Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard)
2022-06-17 – 2022-06-18 · Morris, IL · 📍 Goold Park
Reps: RALPH WILLIAMS · Prize money: $2,550.00
Grand Champion: Smoke, Fire & Brew (353.1084) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BBQ MIKE
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Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
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Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 6–7: Picture Me Smokin BBQ and Rusty Pig BBQ tied on 170.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: BBQ MIKE edged SMOKE, FIRE & BREW by 0.0116. Chicken places 3–4: Oak Park BBQ edged Stone Cold Grillers by 0.0228.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-17 ← this one | Morris, IL | Goold Park | 23 | 353.1084 | Smoke, Fire & Brew | — |
| 2023-06-17 | Morris, IL | Morris, IL 60450 | 33 | 346.2400 | 309 BBQ | — |
| 2024-06-14 | Morris, IL | Morris, IL 60450 | 40 | 349.6916 | Rudes BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 171.4172 | 168.0000 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4172 | 167.9772 | 161.7144 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
23 entries · top 353.1084 · median 326.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKE, FIRE & BREW | |
| 2 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 3 | Shmack Q | |
| 4 | P.I.G. | |
| 5 | 309 BBQ | |
| 6 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 7 | Oak Park BBQ | |
| 8 | Picture Me Smokin BBQ | |
| 9 | Rusty Pig BBQ | |
| 10 | Ishy Links BBQ | |
| 11 | Red, White & Bacon | |
| 12 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 13 | Flamin Dave's | |
| 14 | Dead End BBQ | |
| 15 | Truckin Sauced | |
| 16 | Lyondellbassell Smoke Team | |
| 17 | T.J.D.Smokehouse | |
| 18 | Bullet Proof BBQ | |
| 19 | Sticks-N-Bones | |
| 20 | Just A Smokin BBQ | |
| 21 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 22 | Bulldog BBQ | |
| 23 | Bourban Brothers BBQ |
Chicken
23 entries · top 177.7028 · median 163.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKE, FIRE & BREW | |
| 2 | Shmack Q | |
| 3 | Oak Park BBQ | |
| 4 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 5 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 6 | Picture Me Smokin BBQ | |
| 7 | Rusty Pig BBQ | |
| 8 | P.I.G. | |
| 9 | Ishy Links BBQ | |
| 10 | Truckin Sauced | |
| 11 | Sticks-N-Bones | |
| 12 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 13 | Flamin Dave's | |
| 14 | Red, White & Bacon | |
| 15 | 309 BBQ | |
| 16 | Dead End BBQ | |
| 17 | Just A Smokin BBQ | |
| 18 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 19 | T.J.D.Smokehouse | |
| 20 | Bullet Proof BBQ | |
| 21 | Bulldog BBQ | |
| 22 | Bourban Brothers BBQ | |
| 23 | Lyondellbassell Smoke Team |
Pork Ribs
23 entries · top 175.4172 · median 161.6916
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 2 | SMOKE, FIRE & BREW | |
| 3 | 309 BBQ | |
| 4 | Lyondellbassell Smoke Team | |
| 5 | P.I.G. | |
| 6 | Red, White & Bacon | |
| 7 | Shmack Q | |
| 8 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 9 | Picture Me Smokin BBQ | |
| 10 | Rusty Pig BBQ | |
| 11 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 12 | Dead End BBQ | |
| 13 | Oak Park BBQ | |
| 14 | Flamin Dave's | |
| 15 | Ishy Links BBQ | |
| 16 | Bullet Proof BBQ | |
| 17 | T.J.D.Smokehouse | |
| 18 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 19 | Just A Smokin BBQ | |
| 20 | Truckin Sauced | |
| 21 | Bulldog BBQ | |
| 22 | Bourban Brothers BBQ | |
| 23 | Sticks-N-Bones |
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.
Ancillary — Bush Beans
20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1314 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Picture Me Smokin BBQ | |
| 2 | Red, White & Bacon | |
| 3 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 4 | Flamin Dave's | |
| 5 | Just A Smokin BBQ | |
| 6 | Dead End BBQ | |
| 7 | T.J.D.Smokehouse | |
| 8 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 9 | 309 BBQ | |
| 10 | Ishy Links BBQ | |
| 11 | Sticks-N-Bones | |
| 12 | Bullet Proof BBQ | |
| 13 | Shmack Q | |
| 14 | Bulldog BBQ | |
| 15 | Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | |
| 16 | Oak Park BBQ | |
| 17 | Lyondellbassell Smoke Team | |
| 18 | P.I.G. | |
| 19 | Rusty Pig BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKE, FIRE & BREW |