–10: Meat Your Makers edged Pa Pa D’s Rib Ticklers by 0.0344.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ← this one | Okauchee, WI | N49W34400 Wisconsin Ave | 19 | 345.1656 | Red Line BBQ | — |
| 2017-06-10 | N49W 34400 E Wisconsin Ave | — | — | — | — | |
| 2018-06-09 | N49W 34400 E Wisconsin Ave | — | — | — | — | |
| 2019-06-09 | N49 W 34400 | 22 | 341.1772 | Big Belly Barbecue | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4400 | 168.0000 | 159.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8572 | 169.7256 | 162.8228 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
19 entries · top 345.1656 · median 321.1312
Chicken
19 entries · top 175.4400 · median 159.9656
Pork Ribs
19 entries · top 174.8572 · median 162.8228