Catskills Barbeque - Backyard Competition (Day 2)
2025-06-07 – 2025-06-08 · Grahamsville, NY · 📍 Grahamsville Little World's Fair
Reps: JEFF CHAMBERS, REGINA BODNAR · Prize money: $1,600.00
Grand Champion: Leaning Jowler BBQ (360.0000) · 8 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Rough Cut Q
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Leaning Jowler BBQ took the Grand Championship home to VA.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A hat-trick of category wins
Leaning Jowler BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pork — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Backyard Series — Chicken places 2–3: Yardogs BBQ and Rough Cut Q tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 5–6: Tame the Flame BBQ and All About the Wood tied on 169.6916 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Ancillary — Pork places 4–5: 3 Muskabeers edged Rough Cut Q by 0.0232.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Capt. Blue BBQ (won 2025).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-06 | Grahamsville, NY | Grahamsville Little World's Fair | 8 | 352.0116 | Capt. Blue BBQ | — |
| 2025-06-07 ← this one | Grahamsville, NY | Grahamsville Little World's Fair | 8 | 360.0000 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 169.6916 | — |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 174.8688 | — |
| Ancillary — Pork | 180.0000 | 173.1200 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
8 entries · top 360.0000 · median 347.9774
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 2 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 3 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 4 | Capt. Blue BBQ | |
| 5 | All About the Wood | |
| 6 | Red and Black BBQ Shack | |
| 7 | Tame the Flame BBQ | |
| 8 | 3 Muskabeers |
Chicken
8 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5544 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 2 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 3 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 4 | Capt. Blue BBQ | |
| 5 | Tame the Flame BBQ | |
| 6 | All About the Wood | |
| 7 | Red and Black BBQ Shack | |
| 8 | 3 Muskabeers |
Pork Ribs
8 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.1430 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 2 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 3 | Capt. Blue BBQ | |
| 4 | Yardogs BBQ | |
| 5 | 3 Muskabeers | |
| 6 | All About the Wood | |
| 7 | Red and Black BBQ Shack | |
| 8 | Tame the Flame BBQ |
Ancillary
Pork
6 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.7088 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 2 | Red and Black BBQ Shack | |
| 3 | All About the Wood | |
| 4 | 3 Muskabeers | |
| 5 | Rough Cut Q | |
| 6 | Tame the Flame BBQ |