Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ VA
Rating
1699
peak 1699
Contests
91
in the data
First seen
latest 2026-05-24
Best ToY finish
#24
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
1
5 reserve
Category wins
15
32 podiums
Overall top-10s
41
of 91 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
335.64 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 375.64 (-40.00)
Walk rate
68%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
9
best run (overall)
Consistency
±76.56
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.01 · weakest Brisket (151.36)
Road miles
13825
mi across 90 mapped stops · furthest 1065 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Gold-N-Blue Barbecue has finished one call ahead of Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ 5 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
BROCK'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of BIG DOG BBQ VA in 28 of their 30 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 10% across 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 1.1200 points of the Grand Championship at Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) (2023-10-27).
📅 A March team
Something about March: average finish in the top 27% across 11 contests, versus top 41% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, VA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 77 | 41 | 5 | 10 | 180.0000 🔥 | 147.9312 | 167.01 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 80 | 42 | 9 | 20 | 178.8572 | 122.6736 | 166.67 | top 36% |
| Pork | 31 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 176.5716 | 123.3712 | 162.17 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3600 | 151.3600 | 151.36 | top 96% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 41 | 1 | top 47% |
| PA | 10 | 0 | top 30% |
| WV | 10 | 0 | top 37% |
| NJ | 5 | 0 | top 21% |
| TN | 4 | 0 | top 37% |
| NC | 4 | 0 | top 20% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
| OK | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
| IN | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 22 | 1 | top 49% |
| Medium (20–39) | 34 | 0 | top 40% |
| Large (40+) | 21 | 0 | top 32% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (18 contests)
- Cooks mostly in VA (47 of 91 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (80 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025-10-11)
- Wins it all in 1% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 375.64
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 311.4172 | 311.42 |
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 347.4172 | 341.69 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 346.8228 | 340.50 |
| 2024 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 652.9944 | 360.28 |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 515.9544 | 394.92 |
| 2022 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 515.9772 | 440.20 |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 515.9768 | 398.86 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 485.0176 | 362.92 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 471.9200 | 358.41 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-24 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) Lebanon, TN | 22 / 82 (345.0972) | 28 (171.9772) | 20 (173.1200) | — | — |
| 2026-05-23 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-22 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Rib Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 25 (174.8800) | — | — |
| 2026-04-24 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl Williamsburg, VA | 3 / 20 (347.4172) | 7 (169.1200) | 2 (178.2972) | — | — |
| 2026-03-28 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) Urbanna, VA | 10 / 36 (336.5260) | 7 (173.1200) | 16 (163.4060) | — | — |
| 2026-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) Urbanna, VA | 8 / 40 (337.7376) | 17 (166.2632) | 4 (171.4744) | — | — |
| 2025-10-25 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Jackson, NJ | 2 / 32 (345.1316) | 4 (171.9772) | 1 (173.1544) | — | — |
| 2025-10-24 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Jackson, NJ | 2 / 31 (345.6916) | 3 (173.1200) | 2 (172.5716) | — | — |
| 2025-10-11 | Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Luray, VA | 1 / 9 (346.8228) | 5 (173.1200) | 1 (173.7028) | — | — |
| 2025-09-26 | Fire in the Foothills King, NC | 2 / 25 (343.9772) | 7 (165.1200) | 1 (178.8572) | 10 (150.8460) | — |
| 2025-08-22 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff Edinburg, VA | 7 / 16 (337.1320) | 13 (164.0004) | 3 (173.1316) | — | — |
| 2025-08-09 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) Doswell, VA | 7 / 25 (339.9888) | 4 (173.7144) | 10 (166.2744) | — | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) Doswell, VA | 11 / 25 (342.2516) | 7 (174.2628) | 13 (167.9888) | — | — |
| 2025-07-26 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) New Freedom, PA | 5 / 27 (345.1428) | 17 (167.4056) | 1 (177.7372) | — | — |
| 2025-07-25 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) New Freedom, PA | 28 / 30 (327.9316) | 32 (161.0972) | 21 (166.8344) | — | — |
| 2025-06-06 | WV Coalfields Cookoff WV KCBS State Championship Welch, WV | 6 / 11 (336.5372) | 8 (161.0972) | 3 (175.4400) | 5 (167.3944) | — |
| 2025-05-25 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) Lebanon, TN | 38 / 70 (335.9316) | 41 (163.9544) | 23 (171.9772) | — | — |
| 2025-05-24 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-05-23 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational Anything Molasses (Friday, May 23, 2025) Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-04-26 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) Williamsburg, VA | 6 / 16 (345.0972) | 7 (171.9656) | 5 (173.1316) | — | — |
| 2025-04-25 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) Williamsburg, VA | 13 / 20 (339.3716) | 17 (166.2516) | 9 (173.1200) | — | — |
| 2025-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 19 / 43 (338.2400) | 13 (171.4172) | 18 (166.8228) | — | — |
| 2025-03-21 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 10 / 45 (338.2516) | 11 (169.7144) | 11 (168.5372) | — | — |
| 2025-03-21 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-26 | Zom-B-Q (Day 2) Roseland, VA | 7 / 11 (340.5260) | 12 (165.0972) | 2 (175.4288) | — | — |
| 2024-10-25 | Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) Roseland, VA | 5 / 13 (346.2516) | 7 (171.9772) | 4 (174.2744) | — | — |
| 2024-08-30 | Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival King, NC | 3 / 28 (339.4060) | 4 (172.5716) | 3 (166.8344) | 7 (158.8688) | — |
| 2024-08-10 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) Ashland, VA | 17 / 28 (323.9316) | 19 (159.3600) | 9 (164.5716) | 10 (169.1200) | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) Ashland, VA | 12 / 27 (335.9776) | 7 (170.8460) | 11 (165.1316) | 1 (176.5716) | — |
| 2024-07-27 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) New Freedom, PA | 4 / 32 (340.5144) | 1 (176.5600) | 14 (163.9544) | — | — |
| 2024-07-26 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) New Freedom, PA | 13 / 35 (335.9656) | 13 (170.2628) | 15 (165.7028) | — | — |
| 2024-06-07 | WV Coalfields Cookoff Welch, WV | 3 / 13 (343.4172) | 3 (170.2744) | 1 (173.1428) | — | — |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL Lebanon, TN | 18 / 47 (344.5488) | 19 (173.1432) | 23 (171.4056) | — | — |
| 2024-05-24 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-04-20 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) Williamsburg, VA | 23 / 25 (652.9944) | 19 (167.4172) | 8 (173.1200) | 22 (161.0972) | 24 (151.3600) |
| 2024-04-19 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) Williamsburg, VA | 6 / 25 (341.7028) | 15 (166.8456) | 1 (174.8572) | 20 (161.0856) | — |
| 2024-03-23 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 14 / 42 (329.6800) | 14 (166.2856) | 20 (163.3944) | 22 (159.3944) | — |
| 2024-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 5 / 45 (343.4288) | 2 (176.5716) | 11 (166.8572) | 17 (166.2860) | — |
| 2024-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN | 28 / 93 (325.6228) | 31 (161.6800) | 28 (163.9428) | 46 (149.0972) | — |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 65 (157.6572) | — | — |
| 2023-10-28 | Zom-B-Q (Day 2) Galax, VA | 7 / 17 (328.5144) | 5 (163.9772) | 10 (164.5372) | — | — |
| 2023-10-27 | Zom-B-Q (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Galax, VA | — | 12 (163.3828) | — | — | — |
| 2023-10-27 | Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) Galax, VA | 2 / 19 (334.8116) | 5 (165.1200) | 2 (169.6916) | — | — |
| 2023-10-21 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Jackson, NJ | 9 / 29 (333.6344) | 8 (171.9772) | 14 (161.6572) | — | — |
| 2023-10-20 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Jackson, NJ | 10 / 34 (327.8972) | 7 (167.3828) | 15 (160.5144) | — | — |
| 2023-09-23 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 8 / 20 (515.9544) | 2 (179.4400) | 13 (169.1316) | 14 (167.3828) | — |
| 2023-09-22 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 9 / 24 (515.3832) | 6 (174.2628) | 1 (178.8572) | 19 (162.2632) | — |
| 2023-09-01 | Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival King, NC | 2 / 21 (342.2632) | 1 (178.8572) | 5 (163.4060) | — | — |
| 2023-07-29 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) New Freedom, PA | 15 / 40 (331.9200) | 7 (171.9772) | 19 (159.9428) | — | — |
| 2023-07-28 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) New Freedom, PA | 4 / 51 (342.8688) | 6 (173.1316) | 9 (169.7372) | — | — |
| 2023-06-09 | WV Coalfields Cookoff Welch, WV | 5 / 16 (507.9432) | 4 (170.8228) | 1 (174.8688) | 9 (162.2516) | — |
| 2023-04-29 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 2) Williamsburg, VA | 12 / 19 (333.6572) | 1 (178.2972) | 20 (155.3600) | — | — |
| 2023-04-28 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 1) Williamsburg, VA | 11 / 20 (334.7884) | 13 (166.2628) | 9 (168.5256) | — | — |
| 2023-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 15 / 46 (493.6344) | 9 (168.5372) | 20 (159.4172) | 12 (165.6800) | — |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 16 / 53 (485.6000) | 16 (164.5372) | 9 (169.1200) | 22 (151.9428) | — |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-11-12 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL Gadsden, AL | 38 / 49 (327.9084) | 43 (162.2284) | 27 (165.6800) | — | — |
| 2022-11-11 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-24 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 17 / 18 (487.3372) | 12 (168.5600) | 18 (146.8000) | 6 (171.9772) | — |
| 2022-09-23 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 18 / 20 (498.8804) | 19 (161.0972) | 12 (170.3316) | 18 (167.4516) | — |
| 2022-07-30 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) Spring Grove, PA | 13 / 42 (501.0628) | 8 (172.5484) | 19 (162.2400) | 11 (166.2744) | — |
| 2022-07-29 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) Spring Grove, PA | 3 / 54 (515.9772) | 2 (180.0000) | 18 (163.3944) | 4 (172.5828) | — |
| 2022-06-17 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Roanoke, WV | 9 / 20 (324.5028) | 5 (169.7256) | 9 (154.7772) | — | — |
| 2022-04-08 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition Stem, NC | 18 / 36 (322.7540) | 20 (157.6568) | 13 (165.0972) | — | — |
| 2022-03-26 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 12 / 50 (492.5372) | 4 (173.1200) | 17 (157.7144) | 13 (161.7028) | — |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA | 13 / 53 (490.8236) | 8 (170.2744) | 16 (156.5604) | 15 (163.9888) | — |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Ribs) Urbanna, VA | — | — | 28 (154.8000) | — | — |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021-11-12 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Backyard Shawnee, OK | 21 / 33 (332.5372) | 17 (168.5600) | 21 (163.9772) | — | — |
| 2021-11-11 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Ancillary Shawnee, OK | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021-10-29 | Almost Heaven's Spooktacular Backyard BBQ Buckhannon, WV | 5 / 12 (344.0460) | 1 (178.2972) | 11 (165.7488) | — | — |
| 2021-10-16 | Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague Galax, VA | 9 / 15 (339.9428) | 12 (169.1084) | 8 (170.8344) | — | — |
| 2021-10-15 | Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague Galax, VA | 9 / 15 (339.3484) | 6 (171.9656) | 11 (167.3828) | — | — |
| 2021-09-25 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown at Americamps - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 14 / 18 (490.7888) | 16 (156.5488) | 4 (173.1428) | 13 (161.0972) | — |
| 2021-09-24 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown at Americamps - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 15 / 19 (482.6972) | 19 (150.1944) | 3 (170.2628) | 12 (162.2400) | — |
| 2021-06-18 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Roanoke, WV | 12 / 28 (305.5884) | 13 (147.9312) | 12 (157.6572) | — | — |
| 2021-06-11 | City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off Welch, WV | 5 / 15 (341.6800) | 10 (168.5256) | 3 (173.1544) | 7 (169.7028) | — |
| 2021-05-15 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2 Mannington, WV | 4 / 15 (515.9768) | 6 (169.1312) | 1 (174.2628) | 5 (172.5828) | — |
| 2021-05-14 | Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 1 Mannington, WV | 9 / 18 (495.9540) | 13 (154.8112) | 10 (166.2972) | 2 (174.8456) | — |
| 2020-10-30 | Zom-B-Q Wytheville, VA | 14 / 33 (485.0176) | 17 (158.8116) | 4 (170.2744) | 15 (155.9316) | — |
| 2020-10-29 | The Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q Wytheville, VA | 15 / 33 (473.0288) | 16 (155.4288) | 12 (159.9544) | 13 (157.6456) | — |
| 2020-10-23 | Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN | 28 / 41 (334.8916) | 1 (176.0572) | 15 (158.8344) | — | — |
| 2020-08-08 | BBQ WYTHE US DAY 2 WYTHE, VA | 12 / 17 (321.0400) | 14 (152.5144) | 8 (168.5256) | — | — |
| 2020-08-07 | BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1 WYTHE, VA | 11 / 19 (316.4228) | 13 (157.0744) | 10 (159.3484) | — | — |
| 2020-07-24 | Smoke in the Grove Spring Grove, PA | 25 / 59 (282.0336) | 17 (159.3600) | 26 (122.6736) | 6 (167.9772) | — |
| 2020-06-26 | York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA | 10 / 53 (328.0344) | 17 (158.2628) | 3 (169.7716) | — | — |
| 2019-10-25 | Zom-B-Q(BBQ Wythe US) Wytheville, VA | 8 / 20 (471.9200) | 9 (153.7028) | 3 (169.7144) | 8 (148.5028) | — |
| 2019-06-07 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Roanoke, WV | 6 / 31 (312.4800) | 8 (152.5028) | 5 (159.9772) | — | — |
| 2019-04-26 | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA | 35 / 32 (290.8340) | — | 5 (167.4628) | 39 (123.3712) | — |
| Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY) Broadway Westville, NJ | 7 / 23 (311.4172) | 10 (150.2972) | 4 (161.1200) | — | — |
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 | #57 (558 pts) | #79 (448 pts) | #47 (678 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | — | — | #903 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #24 (1158 pts) | #54 (916 pts) | #4 (1308 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #40 (968 pts) | #25 (1076 pts) | #18 (1174 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1168 (80 pts) | #804 (205 pts) | #1208 (65 pts) | #1513 (55 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #24 (1137 pts) | #34 (1080 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | #1137 (107 pts) | — | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #39 (907 pts) | #94 (526 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #43 (797 pts) | #29 (1029 pts) | — | — |
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #16 (655 pts) | #11 (780 pts) | — | — |