High-water mark
665.6344
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.6344 at Barn Burner BBQ — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-07-20
THEBACKYARDBBQ.CA
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1495
peak 1495 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2018-07-21
latest 2019-08-31
Best ToY finish
#757
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
623.68
last 5 Master vs avg 623.68 (+0.00)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±34.39
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.45 · weakest Chicken (154.73)
Road miles
1,405
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 478 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Master avg
623.68 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
Their season
2019
their best year
2019 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 32%.
- 3 contests
- 1 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 32%
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMELLAQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared 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.
126 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3406 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Level with THEBACKYARDBBQ.CA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3404 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before THEBACKYARDBBQ.CA's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3414 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3422 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMELLAQUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 138.8344 | 154.73 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 142.2172 | 155.86 | top 55% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.2512 | 144.0000 | 157.45 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 169.7256 | 145.0856 | 155.63 | top 48% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 35% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barn Burner BBQ | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 59% | 2019-07-20 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2018-07-21 → 2019-08-31
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
BC
2 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.45 · weakest Chicken (154.73)
Walk rate
80%
a top-10 call in 4 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
623.68
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
103
66–92 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,405
5 mapped stops · furthest 478 mi
Schedule strength
1527
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Power rating
1495
peak 1495 · #3415 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Barn Burner BBQ
- First call Barn Burner BBQ
- 2019
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2512 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.7256 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Barn Burner BBQ
- Career-best overall score665.6344 Barn Burner BBQ
- Peak power rating (1497) Barn Burner BBQ
- Most recent contest BBQ on the Bow
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.7 | Barn Burner BBQ | 2019-07-20 |
| +9.7 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | 2019-06-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | BBQ on the Bow | 2018-09-01 |
| -10.8 | Barn Burner BBQ | 2018-07-21 |
| -2.5 | BBQ on the Bow | 2019-08-31 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 92.4% | 90.3% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 90% | 82.8% | 81.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-31 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T3B 0H7 | 15 / 37 (633.6568) | 23 (155.9428) | 9 (162.8572) | 8 (166.2512) | 29 (148.6056) |
| 2019-07-20 | Barn Burner BBQ Chilliwack, BC | 6 / 21 (665.6344) | 6 (169.6800) | 6 (166.2744) | 10 (165.7028) | 5 (163.9772) |
| 2019-06-15 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, T6E 5K1 | 12 / 44 (650.2512) | 25 (158.2972) | 24 (157.6800) | 12 (164.5484) | 5 (169.7256) |
| 2018-09-01 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, T2W3J6 | 39 / 43 (572.9028) | 38 (138.8344) | 37 (142.2172) | 33 (146.7656) | 30 (145.0856) |
| 2018-07-21 | Barn Burner BBQ Chilliwack, BC | 16 / 18 (595.9432) | 16 (150.8916) | 15 (150.2744) | 17 (144.0000) | 10 (150.7772) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #757 (396 pts) | #972 (291 pts) | #849 (371 pts) | #800 (401 pts) | #777 (416 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1412 (148 pts) | #1485 (148 pts) | #1478 (153 pts) | #1500 (143 pts) | #1377 (178 pts) |