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Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) 2023

Aug 18–19, 2023 · Frostburg, MD · 📍 11200 Hoffman Hollow Dr.

Reps: Angela McKee, Robert McKee · Prize money: $1,800

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Better Half Barbecue
349.1544 · Backyard Series — Overall
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Dog Bite Barbecue
347.9772 · Backyard Series — Overall
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Bay Brothers BBQ
344.5832 · Backyard Series — Overall

Better Half Barbecue won Grand Champion at the Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) on August 18, 2023 in Frostburg, MD at 11200 Hoffman Hollow Dr., scoring 349.1544 in a field of 11 teams. Dog Bite Barbecue took Reserve Grand Champion with 347.9772. Category winners: Chicken — Better Half Barbecue (179.4400); Pork Ribs — Rub A Dub Grub (171.4172). This is the 4th of 4 editions of this contest on record; the 2022 edition was won by Dog Bite Barbecue.

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.

How the meats cooked

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

  • Chicken 179.44
  • Pork Ribs 171.42
153.14 179.44

Entries

11
2 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

349.1544

Winning margin

1.1772
GC over RC

Field average

324.25
153.14349.15
median 343.44 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
1.7372 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

315.4060
153.14349.15
10th place overall

Field spread

196.0116
winner to last place

Prize money

$1,800
on the line

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 0.5828 pts — Better Half Barbecue

How hot was the win?

Top 50%
beats 50% of 610 Backyard Series wins in the data

Came back for more

25%
3 of 12 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Weak
ρ = -0.19 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1,543
avg power rating going in · stronger than 32% of contests

Top-rated in the field

STICKS & STONES BBQ
rated 1627 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.

A contest record in chicken

179.4400 best chicken ever cooked here

Better Half Barbecue turned in 179.4400 in chicken — past the 178.2972 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.

  • old best 178.2972
  • across 3 past editions

Back to defend

1 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Dog Bite Barbecue (won 2022).

  • Dog Bite Barbecue · 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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand Champion
— Frostburg, MD 11200 Hoffman Hollow RD 8 340.5600 Gold-N-Blue Barbecue
Aug 18, 2018 Frostburg, MD Bobby Preston Amphitheater, 11300 Hoffman Hollow Rd — — —
Aug 20, 2021 Frostburg, MD 11200 Hoffman Hollow Dr. 18 346.2628 Ham Squad
Aug 19, 2022 Frostburg, MD 11200 Hoffman Hollow Dr. 12 339.4400 Dog Bite Barbecue
Aug 18, 2023 ← this one Frostburg, MD 11200 Hoffman Hollow Dr. 11 349.1544 Better Half BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken179.4400173.7260155.4400
Pork Ribs171.4172169.6800159.9660

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Backyard Series

Overall

11 entries · top 349.1544 · median 343.4400

#TeamScore
1 Better Half Barbecue 349.1544
2 Dog Bite Barbecue 347.9772
3 Bay Brothers BBQ 344.5832
4 Rub A Dub Grub 343.9772
5 STICKS & STONES BBQ 343.9656
6 Fire & Shine BBQ 343.4400
7 Country Boys BBQ 342.8344
8 Leaning Jowler BBQ 341.7028
9 Pinky Out BBQ 340.5256
10 Trailer Pork Bros 315.4060
11 Al'Wright Stuff BBQ 153.1428

Chicken

10 entries · top 179.4400 · median 173.4458

#TeamScore
1 Better Half Barbecue 179.4400
2 Country Boys BBQ 178.8572
3 Dog Bite Barbecue 178.2972
4 STICKS & STONES BBQ 178.2972
5 Bay Brothers BBQ 173.7260
6 Leaning Jowler BBQ 173.1656
7 Pinky Out BBQ 173.1084
8 Fire & Shine BBQ 172.5600
9 Rub A Dub Grub 172.5600
10 Trailer Pork Bros 155.4400

Pork Ribs

11 entries · top 171.4172 · median 168.5372

#TeamScore
1 Rub A Dub Grub 171.4172
2 Fire & Shine BBQ 170.8800
3 Bay Brothers BBQ 170.8572
4 Better Half Barbecue 169.7144
5 Dog Bite Barbecue 169.6800
6 Leaning Jowler BBQ 168.5372
7 Pinky Out BBQ 167.4172
8 STICKS & STONES BBQ 165.6684
9 Country Boys BBQ 163.9772
10 Trailer Pork Bros 159.9660
11 Al'Wright Stuff BBQ 153.1428

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 — Turkey

8 entries · top 174.8456 · median 169.4342

#TeamScore
1 Dog Bite Barbecue 174.8456
2 Rub A Dub Grub 173.1544
3 STICKS & STONES BBQ 173.1200
4 Pinky Out BBQ 172
5 Bay Brothers BBQ 166.8684
6 Better Half Barbecue 159.3944
7 Leaning Jowler BBQ 158.8684
8 Country Boys BBQ 158.2172

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