A first Grand Championship
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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
Jun 17–18, 2022 · Logansport, IN · 📍 1212 Riverside Dr
Reps: Eugene Wickham, Sarah Wickham · Prize money: $5,000
Get Your Butt Over Here BBQ won Grand Champion at the Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) on June 17, 2022 in Logansport, IN at 1212 Riverside Dr, scoring 349.1428 in a field of 14 teams. Vudu's took Reserve Grand Champion with 346.8456. Category winners: Chicken — Vudu's (176.5828); Pork Ribs — Get Your Butt Over Here BBQ (173.1428). This is the 1st of 3 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2023.
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
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
on the line
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 51%
beats 49% of 616 Backyard Series wins in the data
Form held
Weak
ρ = -0.08 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,494
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2022 ← this one | Logansport, IN | 1212 Riverside Dr | 14 | 349.1428 | Get Your Butt Over Here BBQ |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Logansport, IN | 1212 Riverside Dr | 21 | 343.9656 | Berkee Raes BBQ |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 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 |