Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY)
2022-09-23 – 2022-09-24 · Ashland, VA · 📍 11322 Air Park Drive
Reps: BILL JONES · Prize money: $1,310.00
Grand Champion: MISPILLION MEAT WORKS (533.1316) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Ham Squad
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 10.2744 points — a wider margin than 90% of championships in the data.
🧹 A double category winner
Mispillion Meat Works won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: Mispillion Meat Works and Swine 'N' Roses BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Gold-N-Blue Barbecue and The Fat is Where It's At tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 8–9: STICKS & STONES BBQ and TROUBLEMAKER BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-23 ← this one | Ashland, VA | 11322 Air Park Drive | 20 | 533.1316 | MISPILLION MEAT WORKS | — |
| 2023-09-22 | Ashland, VA | 11322 Air Park Drive | 24 | 531.4288 | POOR BOYS BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.1428 | 174.8572 | 171.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 174.8572 | 172.0000 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 172.5944 | 171.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
20 entries · top 533.1316 · median 512.8056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mispillion Meat Works | |
| 2 | Ham Squad | |
| 3 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 4 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 5 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 6 | Swine 'N' Roses BBQ | |
| 7 | The Fat is Where It's At | |
| 8 | Zoni-Q | |
| 9 | Kane's BBQ | |
| 10 | Col. Buck’s BBQ | |
| 11 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 12 | Buckshot's BBQ | |
| 13 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 14 | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 15 | LOVE-N-SMOKE | |
| 16 | Grumpy Ol' Sarge BBQ | |
| 17 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 18 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ | |
| 19 | Country Boys BBQ | |
| 20 | TROUBLEMAKER BBQ |
Chicken
20 entries · top 177.1428 · median 171.6856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ham Squad | |
| 2 | Mispillion Meat Works | |
| 3 | Swine 'N' Roses BBQ | |
| 4 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 5 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 6 | The Fat is Where It's At | |
| 7 | LOVE-N-SMOKE | |
| 8 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 9 | Col. Buck’s BBQ | |
| 10 | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 11 | Buckshot's BBQ | |
| 12 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 13 | Zoni-Q | |
| 14 | Grumpy Ol' Sarge BBQ | |
| 15 | Kane's BBQ | |
| 16 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 17 | Country Boys BBQ | |
| 18 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 19 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ | |
| 20 | TROUBLEMAKER BBQ |
Pork Ribs
20 entries · top 176.5716 · median 171.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mispillion Meat Works | |
| 2 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 3 | Kane's BBQ | |
| 4 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 5 | Ham Squad | |
| 6 | The Fat is Where It's At | |
| 7 | Zoni-Q | |
| 8 | Country Boys BBQ | |
| 9 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 10 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 11 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 12 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ | |
| 13 | Col. Buck’s BBQ | |
| 14 | Swine 'N' Roses BBQ | |
| 15 | Buckshot's BBQ | |
| 16 | TROUBLEMAKER BBQ | |
| 17 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 18 | LOVE-N-SMOKE | |
| 19 | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 20 | Grumpy Ol' Sarge BBQ |
Pork
20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mispillion Meat Works | |
| 2 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 3 | Kane's BBQ | |
| 4 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 5 | Grumpy Ol' Sarge BBQ | |
| 6 | Swine 'N' Roses BBQ | |
| 7 | Zoni-Q | |
| 8 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 9 | TROUBLEMAKER BBQ | |
| 10 | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 11 | Ham Squad | |
| 12 | Col. Buck’s BBQ | |
| 13 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 14 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 15 | The Fat is Where It's At | |
| 16 | LOVE-N-SMOKE | |
| 17 | Buckshot's BBQ | |
| 18 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ | |
| 19 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 20 | Country Boys BBQ |