Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard)
2022-04-22 – 2022-04-23 · Florence, AL
Reps: JANET APPLETON, SAM APPLETON · Prize money: $4,800.00
Grand Champion: Furlongs Smoke & Seafood (532.0116) · 34 teams
Entries
34
4 categories
Top score
532.0116
Winning margin
6.3316
GC over RC
Field average
473.70
median 499.91
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Tightest race
Chicken
3.4400 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
506.7428
what a walk cost here
Field spread
372.6288
winner to last place
Prize money
$4,800.00
on the line
Double threats
5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 73%
beats 27% of 2715 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1546
avg power rating going in · stronger than 52% of contests
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Furlongs Smoke & Seafood took the Grand Championship home to MN.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🃏 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
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series — 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 |
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 |
Backyard Series — Pork
30 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.3828
Backyard Series — 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 |
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 |