High-water mark
480.5028
career-best overall
133.5% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 480.5028 at BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) — 133.5% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2023-03-24
Wolf Valley BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1512
peak 1533 · rated over 14 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
16
in the data
First seen
2023-03-24
latest 2026-05-15
Best ToY finish
#98
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 16 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
325.65 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 334.92 (-9.27)
Walk rate
31%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±73.81
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.39 · weakest Pork (135.37)
Road miles
754
mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 166 mi
Schedule strength
62%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)
Purse competed for
$103K
listed at 14 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 15 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
334.92 / 360
14 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
All About the Wood has finished one call ahead of Wolf Valley BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their season
2024
their best year
2024 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 37%.
- 5 contests
- 1 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 37%
A tough matchup
10–2
behind in the head-to-head
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 83% of their meetings
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 10 of their 12 shared contests.
A strong matchup
7–3
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 70% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of 4 BOXERS Q in 7 of their 10 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
8 of 9
shared chicken entries lost
Leaning Jowler BBQ ahead 89% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Leaning Jowler BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared chicken entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Bulldog BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Boom or bust
±20.50%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±20.50% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 93.0% of a perfect score
- best 133.5%
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.
- 6 visits in all
- best finish 5th
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.
118 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2750 of the rated field
- Contests
- 67
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 12%
- Peak
- 1612
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Wolf Valley BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Wolf Valley BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2751 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2761 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 64%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than Wolf Valley BBQ has cooked, 11 to 16, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#2752 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 9 years before Wolf Valley BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Wolf Valley BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2741 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
18 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 6% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 12 | 1 | 10 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| 3 EYZ BBQ | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| CHUNKY BBQ | 11 | 3 | 7 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKECRAFT - MD | 11 | 1 | 8 | 9% | ⚔ compare |
| 4 BOXERS Q | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% | ⚔ compare |
| MRC_Barbecue | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Leaning Jowler BBQ | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| Backwooder BBQ | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| All About the Wood | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| UP IN SMOKERS | 8 | 5 | 2 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| HotMess BBQ | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Weber's Backyard BBQ | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Piggy & Swine BBQ | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 176.5600 | 149.6228 | 166.39 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 142.2516 | 158.75 | top 53% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3600 | 78.8456 | 135.37 | top 53% |
| 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA | 10 | 0 | top 52% |
| VA | 4 | 0 | top 43% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
| Medium (20–39) | 9 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 43% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) | 6 | 5 | 0 | top 45% | 2026-05-15 |
| BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) | 4 | 15 | 0 | top 43% | 2024-03-23 |
| Rekindled Ironman | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 39% | 2026-04-03 |
| York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 85% | 2025-06-27 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2023-03-24 → 2026-05-15
Busiest season
2024
5 contests
Contests a season
4
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
10 of 16 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
4 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
14 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.39 · weakest Pork (135.37)
Walk rate
31%
a top-10 call in 5 of 16 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
4 of 16 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests
Backyard average
334.92
out of 360 · 14 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
223
316–404 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
754
16 mapped stops · furthest 166 mi
Schedule strength
1578
average field rating faced — tougher than 62% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$103,305
listed at 14 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 15 state-championship entries
Power rating
1512
peak 1533 · #2754 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken)
- First call BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score480.5028 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
- Career-best overall score480.5028 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
- 2024
- First overall top-10 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)
- 10th tracked contest Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)
- 2025
- First overall podium Rekindled Ironman
- Peak power rating (1533) Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1)
- 2026
- Most recent contest Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.8 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) | 2024-05-18 |
| +13.3 | Rekindled Ironman | 2025-04-04 |
| +11.8 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) | 2025-05-16 |
| +7.1 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) | 2024-03-23 |
| +4.4 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) | 2023-03-24 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | York County BBQ Festival | 2023-06-16 |
| -6.8 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) | 2025-06-27 |
| -5.7 | Rekindled Ironman | 2026-04-03 |
| -5.7 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | 2023-05-19 |
| -5.3 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) | 2025-05-17 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 64% | 91.7% | 90.9% |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50% | top 41% | 94.3% | 91.2% |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20% | top 37% | 96.2% | 92.4% |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20% | top 60% | 133.5% | 96.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 16 / 25 (330.2400) | 13 (167.3712) | 18 (162.8688) | — | — |
| 2026-04-03 | Rekindled Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA | 9 / 14 (323.9084) | 5 (171.9656) | 10 (151.9428) | — | — |
| 2025-06-27 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA | 19 / 26 (316.4912) | 13 (166.2284) | 23 (150.2628) | — | — |
| 2025-05-17 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 13 / 21 (318.7772) | 11 (161.6572) | 13 (157.1200) | — | — |
| 2025-05-16 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 5 / 28 (338.8344) | 2 (172.0116) | 10 (166.8228) | — | — |
| 2025-04-04 | Rekindled Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA | 3 / 23 (339.4516) | 2 (174.2972) | 6 (165.1544) | — | — |
| 2024-05-18 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 5 / 26 (346.2516) | 2 (176.5600) | 6 (169.6916) | — | — |
| 2024-05-17 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 17 / 37 (330.2400) | 13 (167.4172) | 17 (162.8228) | — | — |
| 2024-03-23 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 15 / 42 (329.6572) | 12 (167.9772) | 21 (161.6800) | 28 (78.8456) | — |
| 2024-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 22 / 45 (324.5028) | 20 (162.8228) | 21 (161.6800) | 23 (159.3600) | — |
| 2024-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-06-16 | York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA | 28 / 29 (291.8744) | 28 (149.6228) | 27 (142.2516) | — | — |
| 2023-05-19 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 22 / 37 (149.6572) | — | 21 (149.6572) | — | — |
| 2023-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 23 / 46 (468.4688) | 23 (153.1200) | 17 (162.2860) | 23 (153.0628) | — |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 19 / 53 (480.5028) | 6 (172.0000) | 20 (158.2856) | 23 (150.2172) | — |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | #174 (212 pts) | #153 (267 pts) | #197 (192 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #98 (557 pts) | #81 (697 pts) | #145 (427 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #250 (171 pts) | #231 (196 pts) | #279 (146 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #172 (276 pts) | #173 (283 pts) | — | — |