A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
DRY 2 DA BONE ahead in 100% of their meetings
DRY 2 DA BONE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BACKYARD BOB-B-Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1471 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-08-23
latest 2016-08-26
Best ToY finish
#1970
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
623.07
last 4 Master vs avg 623.07 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.35
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.28 · weakest Brisket (150.84)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Master avg
623.07 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
BACKYARD BOB-B-Q 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 129 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.
#4583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
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#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after BACKYARD BOB-B-Q did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4568 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Level with BACKYARD BOB-B-Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4577 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
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#4579 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
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 | 170.2628 | 155.9884 | 162.28 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1656 | 148.5028 | 151.83 | top 89% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 150.8112 | 158.12 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 139.9544 | 150.84 | top 74% |
“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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2016-08-26
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.28 · weakest Brisket (150.84)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
623.07
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
125
42–161 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1543
average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-08-22 → 2015-08-28
Power rating
1471
peak 1471 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 6th Annual Big Island BBQ
- Peak power rating (1489) 6th Annual Big Island BBQ
- 2015
- Career-best overall score638.1828 8th Annual Big Island BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2628 8th Annual Big Island BBQ
- 2016
- Most recent contest 9th Annual Big Island BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.6 | 6th Annual Big Island BBQ | 2013-08-23 |
| -8.6 | 9th Annual Big Island BBQ | 2016-08-26 |
| -6.4 | Big Island BBQ | 2014-08-22 |
| -3.3 | 8th Annual Big Island BBQ | 2015-08-28 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-26 | 9th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN | 42 / 48 (606.7884) | 39 (158.8572) | 37 (157.1656) | 42 (150.8112) | 44 (139.9544) |
| 2015-08-28 | 8th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN | 38 / 55 (638.1828) | 16 (170.2628) | 52 (148.5028) | 24 (164.0000) | 35 (155.4172) |
| 2014-08-22 | Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN | 42 / 54 (636.5028) | 36 (164.0228) | 51 (150.8000) | 41 (159.9656) | 29 (161.7144) |
| 2013-08-23 | 6th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN | 43 / 50 (610.8112) | 42 (155.9884) | 44 (150.8456) | 41 (157.7028) | 44 (146.2744) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |