Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
2023-09-16 · Park Ridge, IL
Reps: EUGENE WICKHAM, SARAH WICKHAM · Prize money: $600.00
Grand Champion: Makdaddy BBQ (346.8344) · 35 teams
Entries
35
4 categories
Top score
346.8344
Winning margin
0.0116
GC over RC
Field average
322.67
median 321.67
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Tightest race
Chicken
2.8800 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
327.9772
what a walk cost here
Field spread
48.6860
winner to last place
Prize money
$600.00
on the line
Double threats
1
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 90%
beats 10% of 2715 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1501
avg power rating going in · stronger than 3% of contests
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0116 points — closer than 97% of every championship in the data.
🃏 An upset on the books
Makdaddy BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Shmack Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-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)
Score distribution
This contest over the years
| Date | Where | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Ridge, IL | 39 | 330.3888 | SimpleManBBQ | |
| Park Ridge, IL | 38 | 341.2000 | Sarsany BBQ | |
| 2022-08-20 | Park Ridge, IL | 41 | 341.7028 | Stone Cold Grillers |
| 2023-09-16 ← this one | Park Ridge, IL | 35 | 346.8344 | Makdaddy BBQ |
| 2024-08-24 | Park Ridge, IL | 36 | 354.3200 | Weez's Groovin' BBQ |
| 2025-09-05 | Park Ridge, IL | 38 | 353.7488 | Blended Smoke BBQ |
| 2026-08-15 | Park Ridge, IL | — | — | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Ancillary — Best dish
30 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.1830 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast BBQ | |
| 2 | Pickles Posse | |
| 3 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 4 | Bori-BQ | |
| 5 | Uncle Mikes BBQ | |
| 6 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 7 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 8 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 9 | Hillbilly Deluxe | |
| 10 | De La 'Que | |
| 11 | Pig Floyd | |
| 12 | Two Blind Pigs | |
| 13 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 14 | Yostin' & Smokin' | |
| 15 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 16 | Trip's Pit n Stick Bar-B-Que | |
| 17 | Big Bad Wolves 2 | |
| 18 | Pork Place BBQ Team | |
| 19 | Pork Dorks | |
| 20 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 21 | Overproofed BBQ Team | |
| 22 | Smoke Show | |
| 23 | Que's Your Daddy | |
| 24 | Z & M Barbecue | |
| 25 | Makdaddy BBQ | |
| 26 | Miami Heat | |
| 27 | Big Smokers | |
| 28 | Fu Man Q | |
| 29 | Seminary Smokers | |
| 30 | Butt Rubbers |
Ancillary — Sauce
25 entries · top 172.0000 · median 158.8112
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tricky Pig BBQ | |
| 2 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 3 | Porklandia | |
| 4 | Pork Place BBQ Team | |
| 5 | Seminary Smokers | |
| 6 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast BBQ | |
| 7 | Pig Floyd | |
| 8 | Big Smokers | |
| 9 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 10 | Que's Your Daddy | |
| 11 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 12 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 13 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 14 | Bori-BQ | |
| 15 | Shmack Q | |
| 16 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 17 | Overproofed BBQ Team | |
| 18 | Smoke Show | |
| 19 | De La 'Que | |
| 20 | Miami Heat | |
| 21 | Trip's Pit n Stick Bar-B-Que | |
| 22 | Broken Bones | |
| 23 | Pork Dorks | |
| 24 | Two Blind Pigs | |
| 25 | Yostin' & Smokin' |
Backyard Series — Chicken
35 entries · top 174.2856 · median 161.1084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami Heat | |
| 2 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 3 | Trip's Pit n Stick Bar-B-Que | |
| 4 | De La 'Que | |
| 5 | Shmack Q | |
| 6 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 7 | Makdaddy BBQ | |
| 8 | Porklandia | |
| 9 | Uncle Mikes BBQ | |
| 10 | Yostin' & Smokin' | |
| 11 | Butt Rubbers | |
| 12 | Overproofed BBQ Team | |
| 13 | Que's Your Daddy | |
| 14 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 15 | Tricky Pig BBQ | |
| 16 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 17 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 18 | Pork Dorks | |
| 19 | Hillbilly Deluxe | |
| 20 | Pork-O-Blarney Bbq Team | |
| 21 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast BBQ | |
| 22 | Fu Man Q | |
| 23 | Smoke Show | |
| 24 | Bori-BQ | |
| 25 | Pork Place BBQ Team | |
| 26 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 27 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 28 | Big Smokers | |
| 29 | Z & M Barbecue | |
| 30 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 31 | Seminary Smokers | |
| 32 | Pickles Posse | |
| 33 | Broken Bones | |
| 34 | Pig Floyd | |
| 35 | Two Blind Pigs |
Backyard Series — Overall
35 entries · top 346.8344 · median 321.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makdaddy BBQ | |
| 2 | Shmack Q | |
| 3 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 4 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 5 | Overproofed BBQ Team | |
| 6 | Hillbilly Deluxe | |
| 7 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 8 | Porklandia | |
| 9 | Fu Man Q | |
| 10 | Pork Place BBQ Team | |
| 11 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 12 | Bori-BQ | |
| 13 | Que's Your Daddy | |
| 14 | Trip's Pit n Stick Bar-B-Que | |
| 15 | Pork Dorks | |
| 16 | Butt Rubbers | |
| 17 | Tricky Pig BBQ | |
| 18 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 19 | Yostin' & Smokin' | |
| 20 | Miami Heat | |
| 21 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 22 | Two Blind Pigs | |
| 23 | De La 'Que | |
| 24 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 25 | Seminary Smokers | |
| 26 | Big Smokers | |
| 27 | Pig Floyd | |
| 28 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast BBQ | |
| 29 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 30 | Pickles Posse | |
| 31 | Smoke Show | |
| 32 | Z & M Barbecue | |
| 33 | Broken Bones | |
| 34 | Uncle Mikes BBQ | |
| 35 | Pork-O-Blarney Bbq Team |
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs
35 entries · top 178.2972 · median 162.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hillbilly Deluxe | |
| 2 | Makdaddy BBQ | |
| 3 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 4 | Shmack Q | |
| 5 | Overproofed BBQ Team | |
| 6 | Mouth 2 Mouth | |
| 7 | Two Blind Pigs | |
| 8 | Fu Man Q | |
| 9 | Pork Place BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Big Bad Wolves | |
| 11 | Bori-BQ | |
| 12 | Pig Floyd | |
| 13 | Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ | |
| 14 | Porklandia | |
| 15 | Seminary Smokers | |
| 16 | South Pork BBQ | |
| 17 | Pork Dorks | |
| 18 | Big Smokers | |
| 19 | I'd Smoke That | |
| 20 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | |
| 21 | Que's Your Daddy | |
| 22 | Tricky Pig BBQ | |
| 23 | Pickles Posse | |
| 24 | Butt Rubbers | |
| 25 | The Bacon and Hockey Podcast BBQ | |
| 26 | Trip's Pit n Stick Bar-B-Que | |
| 27 | Z & M Barbecue | |
| 28 | Yostin' & Smokin' | |
| 29 | Broken Bones | |
| 30 | P-Ridge Smoke | |
| 31 | Miami Heat | |
| 32 | De La 'Que | |
| 33 | Smoke Show | |
| 34 | Pork-O-Blarney Bbq Team | |
| 35 | Uncle Mikes BBQ |