Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)
2022-08-19 – 2022-08-20 · Frostburg, MD · 📍 11200 Hoffman Hollow Dr.
Reps: ANGELA MCKEE, ROBERT MCKEE · Prize money: $1,700.00
Grand Champion: Dog Bite Barbecue (339.4400) · 12 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 POOR BOYS BBQ
Entries
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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
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5944 points — closer than 83% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Dog Bite Barbecue took the Grand Championship home to VA.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 6–7: Better Half Barbecue edged Full Throttle BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 3–4: Full Throttle BBQ edged Better Half Barbecue by 0.0228. Chicken places 7–8: LEM'S MEAT VARNISH edged Gold-N-Blue Barbecue by 0.0228.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Gold-N-Blue Barbecue (won ), Ham Squad (won 2021).
🃏 An upset on the books
Dog Bite Barbecue came in rated below the field's top team, Ham Squad, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 21-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frostburg, MD | 11200 Hoffman Hollow RD | 8 | 340.5600 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | — | |
| 2018-08-18 | Bobby Preston Amphitheater, 11300 Hoffman Hollow Rd | — | — | — | — | |
| 2021-08-20 | Frostburg, MD | 11200 Hoffman Hollow Dr. | 18 | 346.2628 | Ham Squad | — |
| 2022-08-19 ← this one | Frostburg, MD | 11200 Hoffman Hollow Dr. | 12 | 339.4400 | Dog Bite Barbecue | — |
| 2023-08-18 | Frostburg, MD | 11200 Hoffman Hollow Dr. | 11 | 349.1544 | Better Half BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 170.2628 | 162.2516 |
| Pork Ribs | 171.4172 | 161.1544 | 150.2172 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
12 entries · top 339.4400 · median 329.9430
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 2 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 3 | Ham Squad | |
| 4 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 5 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 6 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 7 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 8 | Pinky Out BBQ | |
| 9 | Zoni-Q | |
| 10 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 11 | Sweet Rick's BBQ | |
| 12 | Ba Ba Que Black Sheep |
Chicken
12 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 2 | Ham Squad | |
| 3 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 4 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 5 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 6 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 7 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 8 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 9 | Zoni-Q | |
| 10 | Pinky Out BBQ | |
| 11 | Sweet Rick's BBQ | |
| 12 | Ba Ba Que Black Sheep |
Pork Ribs
12 entries · top 171.4172 · median 160.5430
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dog Bite Barbecue | |
| 2 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 3 | Ham Squad | |
| 4 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 5 | Pinky Out BBQ | |
| 6 | Better Half Barbecue | |
| 7 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 8 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 9 | Zoni-Q | |
| 10 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 11 | Sweet Rick's BBQ | |
| 12 | Ba Ba Que Black Sheep |