Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard)
2022-04-22 – 2022-04-23 · Florence, AL · 📍 McFarland Park
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $4,800.00
Grand Champion: Furlongs Smoke & Seafood (532.0116) · 34 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Jury's Out
Entries
Top score
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Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
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Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
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Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Furlongs Smoke & Seafood took the Grand Championship home to MN.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: Three Sixty Two Que and The Real Squeal BBQ tied on 179.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: REDBONES BBQ and Scuttlebutts tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: 2 Swine Crew and Pig Destroyer tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
Furlongs Smoke & Seafood came in rated below the field's top team, Hickory Hangover, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 174.2744 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.2744 | 170.2628 |
| Pork | 177.1544 | 171.9772 | 169.6800 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
34 entries · top 532.0116 · median 499.9142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 2 | Jury's Out | |
| 3 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 4 | Smokin Hot Mamas | |
| 5 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 6 | Three Sixty Two Que | |
| 7 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 8 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 9 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 10 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 11 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 12 | RIBLIFE | |
| 13 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 14 | When Pigs Fly - Florence, AL | |
| 15 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 16 | LEE LA Q | |
| 17 | Scuttlebutts | |
| 18 | Music City Smokers | |
| 19 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 20 | Sparks Gourmet Fire Pit | |
| 21 | NATTY QUE | |
| 22 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 23 | ETOWAH SMOKE | |
| 24 | Sigma Pi Chi Alumn | |
| 25 | Flo Town Smokers | |
| 26 | Slice To Meat You | |
| 27 | Terry Equipment Haulin Smoke | |
| 28 | 347 Barbeque | |
| 29 | Shoals Creek Moppers | |
| 30 | Northwest Shoals Pitmaster | |
| 31 | Blue Collar BBQ | |
| 32 | Anything But Last | |
| 33 | BobbeeQ | |
| 34 | Outlaws |
Chicken
33 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.3828 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jury's Out | |
| 2 | Three Sixty Two Que | |
| 3 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 4 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 5 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 6 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 7 | Scuttlebutts | |
| 8 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 9 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 10 | Smokin Hot Mamas | |
| 11 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 12 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 13 | Sparks Gourmet Fire Pit | |
| 14 | LEE LA Q | |
| 15 | When Pigs Fly - Florence, AL | |
| 16 | Blue Collar BBQ | |
| 17 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 18 | Music City Smokers | |
| 19 | Flo Town Smokers | |
| 20 | Terry Equipment Haulin Smoke | |
| 21 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 22 | RIBLIFE | |
| 23 | Sigma Pi Chi Alumn | |
| 24 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 25 | NATTY QUE | |
| 26 | 347 Barbeque | |
| 27 | Slice To Meat You | |
| 28 | BobbeeQ | |
| 29 | ETOWAH SMOKE | |
| 30 | Shoals Creek Moppers | |
| 31 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 32 | Anything But Last | |
| 33 | Northwest Shoals Pitmaster |
Pork Ribs
34 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 2 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 3 | Smokin Hot Mamas | |
| 4 | 2 Swine Crew | |
| 5 | When Pigs Fly - Florence, AL | |
| 6 | RIBLIFE | |
| 7 | Jury's Out | |
| 8 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 9 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 10 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 11 | LEE LA Q | |
| 12 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 13 | Music City Smokers | |
| 14 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 15 | ETOWAH SMOKE | |
| 16 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 17 | Anything But Last | |
| 18 | NATTY QUE | |
| 19 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 20 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 21 | Blue Collar BBQ | |
| 22 | Sparks Gourmet Fire Pit | |
| 23 | Three Sixty Two Que | |
| 24 | Slice To Meat You | |
| 25 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 26 | Terry Equipment Haulin Smoke | |
| 27 | Outlaws | |
| 28 | Scuttlebutts | |
| 29 | 347 Barbeque | |
| 30 | Sigma Pi Chi Alumn | |
| 31 | Flo Town Smokers | |
| 32 | Shoals Creek Moppers | |
| 33 | BobbeeQ | |
| 34 | Northwest Shoals Pitmaster |
Pork
30 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.3828
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.
Turkey Smoke Series — Turkey Smoke
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terry Equipment Haulin Smoke | |
| 2 | The Real Squeal BBQ | |
| 3 | Pig Destroyer | |
| 4 | When Pigs Fly - Florence, AL | |
| 5 | Jury's Out | |
| 6 | RIBLIFE | |
| 7 | Scuttlebutts | |
| 8 | Shoals Creek Moppers | |
| 9 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 10 | Flo Town Smokers | |
| 11 | Sparks Gourmet Fire Pit | |
| 12 | ETOWAH SMOKE | |
| 13 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 14 | HICKORY HANGOVER | |
| 15 | REDBONES BBQ | |
| 16 | Outlaws | |
| 17 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 18 | Slice To Meat You | |
| 19 | LEE LA Q | |
| 20 | Sigma Pi Chi Alumn | |
| 21 | Northwest Shoals Pitmaster | |
| 22 | Smokin Hot Mamas | |
| 23 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 24 | 347 Barbeque | |
| 25 | BobbeeQ | |
| 26 | 2 Swine Crew |