The long haul
3,258
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,258 miles across 6 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,903 miles to Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo.
- 6 mapped stops
- furthest 1,903 mi
BACK COUNTRY BBQ
BACK COUNTRY BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 15th of 39 at the Plant City Pig Jam (2014). They finished #1970 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1473
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jan 25, 2013
latest Jul 24, 2015 · 2.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.83
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.27 · weakest Chicken (152.26)
Road miles
3,258
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 1,903 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Master avg
623.06 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BACK COUNTRY BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
BACK COUNTRY BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 154 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,520 of the rated field
- Contests
- 27
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1473
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BACK COUNTRY BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BACK COUNTRY BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,498 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,503 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,493 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
They turned up 7 years after BACK COUNTRY BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Compare careers#4,513 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
Level with BACK COUNTRY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
They've been 1503 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5256 | 143.9884 | 152.26 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 149.1200 | 158.27 | top 59% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 150.2856 | 157.98 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 148 | 154.55 | top 71% |
“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.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
4 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
134
finished ahead 39 times, behind 105
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20151 milestone
- Most recent contest Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo
20145 milestones
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.9824 Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best overall score652.9824 Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4056 Plant City Pig Jam
- Peak power rating (1495) Plant City Pig Jam
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.5 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 21, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo | Jul 24, 2015 |
| -10.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 25, 2013 |
| -9.7 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship | Jun 27, 2015 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 91% | 88.9% | 86% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 38% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 83.4% | 83.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2015 | Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo Salt Lake City, UT | 16 / 17 (639.8744) | 16 (157.0972) | 7 (167.9772) | 16 (152.5372) | 9 (162.2628) |
| Jun 27, 2015 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT | 20 / 23 (598.8112) | 20 (143.9884) | 19 (149.1200) | 19 (157.7028) | 21 (148) |
| Nov 21, 2014 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 15 / 39 (652.9824) | 24 (160.5256) | 13 (165.6800) | 5 (171.4056) | 27 (155.3712) |
| Jan 23, 2014 | The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 22, 2013 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 25, 2013 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 59 / 70 (600.5714) | 65 (147.4284) | 56 (150.2858) | 59 (150.2856) | 49 (152.5716) |