Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
MURPHY'S BACKYARD BBQ
MURPHY'S BACKYARD BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 21 at the Mission Q (Backyard Only) (2020), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1531
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 8, 2019
latest Nov 19, 2021 · 2.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
67% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.64
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.15 · weakest Chicken (170.11)
Road miles
224
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 78 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Purse competed for
$9,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
340.26 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to MURPHY'S BACKYARD BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
MURPHY'S BACKYARD BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 86 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,200 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1531
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,203 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1531
Level with MURPHY'S BACKYARD BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,207 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1531
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,202 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1553
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before MURPHY'S BACKYARD BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,201 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1531
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 8 years before MURPHY'S BACKYARD BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,204 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1531
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5716 | 163.3828 | 170.11 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 174.8916 | 164 | 170.15 | top 30% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 57% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 25% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Q (Backyard Only) | 3 | 2 | 0 | top 39% | Nov 19, 2021 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
57
finished ahead 64 times, behind 21
Longest layoff
2.4 yrs
Oct 7, 2016 → Mar 8, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20212 milestones
- Peak power rating (1531) Mission Q (Backyard Only)
- Most recent contest Mission Q (Backyard Only)
20204 milestones
- First overall podium Mission Q (Backyard Only)
- First Reserve Championship Mission Q (Backyard Only)
- Career-best overall score349.7260 Mission Q (Backyard Only)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5716 Mission Q (Backyard Only)
20193 milestones
- First call Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score338.2744 Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) | Nov 20, 2020 |
| +12.1 | Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 8, 2019 |
| +2.2 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) | Nov 22, 2019 |
| +0.7 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) | Nov 19, 2021 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 93% | 93% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 10% | 97.1% | 97.1% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 94% | 94% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2021 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) Tuscumbia, AL | 8 / 14 (334.8344) | 6 (170.8344) | 10 (164) | — | — |
| Nov 20, 2020 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) Tuscumbia, AL | 2 / 21 (349.7260) | 2 (176.5716) | 2 (173.1544) | — | — |
| Nov 22, 2019 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) Tuscumbia, AL | 10 / 20 (338.2172) | 11 (169.6684) | 7 (168.5488) | — | — |
| Mar 8, 2019 | Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Harselle, AL | 5 / 34 (338.2744) | 21 (163.3828) | 2 (174.8916) | — | — |
| Oct 7, 2016 | Bacon Brew & Que Tuscaloosa, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |