Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)
2021-10-08 – 2021-10-09 · Scottsboro, AL · 📍 102 E. Laurel St.
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $1,950.00
Grand Champion: Hell on Squeals (349.1316) · 31 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 2 Swine Crew
Entries
31
2 judged meats
Top score
349.1316
Winning margin
3.4172
GC over RC
Field average
329.65
median 331.90
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
7.4744 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
336.5372
10th place overall
Field spread
51.5888
winner to last place
Prize money
$1,950.00
on the line
Double threats
1
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 58%
beats 42% of 708 Backyard Series wins in the data
Traveled in
3%
of the 31 teams with a home region came from outside AL
Form held
Weak
ρ = -0.26 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1540
avg power rating going in · stronger than 45% of contests
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: Outhouse Smokers and Bonnie Blue BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: HICKORY HANGOVER and HELL ON SQUEALS tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: RIBLIFE edged Wee Daddy?s BBQ by 0.0116.
🃏 An upset on the books
HELL ON SQUEALS came in rated below the field's top team, LEE LA Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-08 ← this one | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 31 | 349.1316 | Hell on Squeals | — |
| 2022-10-07 | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 38 | 349.7028 | 2 Swine Crew | — |
| 2023-10-13 | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 27 | 350.8456 | Mad Rocket Barbecue | — |
| 2024-10-11 | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 38 | 357.7028 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | — |
| 2025-10-10 | Scottsboro, AL | 102 E. Laurel St. | 30 | 353.1200 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | — |
| 2026-10-09 | Scottsboro, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 179.4400 | 171.9656 | 170.2512 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5944 | 169.1200 | 167.3828 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
31 entries · top 349.1316 · median 331.8968
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 2 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 3 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 4 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 5 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 6 | Outhouse Smokers | |
| 7 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 8 | RIBLIFE | |
| 9 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 10 | Blood Mountain BBQ | |
| 11 | JAMMIN BBQ | |
| 12 | Jury?s Out | |
| 13 | LEE LA Q | |
| 14 | SOUTH RYLAND | |
| 15 | Smoking Broke BBQ | |
| 16 | Wee Daddy?s BBQ | |
| 17 | All Smoked Up | |
| 18 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 19 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 20 | VETERAN PORK PULLERS | |
| 21 | Smokey Electrifying Pig Butts | |
| 22 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 23 | The Catering Vets | |
| 24 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 25 | BACK 40 BBQ | |
| 26 | Saturday Night Swine | |
| 27 | Q The Pig BBQ | |
| 28 | WSG Cookers | |
| 29 | 2 Guys and a Smoker | |
| 30 | All Sauced Up | |
| 31 | SMOKE SHOWING BBQ |
Chicken
31 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 2 | JAMMIN BBQ | |
| 3 | LEE LA Q | |
| 4 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 5 | Outhouse Smokers | |
| 6 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 7 | Blood Mountain BBQ | |
| 8 | Smoking Broke BBQ | |
| 9 | RIBLIFE | |
| 10 | Wee Daddy?s BBQ | |
| 11 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 12 | The Catering Vets | |
| 13 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 14 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 15 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 16 | SOUTH RYLAND | |
| 17 | All Smoked Up | |
| 18 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 19 | Smokey Electrifying Pig Butts | |
| 20 | Jury?s Out | |
| 21 | BACK 40 BBQ | |
| 22 | Saturday Night Swine | |
| 23 | VETERAN PORK PULLERS | |
| 24 | Q The Pig BBQ | |
| 25 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 26 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 27 | All Sauced Up | |
| 28 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 29 | WSG Cookers | |
| 30 | 2 Guys and a Smoker | |
| 31 | SMOKE SHOWING BBQ |
Pork Ribs
31 entries · top 176.5944 · median 163.9544
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 2 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 3 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 4 | Jury?s Out | |
| 5 | BUTSY-Q | |
| 6 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 7 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 8 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 9 | RIBLIFE | |
| 10 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 11 | SOUTH RYLAND | |
| 12 | Outhouse Smokers | |
| 13 | Blood Mountain BBQ | |
| 14 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 15 | 2 Guys and a Smoker | |
| 16 | All Smoked Up | |
| 17 | Smoking Broke BBQ | |
| 18 | VETERAN PORK PULLERS | |
| 19 | Wee Daddy?s BBQ | |
| 20 | JAMMIN BBQ | |
| 21 | Smokey Electrifying Pig Butts | |
| 22 | LEE LA Q | |
| 23 | BACK 40 BBQ | |
| 24 | Saturday Night Swine | |
| 25 | WSG Cookers | |
| 26 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 27 | Q The Pig BBQ | |
| 28 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 29 | The Catering Vets | |
| 30 | SMOKE SHOWING BBQ | |
| 31 | All Sauced Up |