A familiar champion
8×
titles at this rep’s contests
NORALA BBQ TEAM has taken the Grand Championship at 8 of the contests this rep has run.
- 121 champions crowned in all
- 79 different teams
Carol Bigler
A KCBS contest rep working 11 states/provinces, most often around Huntsville, AL. By events worked they sit #7 of the 152 reps in the data. First on the record in 2019, latest contest Sep 18, 2026.
At a glance (their career as a contest rep, in numbers)
Contests run
124
3 more on the calendar · 20 judging classes · 10 cancelled
Among all reps
#7
of 152 reps by events worked · #2 by states covered
On the trail
2019–2026
10 seasons in the data · 8 in a row
This season
11
contests dated 2026 · 12.9 a season career-long
State championships
45
contests carrying a state title
Teams officiated
1,726
3,564 entries total · 12,202 meat boxes
Avg field
29
691
teams per contest · median 28
Field strength
1,570
avg power rating of their fields · above 55% of rated contests
GCs crowned
121
79 different teams · 45 reserve champions
First-ever titles
46
teams whose first GC anywhere came at one of theirs
Teams that started here
665
first contest in the data at one of theirs
Perfect 180s seen
153 🔥
out of 12,202 meat entries
Avg winning score (Backyard)
352.09
326.26360
77 Backyard contests · 347.94 across all contests
Avg winning score (Master)
697.32
670.17710.83
44 Master contests · 694.10 across all contests
Contests they return to
24
longest run 7 straight years at Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Road between contests
22,090 mi
~2,209 miles a season · 1,367 mi corner to corner
Busiest month
September
23 of their 129 contests
Busiest 30 days
8
contests between Sep 12, 2025 and Sep 26, 2025
Prize money
$809K
across their events · biggest purse $50,000
Results on file
98%
121 of their contests have scores in the data
Storylines (18 found in this rep's record)
Read out of the contests they have run — reps don’t judge, so nothing here is a comment on anyone’s scores.
One of the busiest
#7
of 152 reps on record
More contests than 95% of every rep in the data
By events worked, this is the 7th busiest rep in the data — top 5% of the 152 reps on record.
- 159 assignments
- 11 states/provinces
A long time on the trail
7.4 yrs
between first and latest contest
They've been repping KCBS contests since 2019-04-26 — 129 contests across 10 seasons in the data.
- 129 contests
- 10 seasons
- since 2019-04-26
Front row for greatness
153
perfect 180s handed in
153 perfect 180s have been scored at contests they've run — the first at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ on 2019-05-03.
- first at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- May 3, 2019
The longest shot
4-in-100
shot on pre-contest ratings
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 96 times in 100
At Kora Kares for Kids, Angry Cock BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway.
- 56 upsets at their contests
- Aug 16, 2025
Title contests
45
state championships run
35% of their contests carried a state title
45 of their 129 contests carried a state championship on the line.
A first Grand Championship
46
teams won their first title here
46 teams took the first Grand Championship of their careers at one of this rep's contests — most recently Big Fluff BBQ at Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY).
- Big Fluff BBQ · 2026-06-12
- Baptized by Smoke · 2026-05-02
- Southern Swine · 2026-03-13
The big room
91
teams at their biggest contest
Their average field is 29 teams
4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN drew 91 teams — more than double the 29-team field they average.
The double act
155
contests run together
97% of this rep's events
Randy G Bigler and Carol Bigler have run 155 contests together since 2019.
- 10 co-reps in all
The annual
8×
editions of one contest
They have repped 8 editions of Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE), 4 of them back to back.
- 2019 → 2026
- 4 straight years
A season on the road
25
contests in 2025
2025 was their busiest year on the trail: 25 contests and 674 team entries through the tables.
- 674 team entries
- 4 state championships
Where teams start
665
teams cooked their first contest here
665 teams turned in their first box at a contest this rep was running — for that many teams, this is where the record starts.
- IEC · 2026-09-18
- The Regulars · 2026-09-18
- A1 Smokes · 2026-09-18
Road warrior
11
states and provinces worked
Has run contests in 11 different states and provinces — AL most of all (99 events).
- AL ×99
- TN ×9
- MS ×7
- ME ×4
A month of Saturdays
8
contests inside 30 days
Their heaviest run of the career: 8 contests between Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) and The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Friday Night Chicken Fight" (ONE MEAT CHICKEN).
- Sep 12, 2025
- Sep 26, 2025
Still on the calendar
3
contests still to come
3 contests on their calendar that have not been cooked yet.
- 2027-04-02 · Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2026-10-23 · The Butcher's Smoke & Flames Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2026-10-16 · WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Every single season
8
seasons in a row, and counting
They have worked at least one contest in 8 consecutive seasons — an unbroken run through to the current one.
