O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) #1
2023-09-22 – 2023-09-23 · Oneonta, AL
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $2,950.00
Grand Champion: Mad Rocket (351.9772) · 18 teams
Entries
18
2 categories
Top score
351.9772
Winning margin
Tie
identical totals — KCBS tiebreaker
Field average
336.40
median 336.78
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
3.4284 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
336.5144
what a walk cost here
Field spread
32.0800
winner to last place
Prize money
$2,950.00
on the line
Double threats
2
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 83%
beats 17% of 2713 overall wins in the data
Field strength
1561
avg power rating going in · stronger than 67% of contests
Storylines
⚖️ Decided by a tiebreaker
The top two teams finished on identical totals — the Grand Championship came down to the KCBS tiebreaker rules.
🃏 An upset on the books
Mad Rocket Barbecue came in rated below the field's top team, LEE LA Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-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
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series — Chicken
18 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Modest Meats | |
| 2 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 3 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 5 | Phat Bites BBQ | |
| 6 | 931 BBQ | |
| 7 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Jury's Out | |
| 9 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 10 | B.G.Q. | |
| 11 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 12 | Smokin Aces | |
| 13 | Smoke 'Em All | |
| 14 | LEE LA Q | |
| 15 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 16 | Pork Life | |
| 17 | Skeleton Crew | |
| 18 | Black Warrior Smokers |
Backyard Series — Overall
18 entries · top 351.9772 · median 336.7828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 2 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 3 | Jury's Out | |
| 4 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 5 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 6 | Smoke 'Em All | |
| 7 | Modest Meats | |
| 8 | 931 BBQ | |
| 9 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Phat Bites BBQ | |
| 11 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 12 | B.G.Q. | |
| 13 | LEE LA Q | |
| 14 | Pork Life | |
| 15 | Skeleton Crew | |
| 16 | Smokin Aces | |
| 17 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 18 | Black Warrior Smokers |
Backyard Series — Pork Ribs
18 entries · top 176.5716 · median 166.8286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NORALA BBQ TEAM | |
| 2 | MAD ROCKET BARBECUE | |
| 3 | Jury's Out | |
| 4 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 5 | Smoke 'Em All | |
| 6 | Small Batch BBQ - TN | |
| 7 | LEE LA Q | |
| 8 | B.G.Q. | |
| 9 | Pork Life | |
| 10 | Skeleton Crew | |
| 11 | Black Warrior Smokers | |
| 12 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 13 | 931 BBQ | |
| 14 | Phat Bites BBQ | |
| 15 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 16 | Modest Meats | |
| 17 | DANG GOOD BBQ | |
| 18 | Smokin Aces |