Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1

2022-10-07 – 2022-10-08 · Tahlequah, OK · 📍 2100 Airport Parkway

Reps: LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH · Prize money: $5,050.00

Grand Champion: SWINE-O-LICIOUS BBQ (529.1084) · 32 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Fluffy Butt BBQ

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Swine-O-Licious BBQ

529.1084 · Backyard Series — Overall

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Fluffy Butt BBQ

523.4056 · Backyard Series — Overall

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BULL IN THE RING

523.3712 · Backyard Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

473.07 median 501.61 529.11 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 177.14
Pork Ribs 178.86
Pork 180.00 🔥

148.54 180.00

Entries

3 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

529.1084

Winning margin

5.7028

GC over RC

Field average

502.37

473.07529.11

median 501.61 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

BULL IN THE RING (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken

3.4400 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

509.0628

473.07529.11

10th place overall

Field spread

56.0344

winner to last place

Prize money

$5,050.00

on the line

Most consistent

Swine-O-Licious BBQ

avg finish 5.00 across 3 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork

won by 2.2972 pts — BULL IN THE RING

How hot was the win?

Top 5%

beats 95% of 713 Backyard Series wins in the data

Form held

Weak

ρ = -0.3 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1514

avg power rating going in · stronger than 10% of contests

Top-rated in the field

WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ

rated 1693 pre-contest

Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 10 calls decided inside half a point

Pork Ribs places 7–8: COOKIN' WITH WOOD and BULL IN THE RING tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ and Fine As* Swine BBQ tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: Breaking Slabs BBQ and MONEY SHOT BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
Pork 2–3 · tie
Pork 4–5 · tie
Pork 6–7 · tie

How the title was won

2 of 3 meats called to the stage

Swine-O-Licious BBQ took the title on 2 calls from 3 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 12th.

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 2nd
Pork 12th

A perfect score on the table

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

BULL IN THE RING · Pork

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)

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)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	177.1428	173.7028	169.6916
Pork Ribs	178.8572	173.1200	170.8228
Pork	180.0000	176.5600	174.8456

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Backyard Series

Overall

32 entries · top 529.1084 · median 501.6112

#	Team	Score
1	Swine-O-Licious BBQ	529.1084
2	Fluffy Butt BBQ	523.4056
3	BULL IN THE RING	523.3712
4	Fine As* Swine BBQ	521.6456
5	WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ	518.2172
6	COOKIN' WITH WOOD	515.3484
7	HESSHOGS	514.7996
8	Bad Influence BBQ - MO	513.7144
9	Hicks from the Sticks BBQ	513.0856
10	Breaking Slabs BBQ	509.0628
11	PRETTY GOOD AT DRINKING BEER BBQ	507.9544
12	The Smokin Goat	505.6340
13	DUNCAN POOL QUE	504.5488
14	MUDDY RIVER SMOKERS1	504.4804
15	Secondhand Smoke	503.8972
16	WHO LET THE SMOKE OUT	501.6112
17	Firemaster BBQ	501.6112
18	HOBBS BBQ	500.4224
19	STITTSHOW BBQ	499.9200
20	O' Town Que	499.8740
21	MONEY SHOT BBQ	499.3144
22	MUDDY RIVER SMOKERS 2	498.2172
23	Smokin' Love BBQ	497.0400
24	Let 'er Buck BBQ	496.4916
25	GUY IN A TRUCK BBQ	495.3372
26	MUNNY'S STOVE	493.6116
27	TAHLEQUAH OUTLAWS	487.2684
28	Lang's Bad To The Bone BBQ	485.7144
29	BREWS BEFORE Q'S	481.5884
30	PATRICK & CLAUDIA	478.8116
31	SPEEDY PIG	477.6460
32	Curly Bird BBQ	473.0740

Chicken

32 entries · top 177.1428 · median 166.5370

#	Team	Score
1	Swine-O-Licious BBQ	177.1428
2	Hicks from the Sticks BBQ	176.5600
3	Fine As* Swine BBQ	175.4172
4	GUY IN A TRUCK BBQ	174.8456
5	Smokin' Love BBQ	173.7028
6	Fluffy Butt BBQ	173.1428
7	Bad Influence BBQ - MO	172.0000
8	WHO LET THE SMOKE OUT	171.9656
9	BULL IN THE RING	171.4056
10	WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ	169.6916
11	Secondhand Smoke	169.6684
12	HESSHOGS	168.5140
13	Firemaster BBQ	168.0000
14	COOKIN' WITH WOOD	167.9772
15	MONEY SHOT BBQ	167.3828
16	O' Town Que	166.8112
17	BREWS BEFORE Q'S	166.2628
18	MUNNY'S STOVE	166.2400
19	PRETTY GOOD AT DRINKING BEER BBQ	165.7144
20	PATRICK & CLAUDIA	164.5716
21	MUDDY RIVER SMOKERS1	163.9544
22	DUNCAN POOL QUE	163.4516
23	Lang's Bad To The Bone BBQ	162.8684
24	MUDDY RIVER SMOKERS 2	162.8344
25	The Smokin Goat	162.7884
26	Let 'er Buck BBQ	161.6684
27	HOBBS BBQ	161.6456
28	STITTSHOW BBQ	161.0856
29	Curly Bird BBQ	158.2972
30	TAHLEQUAH OUTLAWS	158.2056
31	Breaking Slabs BBQ	158.2056
32	SPEEDY PIG	157.7144

