Apr 22–23, 2022 · Florence, AL · 📍 McFarland Park
Reps: Janet Appleton, Sam Appleton · Prize money: $4,800
Furlongs Smoke & Seafood won Grand Champion at the Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard) on April 22, 2022 in Florence, AL at McFarland Park, scoring 532.0116 in a field of 34 teams. Jury's Out took Reserve Grand Champion with 525.6800. Category winners: Chicken — Jury's Out (180.0000); Pork Ribs — HELL ON SQUEALS (178.8572); Pork — Furlongs Smoke & Seafood (177.1544).
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
Furlongs Smoke & Seafood came in rated below the field's top team, LEE LA Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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.
Furlongs Smoke & Seafood took the title on 3 calls from 3 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 5th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 176.5600 | 174.2744 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.2744 | 170.2628 |
| Pork | 177.1544 | 171.9772 | 169.6800 |
34 entries · top 532.0116 · median 499.9142 · out of 540, not the usual 360
| # | 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 |
33 entries · top 180 · 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 |
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 |
30 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.3828
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.
26 entries · top 180 · 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 |