2026 Backyard Team of the Year

Overall

Rank	Team	Points
1	FIRE & SHINE BBQ	601.20
2	Rough Cut Q	553.00
3	Leaning Jowler BBQ	520.55
4	Dogpatch Q	482.50
5	Clean Smoke BBQ Team	451.90
6	Pinky Out BBQ	438.30
7	Capt. Blue BBQ	405.90
8	Castleton Q	398.08
9	Oink N’ Doink BBQ	397.20
10	Tame the Flame BBQ	363.55
11	MRC_Barbecue	353.15
12	The Swine Doctor’s BBQ	336.78
13	Hot Thang BBQ	335.88
14	BROCK’S BBQ	332.25
15	Yardogs BBQ	264.68
16	Better Half Barbecue	226.83
17	Backwooder BBQ	221.60
18	All About the Wood	188.00
19	Uncle Dubby’s Backyard BBQ	165.65
20	Brewski’s BBQ Competition Team	128.08
21	Zoni-Q	107.50
22	Mad Hatter BBQ	103.00
23	Troublemaker BBQ	93.45
24	Squeals like the First Time	90.03
25	K-Town Pit Que	87.33
26	Bay Brothers BBQ	72.33
27	Ol’Blue BBQ	27.50
28	Santo Smokes	11.03
29	Marshall Mountain BBQ	5.60

Chicken

Rank	Team	Points
1	FIRE & SHINE BBQ	626.75
2	Clean Smoke BBQ Team	534.88
3	Leaning Jowler BBQ	457.53
4	Hot Thang BBQ	455.58
5	Oink N’ Doink BBQ	455.05
6	The Swine Doctor’s BBQ	434.65
7	Capt. Blue BBQ	417.05
8	Pinky Out BBQ	414.20
9	Castleton Q	367.85
10	Rough Cut Q	367.38
11	MRC_Barbecue	351.25
12	BROCK’S BBQ	337.60
13	Dogpatch Q	333.23
14	Yardogs BBQ	326.75
15	Squeals like the First Time	242.33
16	Backwooder BBQ	236.33
17	Tame the Flame BBQ	226.05
18	Brewski’s BBQ Competition Team	225.65
19	Zoni-Q	134.38
20	K-Town Pit Que	132.28
21	Better Half Barbecue	117.50
22	Bay Brothers BBQ	105.78
23	Uncle Dubby’s Backyard BBQ	104.38
24	All About the Wood	96.73
25	Mad Hatter BBQ	82.40
26	Troublemaker BBQ	76.90
27	Ol’Blue BBQ	38.50
28	Santo Smokes	16.58
29	Marshall Mountain BBQ	5.60

Ribs

Rank	Team	Points
1	Tame the Flame BBQ	588.00
2	FIRE & SHINE BBQ	570.75
3	Leaning Jowler BBQ	492.40
4	Clean Smoke BBQ Team	465.90
5	Dogpatch Q	459.90
6	Rough Cut Q	398.63
7	Oink N’ Doink BBQ	384.05
8	Backwooder BBQ	378.55
9	The Swine Doctor’s BBQ	355.53
10	Pinky Out BBQ	353.25
11	MRC_Barbecue	344.75
12	Yardogs BBQ	295.25
13	Castleton Q	293.50
14	Better Half Barbecue	288.78
15	All About the Wood	287.30
16	Hot Thang BBQ	247.70
17	Capt. Blue BBQ	239.60
18	BROCK’S BBQ	222.43
19	Uncle Dubby’s Backyard BBQ	193.88
20	Mad Hatter BBQ	128.75
21	Zoni-Q	107.50
22	Brewski’s BBQ Competition Team	105.90
23	Troublemaker BBQ	66.33
24	K-Town Pit Que	65.68
25	Marshall Mountain BBQ	56.00
26	Bay Brothers BBQ	50.00
27	Squeals like the First Time	39.65
28	Ol’Blue BBQ	33.00
29	Santo Smokes	21.98

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