Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) 2026

Nov 6–7, 2026 · Scottsboro, AL

📅 Coming up — Nov 6–7, 2026 in Scottsboro, AL. Results appear here once KCBS posts them after the contest.

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Reps: Lygia (Lex) Vanegas, Robert Vanderipe · Prize money: $7,100

The Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) 2026 is a Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) sanctioned barbecue contest scheduled for November 6, 2026 in Scottsboro, AL. Full results, category by category, are posted here once KCBS publishes them. This is the 6th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2025 edition was won by PUDDLEDUCK BBQ.

Contest preview (from past editions of this contest)

No scores yet — here is what the record book says about the contest they are walking into.

Defending champion

1× title here

PUDDLEDUCK BBQ won the most recent scored edition (2025-10-10).

Oct 10, 2025

Contest record

357.7028 the score to beat here

The highest overall score here is 357.7028, set by Rollin Smoke BBQ in 2024.

2024
Rollin Smoke BBQ

Typical draw

33 teams on an average year

This contest has averaged 33 teams across 5 scored editions.

biggest 38
5 scored editions

The regulars

5× visits by the most frequent entrant

2 Swine Crew has cooked this contest 5 times — more than any other team in the data.

2 Swine Crew ×5 · 1 GC
LEE LA Q ×5
NORALA BBQ TEAM ×5
Wee Daddy's BBQ ×5
Back 40 BBQ ×5

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion
Oct 8, 2021	Scottsboro, AL	102 E. Laurel St.	31	349.1316	Hell on Squeals
Oct 7, 2022	Scottsboro, AL	102 E. Laurel St.	38	349.7028	2 Swine Crew
Oct 13, 2023	Scottsboro, AL	102 E. Laurel St.	27	350.8456	Mad Rocket Barbecue
Oct 11, 2024	Scottsboro, AL	102 E. Laurel St.	38	357.7028	Rollin Smoke BBQ
Oct 10, 2025	Scottsboro, AL	102 E. Laurel St.	30	353.1200	PUDDLEDUCK BBQ
Nov 6, 2026 ← this one	Scottsboro, AL	—	—	—	—