High-water mark
337.0972
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 337.0972 at Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) — 93.6% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2024-06-07
Uncle Bucks & Flattops BBQ Team
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1498
peak 1504 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2023-10-13
latest 2026-06-12
Best ToY finish
#293
Backyard 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
331.95
last 4 Backyard vs avg 331.95 (+0.00)
Walk rate
13%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.08
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.40 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.61)
Road miles
0
mi across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
74%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)
Purse competed for
$36K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
331.95 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
PORKRASTINATORS has finished one call ahead of Uncle Bucks & Flattops BBQ Team 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BBQ MIKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
BBQ MIKE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Black Crown Barbeque in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A June team
Top 59%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 59% across 3 contests, versus top 68% the rest of the year.
- 3 June contests
- top 68% the rest of the year
The metronome
±1.13%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.13% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 92.2% of a perfect score
- 8 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.
Uncle Bucks & Flattops BBQ Team has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 123 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3273 of the rated field
- Contests
- 86
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1612
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Uncle Bucks & Flattops BBQ Team)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Uncle Bucks & Flattops BBQ Team has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Uncle Bucks & Flattops BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3285 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 7 years before Uncle Bucks & Flattops BBQ Team's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3288 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with Uncle Bucks & Flattops BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3287 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Uncle Bucks & Flattops BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 163.4172 | 165.40 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 159.9428 | 164.61 | top 71% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 47% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 3 | 12 | 0 | top 59% | 2026-06-12 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.7 yrs
2023-10-13 → 2026-06-12
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WI
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
8 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.40 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.61)
Walk rate
13%
a top-10 call in 1 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Backyard average
331.95
out of 360 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
135
101–168 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1594
average field rating faced — tougher than 74% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$36,025
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2024-06-07 → 2025-06-13
Power rating
1498
peak 1504 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Bring'n Home the Bacon II (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.2860 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- 2024
- First call Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- Career-best overall score337.0972 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2628 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- Peak power rating (1504) Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- 2026
- Most recent contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.7 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 2024-06-07 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.8 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 2023-10-13 |
| -4.6 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 2025-06-13 |
| -1 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 2026-06-12 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 29% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 26 / 40 (334.1940) | 26 (166.8112) | 29 (167.3828) | — | — |
| 2026-06-12 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI | — | — | 24 (161.6572) | — | — |
| 2025-06-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 30 / 36 (330.2056) | 31 (164.5372) | 28 (165.6684) | — | — |
| 2025-06-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI | — | — | 29 (159.9428) | — | — |
| 2024-06-07 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 12 / 41 (337.0972) | 18 (166.8344) | 10 (170.2628) | — | — |
| 2024-06-07 | Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI | — | — | 14 (165.1316) | — | — |
| 2023-10-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 20 / 21 (326.2860) | 23 (163.4172) | 19 (162.8688) | — | — |
| 2023-10-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI | — | — | 23 (163.9656) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #300 (60 pts) | #304 (60 pts) | #248 (120 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1051 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #368 (60 pts) | #371 (60 pts) | #380 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1293 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #293 (119 pts) | #346 (89 pts) | #211 (235 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1141 (106 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #330 (65 pts) | #325 (85 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1427 (61 pts) | — | — |