UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ

UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 16th of 41 at the Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off (2017). They are ranked #4060 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,060

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1482

peak 1501 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 10, 2015

latest Jul 13, 2018 · 3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1281

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

666.7196 / 720

Master · Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

647.37 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 642.86 (+4.51)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Brisket · Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off

Consistency

±27.83

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.82 · weakest Brisket (158.60)

Road miles

1,275

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 368 mi

Schedule strength

41%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

642.86 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

666.7196 career-best overall

92.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 666.7196 at Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off — 92.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 7, 2017

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.23 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 13%.

Brisket avg 158.60
Chicken avg 162.82
1 call in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

5 of 6 shared chicken entries lost

SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared chicken entries.

A July team

Top 46% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 46% across 3 contests, versus top 67% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 67% the rest of the year

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1784 (95 pts)	#1879 (85 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#1946 (75 pts)	#1806 (100 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1499 (170 pts)	#1617 (160 pts)	#1423 (200 pts)	#1799 (120 pts)	#1066 (320 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1985 (114 pts)	#2049 (114 pts)	#1500 (189 pts)	#2000 (119 pts)	#2037 (114 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1281 (210 pts)	#1012 (330 pts)	#1349 (215 pts)	#1472 (190 pts)	#1431 (180 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

128 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

GETCHA SOME BBQ

#4,049 of the rated field

1482 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 20, 2019

⚔ Head-to-head

Blind Butt Limitless

#4,055 of the rated field

1482 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1507

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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Art Razza Piave Bbq

#4,045 of the rated field

1482 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1482

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 20, 2026

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Buck-Wild BBQ

#4,076 of the rated field

1482 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1482

Level with UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 13, 2025

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THE REBEL BBQ BROTHERS

#4,061 of the rated field

1482 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1509

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Feb 24, 2024

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PIG JAM

#4,058 of the rated field

1482 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1482

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 12, 2023

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
DUB TOWN SMOKERS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BARK BROTHERS BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	1	0	172.5600	149.0856	162.82	top 61%
Pork Ribs	8	0	0	169.6800	137.0972	161.82	top 59%
Pork	8	0	0	165.7372	150.3200	159.62	top 74%
Brisket	8	1	1	176.5600	141.6800	158.60	top 66%

“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
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 69%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 66%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
OH	6	top 59%
WV	1	top 88%
PA	1	top 96%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off	2	16	0	top 42%	Jul 13, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OH 6 of 8 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 211 finished ahead 104 times, behind 212

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs Jun 17, 2016 → Jul 7, 2017

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20181 milestone

Jul 13 Most recent contest Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off

20172 milestones

Jul 7 Career-best overall score666.7196 Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off
Jul 7 Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off

20154 milestones

Jul 10 First tracked contest 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff
Jul 10 First call 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff
Jul 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3944 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff
Jul 10 Peak power rating (1501) 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.8	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off	Jul 7, 2017
+5.8	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off	Jul 13, 2018
+1.2	PigMania Lebanon State Championship BBQ & Music Festival ( TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	Sep 1, 2017
+0.6	9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff	Jul 10, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.5	Keystone Classic Barbeque	Oct 2, 2015
-10.2	PigMaina Lima	May 27, 2016
-6.6	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash	Jun 17, 2016
-1.9	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	Oct 16, 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0%	top 45%	92.3%	92.3%
2017	2	50%	top 50%	92.6%	92%
2016	2	0%	top 89%	87%	86.6%
2015	3	33%	top 71%	92.1%	88.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 13, 2018	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH	18 / 40 (664.4228)	20 (166.8228)	25 (162.8000)	22 (165.1200)	17 (169.6800)
Sep 1, 2017	PigMania Lebanon State Championship BBQ & Music Festival ( TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Lebanon, OH	24 / 40 (658.6736)	17 (168.5484)	23 (165.6684)	26 (164.5256)	28 (159.9312)
Jul 7, 2017	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH	16 / 41 (666.7196)	26 (163.4056)	11 (169.6800)	34 (157.0740)	2 (176.5600)
Jun 17, 2016	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV	37 / 42 (626.6856)	37 (156.5028)	13 (169.1200)	33 (156)	38 (145.0628)
May 27, 2016	PigMaina Lima Lima, OH	26 / 29 (620.3544)	29 (149.0856)	22 (159.3716)	24 (155.3828)	25 (156.5144)
Oct 16, 2015	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	23 / 36 (658.7084)	14 (170.8228)	18 (167.4172)	31 (162.8000)	27 (157.6684)
Oct 2, 2015	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	55 / 57 (583.9316)	48 (154.8344)	56 (137.0972)	48 (150.3200)	53 (141.6800)
Jul 10, 2015	9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff Kettering, OH	21 / 39 (663.3944)	8 (172.5600)	27 (163.4172)	23 (165.7372)	26 (161.6800)

UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

A July team

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)