Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)

2022-08-12 – 2022-08-13 · Glencoe, AL

Prize money: $3,500.00

Grand Champion: Hickory Hangover (530.8228) · 35 teams

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HICKORY HANGOVER

530.8228 · Backyard Series — Overall

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Ghost Hill BBQ

522.8344 · Backyard Series — Overall

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I.B.O.K. HOLY SMOKERS

522.2632 · Backyard Series — Overall

Entries

5 categories

Top score

530.8228

Winning margin

7.9884

GC over RC

Field average

501.89

median 506.82

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Tightest race

Chicken

2.2856 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

511.9200

what a walk cost here

Field spread

74.2624

winner to last place

Prize money

$3,500.00

on the line

Most consistent

HICKORY HANGOVER

avg finish 5.00 across 5 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 3.4284 pts — HICKORY HANGOVER

How hot was the win?

Top 73%

beats 27% of 2715 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1559

avg power rating going in · stronger than 65% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Hickory Hangover

rated 1745 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

Dogpatch Q has won this contest 2 times across its 10 tracked editions.

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)

This contest over the years

Date	Where	Teams	High score	Grand Champion
2018-08-10		—	—	—
2019-08-09	Glencoe, AL	26	518.8116	Slinging Pig Meat
2020-08-07	Glencoe, AL	21	521.1088	Leela Q
2021-08-06	Glencoe, AL	31	514.2284	NOROLA BBQ Team
2022-08-12 ← this one	Glencoe, AL	35	530.8228	Hickory Hangover
2023-08-11	Glencoe, AL	35	523.9772	Small Batch BBQ
2024-09-20	Glencoe, AL	18	354.2744	Curly Bird BBQ
2025-09-19	Glencoe, AL	30	351.9656	Puddleduck BBQ
2025-09-20	Glencoe, AL	22	348.0116	Dogpatch Q
2026-06-05	Glencoe, AL	26	353.7144	Dogpatch Q

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Ancillary — Chicken

24 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.7200

#	Team	Score
1	REDBONES BBQ	178.8572
2	Dogpatch Q	178.2972
3	RIBLIFE	174.8800
4	HICKORY HANGOVER	174.8456
5	THIN BLUE SWINE BBQ	174.8456
6	PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q	174.2744
7	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	174.2628
8	VETERAN PORK PULLERS	174.2628
9	Simply Smoked	173.7028
10	JT'S SMOKE SHACK	170.8228
11	Pig Destroyer	169.6684
12	2 Swine Crew	168.5600
13	NORALA BBQ TEAM	166.8800
14	ETOWAH SMOKE	166.2628
15	HELL ON SQUEALS	165.0972
16	BAMA BOYS BBQ	164.5600
17	Slingin Pig Meat	163.9772
18	Low N' Slow Locomotives	162.2284
19	LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY	161.6572
20	NO LOOKIN' COOKIN'	156.0116
21	Zebco33	155.3712
22	LEE LA Q	153.0968
23	Hound Hog bbq Supply	151.9656
24	Creek Side bbq	150.2172

Ancillary — Pork Ribs

24 entries · top 177.1544 · median 165.9714

#	Team	Score
1	LEE LA Q	177.1544
2	ETOWAH SMOKE	176.5600
3	REDBONES BBQ	175.4172
4	RIBLIFE	174.8800
5	LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY	174.2744
6	THIN BLUE SWINE BBQ	171.9888
7	JT'S SMOKE SHACK	169.6800
8	PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q	168.0000
9	HICKORY HANGOVER	167.9888
10	BAMA BOYS BBQ	166.8572
11	VETERAN PORK PULLERS	166.8344
12	2 Swine Crew	166.2516
13	NO LOOKIN' COOKIN'	165.6912
14	Slingin Pig Meat	165.6800
15	HELL ON SQUEALS	165.0972
16	Simply Smoked	165.0972
17	Pig Destroyer	161.6572
18	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	160.5028
19	NORALA BBQ TEAM	160.0000
20	Creek Side bbq	159.4172
21	Low N' Slow Locomotives	152.4916
22	Hound Hog bbq Supply	151.9200
23	Dogpatch Q	149.0744
24	Zebco33	135.9084

