Cranberry Country Rally Days Backyard BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)
2023-09-15 – 2023-09-16 · Tomah, WI · 📍 1625 Butts Ave
Reps: LAURIE TWETEN · Prize money: $450.00
Grand Champion: Big Racks BBQ (348.0000) · 8 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Big Ten Bones
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.
305.06
median 327.68
348.00 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 174.26
- Pork Ribs 174.30
147.98
174.30
Entries
8
2 judged meats
Top score
348.0000
Winning margin
1.7372
GC over RC
Field average
327.69
305.06348.00
median 327.68 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
12.0000 pts across the top 5
Field spread
42.9372
winner to last place
Prize money
$450.00
on the line
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 65%
beats 35% of 713 Backyard Series wins in the data
Form held
Weak
ρ = -0.3 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1528
avg power rating going in
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2628 | 162.2628 | — |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2972 | 160.5256 | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
8 entries · top 348.0000 · median 327.6802
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 2 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 3 | Southside Smoke | |
| 4 | Big Tom's Smokin Q | |
| 5 | Boo Boo Bus BBQ | |
| 6 | Leaky Tiki | |
| 7 | Sweet N Sassy BBQ | |
| 8 | DG Smoke |
Chicken
8 entries · top 174.2628 · median 163.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 2 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 3 | Boo Boo Bus BBQ | |
| 4 | Southside Smoke | |
| 5 | Big Tom's Smokin Q | |
| 6 | Leaky Tiki | |
| 7 | Sweet N Sassy BBQ | |
| 8 | DG Smoke |
Pork Ribs
8 entries · top 174.2972 · median 163.6914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 2 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 3 | Southside Smoke | |
| 4 | Big Tom's Smokin Q | |
| 5 | Leaky Tiki | |
| 6 | Boo Boo Bus BBQ | |
| 7 | DG Smoke | |
| 8 | Sweet N Sassy BBQ |