A first Grand Championship
1
title in the data
This was Get Your Butt Over Here BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data.
Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
2022-06-17 – 2022-06-18 · Logansport, IN · 📍 1212 Riverside Dr
Reps: EUGENE WICKHAM, SARAH WICKHAM · Prize money: $5,000.00
Grand Champion: Get Your Butt Over Here BBQ (349.1428) · 14 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Vudu's
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
293.74
median 318.89
349.14 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 176.58
- Pork Ribs 173.14
145.09
176.58
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2022 to 2024 — this edition picked out.
Entries
14
2 judged meats
Top score
349.1428
Winning margin
2.2972
GC over RC
Field average
319.50
293.74349.14
median 318.89 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
7.4056 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
310.9140
293.74349.14
10th place overall
Field spread
55.4056
winner to last place
Prize money
$5,000.00
on the line
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 58%
beats 42% of 713 Backyard Series wins in the data
Form held
Weak
ρ = -0.08 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1494
avg power rating going in · stronger than 0% of contests
Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
A rookie on the podium
1st
at their first tracked contest
Get Your Butt Over Here BBQ finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Photo finishes
0.0804
decided the closest call
Chicken places 9–10: ZEE edged Smokey D's BBQ by 0.0804.
- Chicken 9–10 · 0.0804
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 | Logansport, IN | 1212 Riverside Dr | 14 | 349.1428 | Get Your Butt Over Here BBQ | — |
| 2023-06-16 | Logansport, IN | 1212 Riverside Dr | 21 | 343.9656 | Berkee Raes BBQ | — |
| 2024-06-14 | Logansport, IN | 1212 Riverside Dr | 28 | 348.5372 | Sermer Stout | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5828 | 162.8572 | 154.7768 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1428 | 165.7372 | 157.1656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
14 entries · top 349.1428 · median 318.8914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get Your Butt Over Here BBQ | |
| 2 | Vudu's | |
| 3 | Bucked Up BBQ | |
| 4 | FLASH'S BBQ | |
| 5 | Sermerstout BBQ | |
| 6 | Clifford Cooker | |
| 7 | ZEE | |
| 8 | Broo's On Site BBQ | |
| 9 | Boiler BBQ Casey Jones | |
| 10 | The Husky Fellas | |
| 11 | Smokey D's BBQ | |
| 12 | Mundy BBQ | |
| 13 | Neighborhood | |
| 14 | Shindig on Sphere Street BBQ |
Chicken
14 entries · top 176.5828 · median 158.5942
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vudu's | |
| 2 | Get Your Butt Over Here BBQ | |
| 3 | Bucked Up BBQ | |
| 4 | Clifford Cooker | |
| 5 | Sermerstout BBQ | |
| 6 | FLASH'S BBQ | |
| 7 | Broo's On Site BBQ | |
| 8 | Mundy BBQ | |
| 9 | ZEE | |
| 10 | Smokey D's BBQ | |
| 11 | The Husky Fellas | |
| 12 | Neighborhood | |
| 13 | Boiler BBQ Casey Jones | |
| 14 | Shindig on Sphere Street BBQ |
Pork Ribs
14 entries · top 173.1428 · median 161.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get Your Butt Over Here BBQ | |
| 2 | Vudu's | |
| 3 | Boiler BBQ Casey Jones | |
| 4 | Bucked Up BBQ | |
| 5 | ZEE | |
| 6 | FLASH'S BBQ | |
| 7 | Sermerstout BBQ | |
| 8 | Clifford Cooker | |
| 9 | The Husky Fellas | |
| 10 | Broo's On Site BBQ | |
| 11 | Smokey D's BBQ | |
| 12 | Mundy BBQ | |
| 13 | Shindig on Sphere Street BBQ | |
| 14 | Neighborhood |