Backyard Series — Chicken

35 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.3828

#	Team	Score
1	THIN BLUE SWINE BBQ	178.8572
2	LEE LA Q	178.2972
3	Jury's Out	177.7028
4	PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q	177.7028
5	I.B.O.K. HOLY SMOKERS	176.5716
6	Bentley Que	176.5600
7	NORALA BBQ TEAM	175.4172
8	HICKORY HANGOVER	173.1200
9	Swine n Brine bbq	171.4400
10	Ghost Hill BBQ	170.8572
11	VETERAN PORK PULLERS	170.8344
12	ETOWAH SMOKE	170.8228
13	BAMA BOYS BBQ	169.6800
14	Hound Hog bbq Supply	169.6684
15	LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY	169.6684
16	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	169.1200
17	RIBLIFE	168.5372
18	Simply Smoked	167.3828
19	2 Swine Crew	166.2628
20	Zebco33	166.2516
21	Roux BBQ	165.6684
22	Pig Destroyer	165.0856
23	NO LOOKIN' COOKIN'	163.9772
24	JT'S SMOKE SHACK	163.9544
25	Bubba Q	163.3944
26	REDBONES BBQ	163.3828
27	HELL ON SQUEALS	163.3828
28	Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team	163.3828
29	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	162.8344
30	Slingin Pig Meat	162.2400
31	Dogpatch Q	161.6572
32	Low N' Slow Locomotives	159.9544
33	Creek Side bbq	156.5144
34	Pig Posse	151.9200
35	Ferguson-train bbq	147.9544

Backyard Series — Overall

35 entries · top 530.8228 · median 506.8228

#	Team	Score
1	HICKORY HANGOVER	530.8228
2	Ghost Hill BBQ	522.8344
3	I.B.O.K. HOLY SMOKERS	522.2632
4	Jury's Out	522.2400
5	PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q	518.2400
6	NORALA BBQ TEAM	515.9200
7	ETOWAH SMOKE	514.7656
8	HELL ON SQUEALS	514.2056
9	Bentley Que	512.4800
10	LEE LA Q	511.9200
11	RIBLIFE	511.3372
12	2 Swine Crew	510.8344
13	THIN BLUE SWINE BBQ	510.7888
14	BAMA BOYS BBQ	510.7772
15	Zebco33	509.6460
16	VETERAN PORK PULLERS	509.0744
17	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	507.9200
18	NO LOOKIN' COOKIN'	506.8228
19	Dogpatch Q	506.7544
20	Hound Hog bbq Supply	503.8972
21	Bubba Q	499.9204
22	LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY	499.8740
23	Pig Destroyer	498.1484
24	Simply Smoked	495.9316
25	REDBONES BBQ	495.8744
26	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	494.7888
27	Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team	492.9940
28	Swine n Brine bbq	489.7144
29	Pig Posse	487.2800
30	Slingin Pig Meat	484.9944
31	Creek Side bbq	483.8628
32	JT'S SMOKE SHACK	482.6860
33	Low N' Slow Locomotives	467.2576
34	Roux BBQ	462.5828
35	Ferguson-train bbq	456.5604

Backyard Series — Pork

35 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	HICKORY HANGOVER	180.0000 🔥
2	I.B.O.K. HOLY SMOKERS	176.5716
3	VETERAN PORK PULLERS	176.5600
4	COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ	175.4172
5	RIBLIFE	175.4172
6	BAMA BOYS BBQ	174.8572
7	Jury's Out	174.8456
8	HELL ON SQUEALS	174.2628
9	ETOWAH SMOKE	173.1200
10	Ghost Hill BBQ	173.1200
11	2 Swine Crew	172.5600
12	Roux BBQ	172.5600
13	Zebco33	172.5600
14	Hound Hog bbq Supply	171.9772
15	Dogpatch Q	171.9772
16	Simply Smoked	170.8572
17	Pig Destroyer	170.8228
18	THIN BLUE SWINE BBQ	170.2744
19	Creek Side bbq	169.1200
20	Pig Posse	168.5256
21	Bourbon & Blues BBQ	167.9772
22	PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q	167.3828
23	NO LOOKIN' COOKIN'	166.8228
24	LEE LA Q	166.2400
25	Bubba Q	165.0972
26	Slingin Pig Meat	162.8000
27	NORALA BBQ TEAM	162.7884
28	Bentley Que	161.6456
29	Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team	161.0856
30	Swine n Brine bbq	160.5600
31	LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY	160.5256
32	Low N' Slow Locomotives	158.2172
33	REDBONES BBQ	155.9316
34	JT'S SMOKE SHACK	154.7772
35	Ferguson-train bbq	153.7144

Backyard Series — Pork Ribs