- 129 contests in all
- since 2019-04-26
The home circuit
77%
of their contests in AL
99 of 129 contests in AL
99 of their 129 contests have been in AL — this is a rep with a home circuit rather than a national one.
- Huntsville ×14
- 41 towns in all
Corner to corner
1,367 mi
between the two ends of their map
The two furthest-apart contests on their record sit 1,367 miles apart — Brookhaven and Hiram.
- Brookhaven, MS
- Hiram, ME
- 22,090 mi contest to contest
In the record book (3 in the KCBS record book)
Where this rep stands in the all-time KCBS record book. Reps do not judge, so nothing here is a claim about anybody's scores — it is a record of the work.
The story so far (9 numbers that describe this rep)
Busiest season
2025
25 events · 674 team entries
Contests a season
12.9
across 10 seasons in the data
Seasons in a row
8
still running — 8 and counting
Works mostly in
AL
99 of 129 contests · 11 states/provinces in all
Towns worked
41
most often Huntsville, AL (14)
Corner to corner
1,367 mi
Brookhaven to Hiram — the two ends of their map
Meat entries turned in
12,202
boxes on the boards across every contest they have run
Judging classes
20
CBJ classes on their record
Still to come
3
events on the calendar ahead
Milestones (the firsts and the round numbers of a rep's career)
- 2019
- First contest repped Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY)
- First Grand Champion crowned Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY)
- First 40-team field Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY)
- Blowin'Smoke Barbeque-Taft,TN won their first-ever Grand Championship Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY)
- First state championship The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First perfect 180 at their tables The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First contest outside AL Downtown BBQ Showdown
- 10th contest repped Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1)
- 2020
- Back on the trail after 5 months Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2021
- 25th contest repped Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2022
- 50th contest repped Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival
- Biggest field worked (91 teams) 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN
- 2023
- Highest overall score seen (710.8344) Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023
- Deepest field worked (1674 avg rating) Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2025
- 100th contest repped Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Biggest upset seen (4-in-100 shot) Kora Kares for Kids
- 2026
- Most recent contest Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff
- Next on the calendar WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Season by season (how many contests a season, and how many carried a state title)
The climb (every contest they have run, added up)
Their year (contests by month)
Where they work
Field size by season (average and biggest)
Field strength by season (avg power rating going in)
What it took to win (Backyard winning scores)
How the meats scored (board average vs the winning call)
Who keeps winning (titles at their contests)
Career map (gold = state championship · bigger pin = more visits — tap one)
Every season (click a column to sort)
| Season | Contests | States | Entries | Teams | Avg field | Biggest | State champ. | 180s | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2027 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2026 | 2 | 232 | 153 | 26 | 43 | 2 | 25 | $52,300 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 674 | 302 | 27 | 43 | 4 | 37 | $118,670 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 564 | 336 | 31 | 59 | 4 | 29 | $106,100 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 505 | 385 | 30 | 73 | 6 | 15 | $111,775 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 468 | 438 | 31 | 91 | 9 | 19 | $133,000 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 398 | 343 | 28 | 50 | 7 | 16 | $104,650 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 122 | 106 | 24 | 32 | 1 | 2 | $25,750 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 601 | 568 | 33 | 63 | 12 | 10 | $156,575 |
Champions crowned (titles at their contests)
| Team | Titles | Latest |
|---|---|---|
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 8 | 2025-09-26 |
| Hickory Hangover | 6 | 2025-10-17 |
| LEE LA Q | 5 | 2025-10-24 |
| Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | 5 | 2025-03-07 |
| Dogpatch Q | 3 | 2026-06-05 |
| PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | 3 | 2026-05-15 |
| Big James Kitchen | 3 | 2025-09-12 |
| Smoke Me Silly | 3 | 2024-12-06 |
| Heavy Smoke BBQ | 3 | 2023-12-01 |
| BAD ROOSTER BBQ | 2 | 2026-09-18 |
| Mind if I Smoke? | 2 | 2026-03-27 |
| 931 BBQ | 2 | 2025-10-25 |
First-ever Grand Championships (a team's first title anywhere, won here)
| Team | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Big Fluff BBQ | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Baptized by Smoke | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | May 2, 2026 |
| Southern Swine | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Bad Rooster | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) | Dec 5, 2025 |
| 931 BBQ | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) | Oct 24, 2025 |
| PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | Sep 19, 2025 |
| Angry Cock | Kora Kares for Kids | Aug 16, 2025 |
| Bone Patrol | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) | Aug 16, 2025 |
