The comeback
6.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.2 years, then back at BBQ Fest - Chippewa Falls, WI (BACKYARD ONLY) (2026-05-15).
- last seen 2020-03-06
- back 2026-05-15
R2BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1464
peak 1464 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-06
latest 2026-05-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
358.79
last 3 Backyard vs avg 358.79 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±81.29
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 165.68 · weakest Pork (153.11)
Road miles
1,405
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 788 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Purse competed for
$5K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
635.34 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
358.79 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (1 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
R2BBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 139 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4928 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4947 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Level with R2BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4934 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4914 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2512 | 139.9544 | 153.39 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7028 | 154.2400 | 156.56 | top 75% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5140 | 149.7028 | 153.11 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 165.6800 | 165.68 | top 32% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
12.7 yrs
2013-09-06 → 2026-05-15
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 165.68 · weakest Pork (153.11)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
635.34
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
358.79
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
101
19–93 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,405
4 mapped stops · furthest 788 mi
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$4,950
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
6.2 yrs
2020-03-06 → 2026-05-15
Power rating
1464
peak 1464 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Pickin' in the Panhandle
- Career-best overall score635.3368 Pickin' in the Panhandle
- Career-best single call (Brisket)165.6800 Pickin' in the Panhandle
- Peak power rating (1496) Pickin' in the Panhandle
- 2019
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score473.6456 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2026
- Most recent contest BBQ Fest - Chippewa Falls, WI (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | Corums Building Center BBQ(BACKYARD ONLY) | 2020-03-06 |
| -10.2 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2019-08-09 |
| -9.4 | BBQ Fest - Chippewa Falls, WI (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2026-05-15 |
| -4.4 | Pickin' in the Panhandle | 2013-09-06 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 82.5% | 82.5% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 131.6% | 131.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | BBQ Fest - Chippewa Falls, WI (BACKYARD ONLY) Chippewa Falls, WI | 19 / 21 (297.0972) | 20 (139.9544) | 16 (157.1428) | — | — |
| 2020-03-06 | Corums Building Center BBQ(BACKYARD ONLY) Hartselle, AL | 30 / 32 (305.6228) | 28 (151.3828) | 24 (154.2400) | — | — |
| 2019-08-09 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL | 23 / 26 (473.6456) | 24 (159.9772) | 22 (157.1544) | 24 (156.5140) | — |
| 2013-09-06 | Pickin' in the Panhandle Inwood, WV | 25 / 37 (635.3368) | 19 (162.2512) | 24 (157.7028) | 33 (149.7028) | 12 (165.6800) |