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Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)

2023-06-09 – 2023-06-10 · Huntsville, AL · 📍 Ditto Landing

Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $2,100.00

Grand Champion: NORALA BBQ TEAM (346.2632) · 26 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Bentley Que

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NORALA BBQ TEAM
346.2632 · Backyard Series — Overall
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Bentley Que
346.2516 · Backyard Series — Overall
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MAD ROCKET BARBECUE
346.2284 · Backyard Series — Overall

Entries

26
2 judged meats

Top score

346.2632

Winning margin

0.0116
GC over RC

Field average

330.26
median 333.92

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
2.2856 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

339.9660
10th place overall

Field spread

47.0060
winner to last place

Prize money

$2,100.00
on the line

Double threats

1
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 0.5484 pts — RUNNING STYLE BBQ - GA

How hot was the win?

Top 73%
beats 27% of 708 Backyard Series wins in the data

Traveled in

8%
of the 26 teams with a home region came from outside AL

Came back for more

26%
6 of 23 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.69 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1535
avg power rating going in · stronger than 41% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Hickory Hangover
rated 1771 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

NORALA BBQ TEAM has won this contest 2 times across its 8 tracked editions.

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0116 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 3–4: NORALA BBQ TEAM and MAD ROCKET BARBECUE tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Crimson Hot Bucky Que and BUTSY-Q tied on 173.1316 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: Wee Daddy's BBQ and Bentley Que tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Hickory Hangover (won 2022).

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)

Where the field came from (home regions on file)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2018-06-08 293 Ditto Landing RD — — — —
2019-06-07 Huntsville, AL Ditto Landing 25 347.9772 Thin Blue Swine —
2021-06-11 Huntsville, AL Ditto Landing 31 348.0000 The Real Squeal —
2022-06-10 Huntsville, AL Ditto Landing 23 350.2628 Hickory Hangover —
2023-06-09 ← this one Huntsville, AL Ditto Landing 26 346.2632 NORALA BBQ TEAM —
2024-06-07 Huntsville, AL Ditto Landing 35 353.1428 NORALA BBQ TEAM —
2025-06-13 Huntsville, AL Ditto Landing 35 358.8572 Mind If I Smoke? —
2026-06-12 Huntsville, AL Ditto Landing 31 360.0000 Big Fluff BBQ —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken175.4172173.1316171.4056
Pork Ribs175.4056172.0004169.6800

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Backyard Series

Overall

26 entries · top 346.2632 · median 333.9200

#TeamScore
1 NORALA BBQ TEAM 346.2632
2 Bentley Que 346.2516
3 MAD ROCKET BARBECUE 346.2284
4 HICKORY HANGOVER 345.6800
5 Wee Daddy's BBQ 343.3944
6 BUTSY-Q 342.8116
7 Smokey Bees BBQ - MS 342.8000
8 PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q 342.7884
9 RUNNING STYLE BBQ - GA 342.7884
10 Crimson Hot Bucky Que 339.9660
11 MAGNOLIA 339.9544
12 Modest Meats 334.8116
13 All Smoked Up 334.7656
14 Warden's Jailhouse BBQ 333.0744
15 Say My Name BBQ 332.5144
16 Traditions BBQ 330.7888
17 LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY 328.4916
18 NATTY QUE 327.9312
19 Batten the Hatch BBQ 324.4572
20 Brother-In-Law BBQ 320.5024
21 The Catering Vets 318.7200
22 Boar on the Floor 309.0512
23 Butt Honey BBQ 306.8000
24 Sweaty Pig 306.1944
25 American BBQ 300.4460
26 Invarique 299.2572

Chicken

26 entries · top 175.4172 · median 168.2456

#TeamScore
1 MAGNOLIA 175.4172
2 PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q 175.4056
3 NORALA BBQ TEAM 174.2628
4 MAD ROCKET BARBECUE 174.2628
5 Crimson Hot Bucky Que 173.1316
6 BUTSY-Q 173.1316
7 Warden's Jailhouse BBQ 173.1200
8 Wee Daddy's BBQ 171.9772
9 Bentley Que 171.9772
10 NATTY QUE 171.4056
11 HICKORY HANGOVER 170.8228
12 Smokey Bees BBQ - MS 169.6800
13 Say My Name BBQ 169.1084
14 RUNNING STYLE BBQ - GA 167.3828
15 Modest Meats 165.1316
16 Batten the Hatch BBQ 165.0972
17 Traditions BBQ 165.0972
18 All Smoked Up 165.0856
19 Brother-In-Law BBQ 162.8340
20 LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY 161.6456
21 The Catering Vets 160.5028
22 Sweaty Pig 158.8572
23 Butt Honey BBQ 158.2628
24 Boar on the Floor 153.0972
25 Invarique 150.2056
26 American BBQ 147.3716

Pork Ribs

26 entries · top 175.4056 · median 166.2630

#TeamScore
1 RUNNING STYLE BBQ - GA 175.4056
2 HICKORY HANGOVER 174.8572
3 Bentley Que 174.2744
4 Smokey Bees BBQ - MS 173.1200
5 NORALA BBQ TEAM 172.0004
6 MAD ROCKET BARBECUE 171.9656
7 Wee Daddy's BBQ 171.4172
8 All Smoked Up 169.6800
9 BUTSY-Q 169.6800
10 Modest Meats 169.6800
11 PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q 167.3828
12 LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY 166.8460
13 Crimson Hot Bucky Que 166.8344
14 Traditions BBQ 165.6916
15 MAGNOLIA 164.5372
16 Say My Name BBQ 163.4060
17 Warden's Jailhouse BBQ 159.9544
18 Batten the Hatch BBQ 159.3600
19 The Catering Vets 158.2172
20 Brother-In-Law BBQ 157.6684
21 NATTY QUE 156.5256
22 Boar on the Floor 155.9540
23 American BBQ 153.0744
24 Invarique 149.0516
25 Butt Honey BBQ 148.5372
26 Sweaty Pig 147.3372

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