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.
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
2015 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 62%.
Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings
Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Circle W Meats in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
DANG GOOD BBQ ahead 80% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, DANG GOOD BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared chicken entries.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,849 miles across 23 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 667 miles to Puckaway Pigfest.
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.
143 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Fewer contests behind them than SMOKIN A FATTY has cooked, 7 to 23, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with SMOKIN A FATTY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 6 years after SMOKIN A FATTY did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-headFewer contests behind them than SMOKIN A FATTY has cooked, 7 to 23, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1511 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 152.5488 | 163.30 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.2856 | 151.4288 | 163.24 | top 59% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 149.6800 | 159.87 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3600 | 124.5372 | 143.53 | top 92% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 4 | 0 | top 69% |
| WI | 3 | 0 | top 83% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 77% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Falls | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 73% | 2020-09-18 |
| Puckaway Pigfest | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 89% | 2019-09-06 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.2 | Smoke on the Falls | 2019-04-12 |
| +0.8 | Smoke on the Falls | 2021-04-09 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | Puckaway Pigfest | 2019-09-06 |
| -8.3 | Puckaway Pigfest | 2017-09-08 |
| -5.1 | Puckaway Pigfest | 2016-09-09 |
| -4.2 | Smoke on the Falls | 2020-09-18 |
| -2.4 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2015-05-01 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 71% | 93.8% | 87.3% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17% | top 84% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-09 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 25 / 38 (331.9660) | 28 (166.8572) | 24 (165.1088) | — | — |
| 2020-09-18 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 28 / 28 (325.6800) | 13 (169.1544) | 39 (156.5256) | — | — |
| 2019-09-06 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 37 / 39 (582.2060) | 31 (156.5600) | 34 (151.4288) | 32 (149.6800) | 39 (124.5372) |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 14 / 30 (337.6456) | 29 (163.3828) | 5 (174.2628) | — | — |
| 2018-10-26 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | — | 21 (166.2400) | 32 (160.5372) | 40 (155.3828) | — |
| 2018-09-14 | *Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018-07-27 | *Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-10-27 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 34 (159.3828) | 3 (174.2856) | 14 (167.9656) | — |
| 2017-09-15 | Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-09-08 | Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI | 26 / 31 (612.4804) | 27 (152.5488) | 22 (154.8572) | 14 (163.9656) | 30 (141.1088) |
| 2017-08-25 | Great American BBQ Festival Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-07-28 | *Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-04-07 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-09-09 | Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-09-09 | Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI | 26 / 37 (636.5832) | 21 (161.7372) | 19 (161.7144) | 31 (160.0000) | 30 (153.1316) |
| 2016-08-26 | Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-07-29 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-05-06 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-04-08 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-09-11 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-05-01 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 39 / 63 (653.5312) | 24 (169.7028) | 32 (166.2284) | 46 (162.2400) | 56 (155.3600) |
| 2015-04-10 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-10-18 | I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series) New Hope, AL | — | 8 (167.4056) | 6 (167.4628) | — | — |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2174 (65 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |