Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
Fairbury, IL · 📍 Fairbury Fair Grounds — every tracked edition of this contest.
Editions
6
6 with results
Typical draw
22
teams · biggest 32
Purse listed
$18K
across all editions
The dynasty board (Grand Championships here)
- 🏆 Weez's Groovin' BBQ — 3 wins (2022, 2024, 2025)
- 🏆 Wapatui Smokers — 1 win (2026)
- 🏆 Shmack Q — 1 win (2023)
- 🏆 SermerStout — 1 win ()
Course records (best score ever posted here)
| Category | Score | Team | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (Backyard) | 354.2628 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | Aug 17, 2024 |
| Chicken | 180 🔥 | Up From The Pits BBQ | Aug 16, 2025 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 🔥 | 309 BBQ | Aug 22, 2026 |
Most successful here (overall standings across editions)
| Team | Editions | GCs | Top-10s | Best | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | top 10% |
| Sermerstout BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | top 36% |
| Shmack Q | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | top 35% |
| Wapatui Smokers | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | top 21% |
| DB BBQ 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 6% |
| 309 BBQ | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | top 36% |
| Rudes BBQ | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | top 29% |
| RUBY CREEK BBQ | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | top 31% |
| Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | top 34% |
| Loose Cannon BBQ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | top 30% |
| Ishy Links BBQ | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | top 47% |
| All Smoked Up BBQ | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | top 34% |
| Stone Cold Grillers | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | top 40% |
| T.J.D. Smokehouse | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | top 34% |
| Skinny Pig BBQ | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | top 37% |
Edition by edition (field size and high score)
Every edition
| Date | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2026 | Fairbury Fair Grounds | 16 | 350.8572 | Wapatui Smokers | — | $3,400 |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Fairbury Fair Grounds | 20 | 347.4400 | Weez's Groovin' BBQ | — | $3,400 |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Fairbury Fair Grounds | 26 | 354.2628 | Weez's Groovin' BBQ | — | $3,400 |
| Aug 19, 2023 | Fairbury Fair Grounds | 32 | 342.8228 | Shmack Q | — | $3,400 |
| Aug 20, 2022 | Fairbury Fair Grounds | 20 | 341.1428 | Weez's Groovin' BBQ | — | $2,250 |
| TBA | Fairbury Fair Grounds | 17 | 337.0972 | SermerStout | — | $1,850 |