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
- 2019-06-07
HOLD FAST BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1509 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2019-06-07
latest 2021-06-04
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
320.85
last 5 Backyard vs avg 320.85 (-0.00)
Walk rate
38%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.70
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.46 · weakest Chicken (159.39)
Road miles
583
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 189 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
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.
Storylines (4 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 50%.
- 3 contests
- 1 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 50%
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
LEE LA Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BUTTS & BONES BBQ in 3 of their 3 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.
146 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3911 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than HOLD FAST BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#3902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Level with HOLD FAST BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before HOLD FAST BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3935 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than HOLD FAST BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#3916 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than HOLD FAST BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#3923 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than HOLD FAST BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar 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% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 4 | 0 | top 76% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 27% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 60% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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% | 2021-06-04 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2019-06-07 → 2021-06-04
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
5 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.46 · weakest Chicken (159.39)
Walk rate
38%
a top-10 call in 3 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
13%
1 of 8 contests
Backyard average
320.85
out of 360 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
86
40–77 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
583
8 mapped stops · furthest 189 mi
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$19,100
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
2018-04-07 → 2019-06-07
Power rating
1484
peak 1509 · #3932 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Bud & BBQ (JUDGING IS FULL)
- 2019
- 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)
- 2021
- Most recent contest Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.1 | Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2019-06-07 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2020-06-05 |
| -9.2 | Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD) | 2021-06-04 |
| -3.3 | COTR BBQ | 2019-12-06 |
| -2.3 | Butlerfest 2019(BACKYARD ONLY) | 2019-10-11 |
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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-04 | Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD) Butler, AL | 13 / 14 (323.3828) | 14 (160.5368) | 12 (162.8460) | — | — |
| 2020-06-05 | Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD ONLY) Butler, AL | 20 / 23 (317.0972) | 11 (162.8344) | 21 (154.2628) | — | — |
| 2019-12-06 | COTR BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 16 / 25 (307.3028) | 19 (139.8856) | 7 (167.4172) | — | — |
| 2019-10-11 | Butlerfest 2019(BACKYARD ONLY) Butler, AL | 12 / 20 (319.3600) | 9 (165.7028) | 13 (153.6572) | — | — |
| 2019-06-07 | Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) Meridian, MS | 6 / 22 (337.1084) | 9 (167.9884) | 5 (169.1200) | — | — |
| 2018-04-07 | *Rockin Rib Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Selma, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018-03-16 | *Hog Wild BBQ Contest Corinth, MS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-02-24 | *Bud & BBQ (JUDGING IS FULL) Meridian, MS | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #108 (74 pts) | #70 (149 pts) | — | — |
| 2019 ↗ | Backyard | — | #28 (74 pts) | #15 (149 pts) | — | — |