High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
2025-05-16 – 2025-05-17 · Winchester, TN · 📍 1561 Phillip Fulmer Parkway
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $4,300.00
Grand Champion: Dogpatch Q (358.8572) · 32 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LEE LA Q
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How hot was the win?
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🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Dogpatch Q took the Grand Championship home to VA.
🧹 A double category winner
Dogpatch Q won Chicken, Pork Ribs — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Backyard Series — Chicken places 4–5: Bentley Que and LEE LA Q tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 6–7: HELL ON SQUEALS and Mind if I Smoke? tied on 174.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Pork Ribs places 2–3: LEE LA Q and Mind if I Smoke? tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
Dogpatch Q came in rated below the field's top team, NORALA BBQ TEAM, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-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)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-19 | Winchester, TN | 60 | 704.5712 | BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ | Organizer Portal | |
| 2014-04-18 | Winchester, TN 37398 | 62 | 701.0972 | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | FRIENDS OF OBR | |
| 2015-04-17 | Winchester, TN | 59 | 708.0116 | UNCULTURED SWINE | QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | |
| 2016-04-15 | 1561 Phillip Fulmer | 56 | 699.9772 | BIG BLUE QUE | WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS | |
| 2017-04-21 | 1561 Phillip Fulmer Pkwy | 41 | 709.1200 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | FAT, DRUNK & STUPID | |
| 2018-04-20 | 1561 Phillip Fulmer Pkwy | 42 | 699.9312 | HOT COLE'S BBQ | BIG BLUE QUE | |
| 2019-04-19 | Winchester, TN | 1561 Phillip Fulmer Pkwy | 39 | 699.3484 | Fat, Drunk & Stupid BBQ | 615 BBQ |
| 2025-05-16 ← this one | Winchester, TN | 1561 Phillip Fulmer Parkway | 32 | 358.8572 | Dogpatch Q | — |
| 2026-05-15 | Winchester, TN | 1561 Phillip Fulmer Parkway | 29 | 357.1544 | Puddleduck BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 174.2628 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.2972 | 172.5600 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 180.0000 | 173.1544 | 171.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
32 entries · top 358.8572 · median 341.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 2 | LEE LA Q | |
| 3 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 4 | SMOKIN E'S BBQ | |
| 5 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 6 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 7 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 8 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 10 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 11 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 12 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 13 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 14 | Southern Swine | |
| 15 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 16 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 17 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 18 | Pig Bossman BBQ | |
| 19 | Bentley Que | |
| 20 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 21 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 22 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 23 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 24 | Chokin "N" tha Smoke | |
| 25 | Big D's Q | |
| 26 | The Red Goose | |
| 27 | Algood BBQ & Catering | |
| 28 | Toolshed BBQ | |
| 29 | Smokin Bandits | |
| 30 | I Only Smoke the Good Stuff | |
| 31 | Black Box BBQ | |
| 32 | Black Label Smokers |
Chicken
32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.5486 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 2 | SMOKIN E'S BBQ | |
| 3 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 4 | Bentley Que | |
| 5 | LEE LA Q | |
| 6 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 7 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 8 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 9 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 10 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 11 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 12 | Southern Swine | |
| 13 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 14 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 15 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 16 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 17 | Chokin "N" tha Smoke | |
| 18 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 19 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 20 | Algood BBQ & Catering | |
| 21 | The Red Goose | |
| 22 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 23 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 24 | Pig Bossman BBQ | |
| 25 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 26 | Toolshed BBQ | |
| 27 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 28 | Black Box BBQ | |
| 29 | Big D's Q | |
| 30 | I Only Smoke the Good Stuff | |
| 31 | Smokin Bandits | |
| 32 | Black Label Smokers |
Pork Ribs
32 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 2 | LEE LA Q | |
| 3 | Mind if I Smoke? | |
| 4 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 5 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 6 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 7 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | Gustoso BBQ | |
| 9 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 10 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 11 | BBQ MIKE | |
| 12 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKIN E'S BBQ | |
| 14 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 15 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 16 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 17 | Southern Swine | |
| 18 | Pig Bossman BBQ | |
| 19 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 20 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 21 | Big D's Q | |
| 22 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 23 | Toolshed BBQ | |
| 24 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 25 | Smokin Bandits | |
| 26 | The Red Goose | |
| 27 | Chokin "N" tha Smoke | |
| 28 | Algood BBQ & Catering | |
| 29 | Bentley Que | |
| 30 | Black Label Smokers | |
| 31 | I Only Smoke the Good Stuff | |
| 32 | Black Box BBQ |
Ancillary
Pork
24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.9886 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 2 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 3 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 4 | Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | |
| 5 | LEE LA Q | |
| 6 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 7 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 8 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 9 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 10 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 11 | Bentley Que | |
| 12 | Chokin "N" tha Smoke | |
| 13 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 14 | Black Box BBQ | |
| 15 | The Red Goose | |
| 16 | Say My Name BBQ | |
| 17 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 18 | I Only Smoke the Good Stuff | |
| 19 | Algood BBQ & Catering | |
| 20 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 21 | Toolshed BBQ | |
| 22 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 23 | Pig Bossman BBQ | |
| 24 | Southern Swine |
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 — Dessert
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 176.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Sliders
16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 162.8628 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Red Goose | |
| 2 | LEE LA Q | |
| 3 | Pig Bossman BBQ | |
| 4 | Toolshed BBQ | |
| 5 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 6 | Black Label Smokers | |
| 7 | Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ | |
| 8 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 9 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 10 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 11 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 12 | Bentley Que | |
| 13 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
| 14 | Chokin "N" tha Smoke | |
| 15 | I Only Smoke the Good Stuff | |
| 16 | Rollin Smoke BBQ |
Ancillary — Tacos
22 entries · top 177.7144 · median 163.1142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pig Bossman BBQ | |
| 2 | Bonnie Blue BBQ | |
| 3 | The Red Goose | |
| 4 | I Only Smoke the Good Stuff | |
| 5 | HELL ON SQUEALS | |
| 6 | Rollin Smoke BBQ | |
| 7 | HOLY SMOKIN!!! | |
| 8 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 9 | Deviant Smoke | |
| 10 | Algood BBQ & Catering | |
| 11 | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | |
| 12 | Chokin "N" tha Smoke | |
| 13 | Electro-Que-ted | |
| 14 | Southern Swine | |
| 15 | Toolshed BBQ | |
| 16 | LEE LA Q | |
| 17 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 18 | Black Label Smokers | |
| 19 | Dogpatch Q | |
| 20 | Bentley Que | |
| 21 | Burnt Plow BBQ | |
| 22 | Armstrong Smoke & Co. |