Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY)
2022-09-24 – 2022-09-25 · Ashland, VA · 📍 11322 Air Park Drive
Reps: BILL JONES · Prize money: $1,310.00
Grand Champion: POOR BOYS BBQ (525.7144) · 18 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Ham Squad
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
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: Full Throttle BBQ and Gold-N-Blue Barbecue tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Buckshot's BBQ and Swine 'N' Roses BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 5–6: The Fat is Where It's At and Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1606 power rating going in — stronger than 93% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
POOR BOYS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Ham Squad, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 31-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-24 ← this one | Ashland, VA | 11322 Air Park Drive | 18 | 525.7144 | POOR BOYS BBQ | — |
| 2023-09-23 | Ashland, VA | 11322 Air Park Drive | 20 | 529.6916 | BETTER HALF BARBECUE | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.5716 | 171.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 173.7260 | 170.8344 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 171.9772 | 166.8344 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
18 entries · top 525.7144 · median 511.9200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 2 | Ham Squad | |
| 3 | Mispillion Meat Works | |
| 4 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 5 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 6 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 7 | LOVE-N-SMOKE | |
| 8 | The Fat is Where It's At | |
| 9 | Buckshot's BBQ | |
| 10 | Swine 'N' Roses BBQ | |
| 11 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 12 | Zoni-Q | |
| 13 | Kane's BBQ | |
| 14 | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 15 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 16 | Country Boys BBQ | |
| 17 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ | |
| 18 | Col. Buck’s BBQ |
Chicken
18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 2 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 3 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 4 | LOVE-N-SMOKE | |
| 5 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 6 | Zoni-Q | |
| 7 | Mispillion Meat Works | |
| 8 | Swine 'N' Roses BBQ | |
| 9 | Ham Squad | |
| 10 | Buckshot's BBQ | |
| 11 | Kane's BBQ | |
| 12 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ | |
| 13 | The Fat is Where It's At | |
| 14 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 15 | Country Boys BBQ | |
| 16 | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 17 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 18 | Col. Buck’s BBQ |
Pork Ribs
18 entries · top 176.5716 · median 171.1316
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOVE-N-SMOKE | |
| 2 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 3 | Buckshot's BBQ | |
| 4 | Swine 'N' Roses BBQ | |
| 5 | The Fat is Where It's At | |
| 6 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 7 | Ham Squad | |
| 8 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 9 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 10 | Mispillion Meat Works | |
| 11 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 12 | Country Boys BBQ | |
| 13 | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 14 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 15 | Zoni-Q | |
| 16 | Col. Buck’s BBQ | |
| 17 | Kane's BBQ | |
| 18 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ |
Pork
18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.1258
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ham Squad | |
| 2 | Mispillion Meat Works | |
| 3 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 4 | Full Throttle BBQ | |
| 5 | The Fat is Where It's At | |
| 6 | Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ | |
| 7 | LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | |
| 8 | Zoni-Q | |
| 9 | STICKS & STONES BBQ | |
| 10 | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
| 11 | Buckshot's BBQ | |
| 12 | LOVE-N-SMOKE | |
| 13 | Swine 'N' Roses BBQ | |
| 14 | Kane's BBQ | |
| 15 | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | |
| 16 | Col. Buck’s BBQ | |
| 17 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 18 | Country Boys BBQ |