Boats Beats & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
2023-09-01 – 2023-09-02 · Grove, OK · 📍 963 N. 16th Street
Reps: LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH · Prize money: $17,500.00
Grand Champion: Swine-O-licious BBQ (531.9772) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Shmack Q
Entries
17
3 judged meats
Top score
531.9772
Winning margin
8.0112
GC over RC
Field average
498.41
median 497.62
Tightest race
Chicken
4.5712 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
494.1600
10th place overall
Field spread
72.0688
winner to last place
Prize money
$17,500.00
on the line
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 5%
beats 95% of 708 Backyard Series wins in the data
Traveled in
35%
of the 17 teams with a home region came from outside OK
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.73 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1560
avg power rating going in · stronger than 65% of contests
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Swine-O-licious BBQ took the Grand Championship home to MO.
🧹 A double category winner
Swine-O-Licious BBQ won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 5–6: Shmack Q edged Smokey Bey's Barbecue by 0.0116. Pork places 8–9: FAST HAND BBQ Co. edged Swadley's Smoke Wagon by 0.0228.
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)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4056 | 170.8344 | 161.1088 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 172.5600 | 165.6800 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 173.1200 | 169.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
17 entries · top 531.9772 · median 497.6228
Chicken
17 entries · top 175.4056 · median 165.6800
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8916
Pork
17 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180