UNCLE DINO'S BACKYARD BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4039

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1482

peak 1501 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-07-10

latest 2018-07-13

Best ToY finish

#1281

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

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

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.82 · weakest Brisket (158.60)

Road miles

1,275

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 368 mi

Schedule strength

41%

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

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

642.86 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

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
2017-07-07

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 calls 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

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113 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

#4030 of the rated field

1482 ▲ 0 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 2019-09-20

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Art Razza Piave Bbq

#4018 of the rated field

1482 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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 2026-06-20

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Buck-Wild BBQ

#4045 of the rated field

1482 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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 2025-06-13

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THE REBEL BBQ BROTHERS

#4027 of the rated field

1482 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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 2024-02-24

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KANSAS CITY PETERBILT

#4051 of the rated field

1482 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2023-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

PIG JAM

#4038 of the rated field

1482 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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 2023-08-12

⚔ Head-to-head

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 state / province

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

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 69%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 66%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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%	2018-07-13

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3 yrs 2015-07-10 → 2018-07-13

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in OH 6 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 162.82 · weakest Brisket (158.60)

Walk rate 25% a top-10 call in 2 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests

Master average 642.86 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 211 104–212 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,275 8 mapped stops · furthest 368 mi

Schedule strength 1554 average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs 2016-06-17 → 2017-07-07

Power rating 1482 peak 1501 · #4039 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
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
2017
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
2018
Jul 13 Most recent contest *Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.8	*Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off	2017-07-07
+5.8	*Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off	2018-07-13
+1.2	PigMania Lebanon State Championship BBQ & Music Festival( TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	2017-09-01
+0.6	9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff	2015-07-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.6	Keystone Classic Barbeque	2015-10-02
-10.3	PigMaina Lima	2016-05-27
-6.7	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash	2016-06-17
-1.9	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	2015-10-16

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	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
2018-07-13	*Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH	18 / 40 (664.4228)	20 (166.8228)	25 (162.8000)	22 (165.1200)	17 (169.6800)
2017-09-01	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)
2017-07-07	*Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH	16 / 41 (666.7196)	26 (163.4056)	11 (169.6800)	34 (157.0740)	2 (176.5600)
2016-06-17	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV	37 / 42 (626.6856)	37 (156.5028)	13 (169.1200)	33 (156.0000)	38 (145.0628)
2016-05-27	PigMaina Lima Lima, OH	26 / 29 (620.3544)	29 (149.0856)	22 (159.3716)	24 (155.3828)	25 (156.5144)
2015-10-16	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	23 / 36 (658.7084)	14 (170.8228)	18 (167.4172)	31 (162.8000)	27 (157.6684)
2015-10-02	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	55 / 57 (583.9316)	48 (154.8344)	56 (137.0972)	48 (150.3200)	53 (141.6800)
2015-07-10	9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff Kettering, OH	21 / 39 (663.3944)	8 (172.5600)	27 (163.4172)	23 (165.7372)	26 (161.6800)

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
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)