O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) #1
2023-09-22 – 2023-09-23 · Oneonta, AL · 📍 Blount County-Oneonta Agri
Reps: CAROL BIGLER, RANDY G BIGLER · Prize money: $2,950.00
Grand Champion: Mad Rocket (351.9772) · 18 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 NORALA BBQ TEAM
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
⚖️ Decided by a tiebreaker
The top two teams finished on identical totals — the Grand Championship came down to the KCBS tiebreaker rules.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: Modest Meats and MAD ROCKET BARBECUE tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: NORALA BBQ TEAM and DANG GOOD BBQ tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Phat Bites BBQ edged 931 BBQ by 0.0116.
🃏 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
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 | 176.5600 | 173.1316 | 168.5256 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 171.4172 | 166.8228 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
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 |
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 |
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 |