B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)
2022-08-05 – 2022-08-06 · Roseville, MN · 📍 2100 Dale St N
Reps: JOHN SCHARFFBILLIG · Prize money: $1,000.00
Grand Champion: Lucky Shoes BBQ (351.4172) · 21 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Furlongs Smoke & Seafood
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧹 A double category winner
Lucky Shoes BBQ won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 5–6: Sensuous BBQ and Big Racks BBQ tied on 169.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Furlongs Smoke & Seafood edged DAWGS BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 2–3: Porket About It edged SMOKEY GQ by 0.0228.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Good Grefe (won 2021).
🃏 An upset on the books
Lucky Shoes BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Furlongs Smoke & Seafood, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-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
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-07 | Roseville, MN | 2100 Dale St N | 21 | 343.4060 | Good Grefe | — |
| 2022-08-05 ← this one | Roseville, MN | 2100 Dale St N | 21 | 351.4172 | Lucky Shoes BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4172 | 171.9656 | 170.2744 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.0000 | 169.7028 | 166.8228 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
21 entries · top 351.4172 · median 333.0744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucky Shoes BBQ | |
| 2 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 3 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 5 | Unknown Smokers | |
| 6 | Smoke Till We're Broke | |
| 7 | Pittie Q | |
| 8 | Porket About It | |
| 9 | Sensuous BBQ | |
| 10 | Carnivorous Jim BBQ | |
| 11 | WRECKING CREW BBQ | |
| 12 | Good Grefe! | |
| 13 | The Yardpigs | |
| 14 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 15 | Sugar Shack | |
| 16 | What’cha Got BBQ | |
| 17 | Q | |
| 18 | Smokin J's BBQ | |
| 19 | IB Too Mixed Up | |
| 20 | Berg's BBQ | |
| 21 | Currently Smokin BBQ |
Chicken
21 entries · top 175.4172 · median 169.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucky Shoes BBQ | |
| 2 | Porket About It | |
| 3 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 4 | Smoke Till We're Broke | |
| 5 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 6 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 7 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 8 | Good Grefe! | |
| 9 | Carnivorous Jim BBQ | |
| 10 | Unknown Smokers | |
| 11 | The Yardpigs | |
| 12 | Sensuous BBQ | |
| 13 | Pittie Q | |
| 14 | Sugar Shack | |
| 15 | What’cha Got BBQ | |
| 16 | WRECKING CREW BBQ | |
| 17 | IB Too Mixed Up | |
| 18 | Q | |
| 19 | Smokin J's BBQ | |
| 20 | Berg's BBQ | |
| 21 | Currently Smokin BBQ |
Pork Ribs
21 entries · top 176.0000 · median 164.5372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucky Shoes BBQ | |
| 2 | WRECKING CREW BBQ | |
| 3 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 4 | Pittie Q | |
| 5 | Sensuous BBQ | |
| 6 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 7 | Unknown Smokers | |
| 8 | Smoke Till We're Broke | |
| 9 | Carnivorous Jim BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 11 | Porket About It | |
| 12 | The Yardpigs | |
| 13 | Smokin J's BBQ | |
| 14 | Good Grefe! | |
| 15 | Q | |
| 16 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 17 | Sugar Shack | |
| 18 | Berg's BBQ | |
| 19 | What’cha Got BBQ | |
| 20 | IB Too Mixed Up | |
| 21 | Currently Smokin BBQ |