| Electro-Que-ted | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 1, 2025 |
| Mind if I Smoke? | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 13, 2025 |
| Dogpatch Q | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 16, 2025 |
| Blue Smoke Q | Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition | Apr 11, 2025 |
Contests they keep coming back to
| Contest | Editions | Run | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | 8 | 4 straight | 2019–2026 |
| Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 7 | 6 straight | 2019–2026 |
| Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 7 | 7 straight | 2020–2026 |
| Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) | 5 | 5 straight | 2021–2025 |
| Poosa Q | 5 | 4 straight | 2019–2025 |
| Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 4 | 4 straight | 2024–2027 |
| Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) | 4 | 2 straight | 2024–2025 |
| Mission Q (Backyard Only) | 4 | 4 straight | 2019–2022 |
| WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 3 straight | 2024–2026 |
| The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) | 3 | — | 2025–2025 |
| The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 3 straight | 2022–2024 |
| Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival | 3 | 3 straight | 2021–2023 |
Where they work (contests by state/province)
| State / province | Contests | Share |
|---|---|---|
| AL reps here | 99 | |
| TN reps here | 9 | |
| MS reps here | 7 | |
| ME reps here | 4 | |
| WV reps here | 2 | |
| MO reps here | 2 | |
| GA reps here | 2 | |
| AR reps here | 1 | |
| DE reps here | 1 | |
| NC reps here | 1 | |
| SC reps here | 1 |
Towns on their map
| Town | Contests | Latest |
|---|---|---|
| Huntsville, AL | 14 | 2026-10-16 |
| Glencoe, AL | 9 | 2026-06-05 |
| Oneonta, AL | 8 | 2025-05-03 |
| Foley, AL | 7 | 2026-03-13 |
| Cleveland, AL | 6 | 2026-05-02 |
| Demopolis, AL | 6 | 2025-12-05 |
| Montgomery, AL | 6 | 2025-06-20 |
| Gadsden, AL | 6 | 2025-04-11 |
| Madison, AL | 6 | 2023-10-27 |
| Winchester, TN | 5 | 2026-05-15 |
| Florence, AL | 5 | 2025-08-01 |
| Athens, AL | 4 | 2027-04-02 |
Upsets at their contests (champion rated below the field's top seed)
| Contest | Champion | Top seed | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kora Kares for Kids | Angry Cock BBQ 1452 | GETTIN' BASTED 1985 | 4-in-100 |
| Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | THE HOG MAFIA 1498 | GETTIN' BASTED 1963 | 6-in-100 |
| Poosa Q | Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q 1535 | GETTIN' BASTED 1997 | 7-in-100 |
| Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition | Blue Smoke Q 1541 | Organizer Portal 1893 | 12-in-100 |
| Poosa Q | BAD ROOSTER BBQ 1726 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 2028 | 15-in-100 |
| Smoke on the Falls | WE WILL ROCK QUE 1636 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 1931 | 15-in-100 |
| Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Say My Name BBQ 1495 | NORALA BBQ TEAM 1789 | 16-in-100 |
| Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mind if I Smoke? 1569 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ 1863 | 16-in-100 |
The boards at their contests (every meat entry they have run)
| Meat | Entries | Board avg | Winning avg | 180s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4,204 | 166.37 | 177.99 | 67 |
| Pork Ribs | 4,299 | 165.42 | 177.53 | 41 |
| Pork | 2,191 | 166.36 | 177.79 | 31 |
| Brisket | 1,508 | 165.67 | 178.07 | 14 |
Frequent co-reps
| Rep | Events together | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Randy G Bigler | 155 | |
| Sam Appleton | 7 | |
| Janet Appleton | 7 | |
| Roxanne Gould | 5 | |
| Wayne Harper | 4 | |
| Rachel Harper | 4 | |
| Ralph Williams | 3 | |
| Karen Jane Williams | 3 | |
| Terri McKinnon | 2 | |
| Jeanne Titus | 2 |
Teams that cook under them most
| Team | Contests | Wins | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE LA Q | 67 | 4 | 2019 |
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 54 | 8 | 2021 |
| PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | 51 | 3 | 2019 |
| Hickory Hangover | 44 | 7 | 2019 |
| RIBLIFE | 43 | 5 | 2019 |
| Deviant Smoke | 40 | 2 | 2022 |
| REDBONES BBQ | 39 | 1 | 2019 |
| Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | 35 | 6 | 2021 |
| Bentley Que | 35 | 1 | 2022 |
| Modest Meats | 35 | 1 | 2023 |
| LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | 34 | — | 2019 |
| Rollin Smoke BBQ | 34 | — | 2023 |
Teams whose first contest was one of theirs
| Team | Debut contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| IEC | Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff | Sep 18, 2026 |
| The Regulars | Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff | Sep 18, 2026 |
| A1 Smokes | Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Wheeler Surveying and Mapping | Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff | Sep 18, 2026 |
| J-Town Smoke | Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Lay Lake Boat Club | Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Tight Line BBQ | Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Big Chums BBQ | Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Batons and Bones | Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff | Sep 18, 2026 |
| LLBC-Swabs | Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Mark's Ribs | Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Jurassic Bark BBQ | Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff | Sep 18, 2026 |