Big Island BBQ Backyard
2021-08-22 · Albert Lea, MN · 📍 132 North Broadway
Reps: CINDY JUHL, TOM JUHL
Grand Champion: The Great Pig in The Sky (349.7144) · 15 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 The Yardpigs
Entries
15
2 judged meats
Top score
349.7144
Winning margin
5.7488
GC over RC
Field average
330.13
median 329.09
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
6.8688 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
325.0512
10th place overall
Field spread
46.9372
winner to last place
Double threats
2
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 53%
beats 47% of 708 Backyard Series wins in the data
Traveled in
27%
of the 15 teams with a home region came from outside MN
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.4 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1527
avg power rating going in · stronger than 32% of contests
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
THE GREAT PIG IN THE SKY took the Grand Championship home to WI.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 8–9: UGLY BABY BBQ edged SMOKEY GQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 6–7: small town girl barbeque edged Good Grefe! 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
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 | 176.5716 | 169.7028 | 165.1084 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4516 | 168.5600 | 157.0628 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
15 entries · top 349.7144 · median 329.0856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE GREAT PIG IN THE SKY | |
| 2 | The Yardpigs | |
| 3 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 4 | Poke'em and Smoke'em BBQ | |
| 5 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 6 | Porket About It | |
| 7 | Sugar Shack | |
| 8 | SMOKIN' ROAMERS | |
| 9 | Pittie Q | |
| 10 | WRECKING CREW BBQ | |
| 11 | Good Grefe! | |
| 12 | small town girl barbeque | |
| 13 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKIN' PIT PATRIOTS | |
| 15 | What’cha Got BBQ |
Chicken
15 entries · top 176.5716 · median 167.9888
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 2 | THE GREAT PIG IN THE SKY | |
| 3 | WRECKING CREW BBQ | |
| 4 | Poke'em and Smoke'em BBQ | |
| 5 | The Yardpigs | |
| 6 | small town girl barbeque | |
| 7 | Good Grefe! | |
| 8 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 10 | Porket About It | |
| 11 | Pittie Q | |
| 12 | SMOKIN' ROAMERS | |
| 13 | SMOKIN' PIT PATRIOTS | |
| 14 | Sugar Shack | |
| 15 | What’cha Got BBQ |
Pork Ribs
15 entries · top 175.4516 · median 164.5716
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE GREAT PIG IN THE SKY | |
| 2 | The Yardpigs | |
| 3 | Sugar Shack | |
| 4 | Porket About It | |
| 5 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 6 | Poke'em and Smoke'em BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKIN' ROAMERS | |
| 8 | Pittie Q | |
| 9 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 10 | SMOKIN' PIT PATRIOTS | |
| 11 | Good Grefe! | |
| 12 | small town girl barbeque | |
| 13 | WRECKING CREW BBQ | |
| 14 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 15 | What’cha Got BBQ |