High-water mark
337.1084
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 337.1084 at Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) — 93.6% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Jun 7, 2019
HOLD FAST BBQ
HOLD FAST BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 6th of 22 at the Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) (2019). They are ranked #3947 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “HOLDFAST BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1509 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Jun 7, 2019
latest Jun 4, 2021 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
13% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
38%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.70
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.46 · weakest Chicken (159.39)
Road miles
583
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 189 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Backyard avg
320.85 / 360
5 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 HOLD FAST BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
164 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,961 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
Fewer contests behind them than HOLD FAST BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,968 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Level with HOLD FAST BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,959 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before HOLD FAST BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,951 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
Fewer contests behind them than HOLD FAST BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,936 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
Fewer contests behind them than HOLD FAST BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,933 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Fewer contests behind them than HOLD FAST BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIBLIFE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.9884 | 139.8856 | 159.39 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 153.6572 | 161.46 | top 59% |
“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 93% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 60% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD) | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 90% | Jun 4, 2021 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
5 of 8 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
86
finished ahead 40 times, behind 77
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Apr 7, 2018 → Jun 7, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD)
20196 milestones
- First call Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score337.1084 Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score337.1084 Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1200 Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1509) Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY)
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest Bud & BBQ (JUDGING IS FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9 | Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 7, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 5, 2020 |
| -9.2 | Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD) | Jun 4, 2021 |
| -3.3 | COTR BBQ | Dec 6, 2019 |
| -2.3 | Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 11, 2019 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 93.6% | 89.2% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2021 | Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD) Butler, AL | 13 / 14 (323.3828) | 14 (160.5368) | 12 (162.8460) | — | — |
| Jun 5, 2020 | Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD ONLY) Butler, AL | 20 / 23 (317.0972) | 11 (162.8344) | 21 (154.2628) | — | — |
| Dec 6, 2019 | COTR BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 16 / 25 (307.3028) | 19 (139.8856) | 7 (167.4172) | — | — |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY) Butler, AL | 12 / 20 (319.3600) | 9 (165.7028) | 13 (153.6572) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) Meridian, MS | 6 / 22 (337.1084) | 9 (167.9884) | 5 (169.1200) | — | — |
| Apr 7, 2018 | Rockin Rib Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Selma, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 16, 2018 | Hog Wild BBQ Contest Corinth, MS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 24, 2017 | Bud & BBQ (JUDGING IS FULL) Meridian, MS | — | — | — | — | — |