Pork Ribs

32 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8228

#	Team	Score
1	Fluffy Butt BBQ	178.8572
2	Swine-O-Licious BBQ	177.7028
3	Breaking Slabs BBQ	174.2972
4	PRETTY GOOD AT DRINKING BEER BBQ	174.2744
5	The Smokin Goat	173.1200
6	MUDDY RIVER SMOKERS1	171.9772
7	COOKIN' WITH WOOD	171.9656
8	BULL IN THE RING	171.9656
9	HESSHOGS	170.8456
10	Firemaster BBQ	170.8228
11	WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ	170.8228
12	Fine As* Swine BBQ	168.5256
13	MUDDY RIVER SMOKERS 2	167.9772
14	DUNCAN POOL QUE	167.9772
15	Secondhand Smoke	166.8344
16	Smokin' Love BBQ	166.8228
17	Bad Influence BBQ - MO	166.8228
18	GUY IN A TRUCK BBQ	166.8228
19	PATRICK & CLAUDIA	165.7028
20	Curly Bird BBQ	165.7028
21	STITTSHOW BBQ	165.1200
22	HOBBS BBQ	163.9312
23	MUNNY'S STOVE	162.8344
24	Hicks from the Sticks BBQ	162.8228
25	SPEEDY PIG	162.2516
26	Lang's Bad To The Bone BBQ	161.1316
27	WHO LET THE SMOKE OUT	160.5372
28	TAHLEQUAH OUTLAWS	159.9428
29	Let 'er Buck BBQ	159.3832
30	O' Town Que	158.8000
31	BREWS BEFORE Q'S	157.1084
32	MONEY SHOT BBQ	155.3716

Pork

32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.5656 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	BULL IN THE RING	180.0000 🔥
2	WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ	177.7028
3	Fine As* Swine BBQ	177.7028
4	Breaking Slabs BBQ	176.5600
5	MONEY SHOT BBQ	176.5600
6	Let 'er Buck BBQ	175.4400
7	HESSHOGS	175.4400
8	COOKIN' WITH WOOD	175.4056
9	Bad Influence BBQ - MO	174.8916
10	HOBBS BBQ	174.8456
11	O' Town Que	174.2628
12	Swine-O-Licious BBQ	174.2628
13	STITTSHOW BBQ	173.7144
14	Hicks from the Sticks BBQ	173.7028
15	DUNCAN POOL QUE	173.1200
16	Fluffy Butt BBQ	171.4056
17	The Smokin Goat	169.7256
18	TAHLEQUAH OUTLAWS	169.1200
19	WHO LET THE SMOKE OUT	169.1084
20	MUDDY RIVER SMOKERS1	168.5488
21	PRETTY GOOD AT DRINKING BEER BBQ	167.9656
22	MUDDY RIVER SMOKERS 2	167.4056
23	Secondhand Smoke	167.3944
24	MUNNY'S STOVE	164.5372
25	Firemaster BBQ	162.7884
26	Lang's Bad To The Bone BBQ	161.7144
27	BREWS BEFORE Q'S	158.2172
28	SPEEDY PIG	157.6800
29	Smokin' Love BBQ	156.5144
30	GUY IN A TRUCK BBQ	153.6688
31	Curly Bird BBQ	149.0740
32	PATRICK & CLAUDIA	148.5372

Ancillary categories

Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.

Ancillary — Anything Butt

9 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.2512

#	Team	Score
1	BULL IN THE RING	176.5600
2	Hicks from the Sticks BBQ	171.4172
3	HOBBS BBQ	170.8228
4	O' Town Que	168.5372
5	The Smokin Goat	166.2512
6	MUDDY RIVER SMOKERS1	165.0972
7	MUDDY RIVER SMOKERS 2	161.6800
8	Curly Bird BBQ	159.3368
9	MUNNY'S STOVE	137.5772

Ancillary — Dessert

13 entries · top 180.0000 · median 178.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	MUNNY'S STOVE	180.0000 🔥
2	MUDDY RIVER SMOKERS 2	180.0000 🔥
3	Hicks from the Sticks BBQ	180.0000 🔥
4	HOBBS BBQ	180.0000 🔥
5	STITTSHOW BBQ	180.0000 🔥
6	WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ	180.0000 🔥
7	O' Town Que	178.8572
8	BREWS BEFORE Q'S	177.7028
9	Firemaster BBQ	175.4744
10	BULL IN THE RING	175.4056
11	MUDDY RIVER SMOKERS1	174.2972
12	Curly Bird BBQ	159.3712
13	Let 'er Buck BBQ	157.0512

Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)

Photo finishes

How the title was won

A perfect score on the table

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)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Backyard Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Ancillary categories

Ancillary — Anything Butt

Ancillary — Dessert