BACKMAN BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2343

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1525

peak 1525 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-11-18

latest 2022-11-18

Best ToY finish

#868

Master 2023

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

684.4916 / 720

Master · Fire it up Frostproof!

Perfect 180s

Current form

670.15 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 665.22 (+4.93)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4056

Pork Ribs · Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam

Consistency

±15.99

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 168.43 · weakest Brisket (164.59)

Road miles

182

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 33 mi

Schedule strength

33%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Purse competed for

$60K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

665.22 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

Happy hunting ground

Top 16% average finish here

Fire it up Frostproof! is their spot: an average finish in the top 16% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 4th
average top 16%

High-water mark

684.4916 career-best overall

95.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 684.4916 at Fire it up Frostproof! — 95.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2020-03-06

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Double Barrel Smokers has finished one call ahead of BACKMAN BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

7–1 behind in the head-to-head

HOT WACHULA'S ahead in 88% of their meetings

HOT WACHULA'S has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The comeback

1.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Plant City Pig Jam (2021-11-19).

last seen 2020-03-06
back 2021-11-19

Pork Ribs nemesis

5 of 8 shared pork ribs entries lost

HOT WACHULA'S ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, HOT WACHULA'S has out-cooked them in 5 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

Morgan-Que has landed one call behind them 3 times.

The metronome

±2.22% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.22% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.4% of a perfect score
12 contests

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.

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

SHO GUD BARBEQUE

#2353 of the rated field

1524 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1524

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BACKMAN BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BACKMAN BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2017-01-27

⚔ Head-to-head

Heavy & Sweaty BBQ

#2358 of the rated field

1524 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1546

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-04-03

⚔ Head-to-head

BREWS & QUE

#2350 of the rated field

1524 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2016-10-14

⚔ Head-to-head

EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK

#2337 of the rated field

1525 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 7 years after BACKMAN BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-07-18

⚔ Head-to-head

HG BBQ

#2354 of the rated field

1524 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1530

No shared contest yet.

Level with BACKMAN BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2024-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

PLASTERED PIG BBQ

#2345 of the rated field

1525 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1544

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before BACKMAN BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Accutech BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
SWAMP BOYS	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
HOT WACHULA'S	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Florida Boys	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
HOGS GONE WILD BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SWINOS	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Hardwood BBQ, Inc.	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Double Barrel Smokers	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	2	1	173.1316	155.9428	165.79	top 53%
Pork Ribs	10	5	1	175.4056	155.9428	168.43	top 38%
Pork	10	2	0	171.9656	151.8968	166.41	top 47%
Brisket	10	3	0	173.7028	152.5028	164.59	top 45%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 40%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 56%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Plant City Pig Jam	3	8	top 55%	2022-11-18
Fire it up Frostproof!	2	4	top 16%	2020-03-06
Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam	2	20	top 50%	2018-11-16

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6 yrs 2016-11-18 → 2022-11-18

Busiest season 2018 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 9 seasons in the data

Cooks most in FL 12 of 12 contests

Contests visited 6 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 168.43 · weakest Brisket (164.59)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 6 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 33% 4 of 12 contests

Master average 665.22 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 261 208–228 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 182 12 mapped stops · furthest 33 mi

Schedule strength 1543 average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests

Purse competed for $59,550 listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 5 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.7 yrs 2020-03-06 → 2021-11-19

Power rating 1525 peak 1525 · #2343 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Nov 21 First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
2016
Nov 18 First call Plant City Pig Jam
Dec 2 First overall top-10 When Pigs Fly South
Dec 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.1828 When Pigs Fly South
2018
Nov 16 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4056 Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam
2020
Mar 6 10th tracked contest Fire it up Frostproof!
Mar 6 Career-best overall score684.4916 Fire it up Frostproof!
Mar 6 Peak power rating (1525) Fire it up Frostproof!
2022
Nov 18 Most recent contest Plant City Pig Jam

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.4	Fire it up Frostproof!	2020-03-06
+13.3	*Fire it up Frostproof!	2018-09-01
+8.7	When Pigs Fly South	2016-12-02
+6.6	Plant City Pig Jam	2022-11-18
+4.5	Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam	2018-11-16

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.9	Plant City Pig Jam	2019-11-22
-6.8	Plant City Pig Jam	2021-11-19
-2.6	Lakeland Pig Festival	2017-01-27
-1.8	Plant City Pig Jam	2016-11-18

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	1	100%	top 32%	94.7%	94.7%
2021	1	0	0%	top 57%	92.8%	92.8%
2020	1	1	100%	top 16%	95.1%	95.1%
2019	1	0	0%	top 72%	90.1%	90.1%
2018	2	1	100%	top 31%	95%	93.9%
2017	2	0	0%	top 61%	90.4%	90%
2016	2	1	100%	top 44%	94.2%	91.8%
2015	1	0	0%	—	—	—
2014	1	0	0%	—	—	—

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022-11-18	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	8 / 25 (682.1600)	16 (168.5372)	3 (171.9888)	13 (169.6684)	6 (171.9656)
2021-11-19	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	21 / 37 (667.8284)	11 (173.1200)	21 (166.2284)	15 (169.6800)	28 (158.8000)
2020-03-06	Fire it up Frostproof! 🏅 Frostproof, FL	5 / 32 (684.4916)	3 (173.1316)	8 (172.5716)	8 (170.8228)	11 (167.9656)
2019-11-22	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	28 / 39 (648.3884)	33 (155.9428)	33 (155.9428)	21 (167.3828)	11 (169.1200)
2018-11-16	Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	20 / 44 (667.8740)	33 (162.2512)	4 (175.4056)	25 (164.5256)	19 (165.6916)
2018-09-01	*Fire it up Frostproof! Frostproof, FL	4 / 24 (683.9084)	9 (170.2972)	11 (170.8228)	6 (171.9656)	7 (170.8228)
2017-11-17	Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	23 / 42 (650.6392)	23 (164.5140)	26 (161.6684)	16 (166.2284)	23 (158.2284)
2017-01-27	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	40 / 60 (644.9368)	53 (156.5028)	23 (166.8228)	25 (164.5256)	38 (157.0856)
2016-12-02	When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL	10 / 36 (678.1828)	19 (165.0856)	8 (171.9772)	17 (167.4172)	5 (173.7028)
2016-11-18	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	23 / 38 (643.7828)	11 (168.5488)	8 (170.8344)	34 (151.8968)	30 (152.5028)
2015-11-20	Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL	—	—	—	—	—
2014-11-21	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	—	—	—	—	—

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
2023 ↗	Master	#868 (145 pts)	#1175 (95 pts)	#820 (225 pts)	#1104 (110 pts)	#870 (165 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1227 (80 pts)	#1017 (130 pts)	#1326 (80 pts)	#1147 (110 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#990 (284 pts)	#1287 (194 pts)	#981 (329 pts)	#1212 (224 pts)	#1147 (244 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2140 (70 pts)	#2214 (70 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2008 (105 pts)	#2197 (70 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2209 (70 pts)	#1822 (130 pts)	#1692 (155 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)