MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ

MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 13th of 44 at the 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest (2018). They are ranked #2766 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,766

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1512

peak 1512 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 15, 2017

latest Sep 21, 2019 · 2.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#941

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

661.0628 / 720

Master · 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

648.05 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 646.89 (+1.17)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2856

Pork Ribs · Eastern BBQ Contest

Consistency

±9.93

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.15 · weakest Brisket (159.57)

Road miles

687

across 10 mapped stops

Schedule strength

30%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)

Master avg

646.89 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

PUREBBQ has finished one call ahead of MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 39%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 39%

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead in 100% of their meetings

IQ - NETHERLANDS has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.57 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 40% of the time against 30%.

Brisket avg 159.57
Chicken avg 165.15
4 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BUTTRUBBERS (NL) in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IQ - NETHERLANDS has out-cooked them in 6 of 9 shared chicken entries.

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The metronome

±1.38% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.38% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.8% of a perfect score
10 contests

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	#941 (307 pts)	#975 (322 pts)	#1225 (227 pts)	#1056 (282 pts)	#762 (457 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1331 (194 pts)	#1608 (164 pts)	#1007 (364 pts)	#1395 (204 pts)	#1209 (259 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

Five Q

#2,781 of the rated field

1512 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1512

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ)

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 29, 2025

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SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL)

#2,765 of the rated field

1512 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1549

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

They've been 1549 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Jun 3, 2022

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The Smokey Bandits (NL)

#2,754 of the rated field

1512 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1512

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ)

Fewer contests behind them than MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ has cooked, 5 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Aug 31, 2019

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BONSAIS WILD BBQ

#2,755 of the rated field

1512 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1514

3–2 in 5 shared contests (60% to MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ)

26 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 27% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Jul 23, 2022

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TWO LITTLE PIGS BBQ EAST

#2,750 of the rated field

1512 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1525

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jul 12, 2024

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Scrappy's BBQ

#2,748 of the rated field

1512 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1515

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
IQ - NETHERLANDS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
BBQ Team Laurentius	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Backcorner BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BUTTRUBBERS (NL)	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
BBQ De Reizende Mannen	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
M&G-BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
PARKSTAD SMOKERS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	3	0	0	171.4628	157.1084	165.15	top 46%
Pork Ribs	10	2	1	1	174.2856	149.0744	160.31	top 57%
Pork	9	1	0	0	171.4056	151.3712	162.07	top 55%
Brisket	10	4	0	1	171.4172	139.3372	159.57	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 60%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 42%

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 4 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Contests visited 10 a different one every time

Opponents faced 134 finished ahead 178 times, behind 169

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

20193 milestones

Sep 21 10th tracked contest Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland
Sep 21 Peak power rating (1512) Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland
Sep 21 Most recent contest Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland

20181 milestone

Sep 1 Career-best overall score661.0628 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest

20175 milestones

Apr 15 First tracked contest Eastern BBQ Contest
Apr 15 First call Eastern BBQ Contest
Apr 15 First category win (Pork Ribs) Eastern BBQ Contest
Apr 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6112 Eastern BBQ Contest
Apr 15 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2856 Eastern BBQ Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.9	2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest	Sep 1, 2018
+6.6	Eastern BBQ Contest	Apr 15, 2017
+5	EUregio Barbeque Festival	Aug 18, 2018
+4.7	Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2)	May 12, 2018
+3.4	Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland	Sep 21, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.7	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees	Jun 10, 2017
-6.5	1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest	Sep 2, 2017
-2.2	EUregio Barbecue Festival	Aug 17, 2019
-1.4	Spring Break BBQ Contest	Mar 30, 2019

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	4	0	50%	top 55%	91.3%	89.6%
2018	3	0	100%	top 39%	91.8%	91.2%
2017	3	1	67%	top 63%	90.2%	88.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 21, 2019	Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas	17 / 36 (650.8800)	9 (169.7600)	14 (162.8344)	20 (161.1656)	21 (157.1200)
Aug 17, 2019	EUregio Barbecue Festival Erlenstr Waldfeucht-Haaren	18 / 28 (633.6116)	20 (159.4400)	17 (156.5260)	—	14 (157.6800)
Apr 20, 2019	Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2 Ninove	14 / 29 (657.0516)	8 (168.5828)	10 (166.2516)	26 (153.0972)	7 (169.1200)
Mar 30, 2019	Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel	24 / 40 (637.6684)	16 (164.5828)	38 (149.0744)	20 (165.1312)	18 (158.8800)
Sep 1, 2018	2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	13 / 44 (661.0628)	28 (162.2628)	15 (166.8228)	14 (165.1200)	7 (166.8572)
Aug 18, 2018	EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	14 / 32 (656.4572)	13 (168.5828)	29 (151.9316)	16 (164.5256)	3 (171.4172)
May 12, 2018	Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) Hasselt	22 / 51 (651.4628)	9 (171.4628)	28 (160.0232)	24 (163.4056)	28 (156.5712)
Sep 2, 2017	1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	24 / 32 (631.8280)	15 (165.1084)	27 (154.2056)	16 (163.4284)	24 (149.0856)
Jun 10, 2017	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne	19 / 24 (639.2568)	20 (157.1084)	19 (161.0972)	23 (151.3712)	4 (169.6800)
Apr 15, 2017	Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove, Belgium	14 / 41 (649.6112)	19 (164.5828)	1 (174.2856)	9 (171.4056)	40 (139.3372)

MILL'S COUNTRY 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

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

They almost always walk

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

The metronome

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

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)