High-water mark
491.8740
career-best overall
136.6% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 491.8740 at Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY) — 136.6% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2019-09-06
SMOKIN' HOT ASHES
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1500
peak 1500 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
18
in the data
First seen
2019-03-08
latest 2020-03-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 18 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
363.34 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 349.06 (+14.29)
Walk rate
28%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±54.32
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.04 · weakest Pork (162.66)
Road miles
1,301
mi across 18 mapped stops · furthest 110 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
349.06 / 360
8 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (5 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.
A tough matchup
6–1
behind in the head-to-head
LEE LA Q ahead in 86% of their meetings
LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.
A strong matchup
5–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 83% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of All Smoked Up in 5 of their 6 shared contests.
Pork Ribs nemesis
6 of 7
shared pork ribs entries lost
LEE LA Q ahead 86% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, LEE LA Q has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared pork ribs entries.
Boom or bust
±15.09%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±15.09% 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 97.0% of a perfect score
- best 136.6%
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.
127 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3226 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3229 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than SMOKIN' HOT ASHES has cooked, 8 to 18, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#3217 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKIN' HOT ASHES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3200 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before SMOKIN' HOT ASHES's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3214 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 12 contests, alongside a 25% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3215 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than SMOKIN' HOT ASHES has cooked, 6 to 18, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELL ON SQUEALS | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| REDBONES BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| All Smoked Up | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Thin Blue Swine | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Hickory Hangover | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| RIBLIFE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sweet Cheeks BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PERFECTLY BLENDED | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 151.9084 | 164.53 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 158.2172 | 165.04 | top 55% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 171.9772 | 153.6456 | 162.66 | top 52% |
| 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 | 7 | 0 | top 65% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 54% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corums Building Center BBQ(BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 40% | 2020-03-06 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2019-03-08 → 2020-03-06
Busiest season
2019
7 contests
Contests a season
3
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
14 of 18 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
9 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.04 · weakest Pork (162.66)
Walk rate
28%
a top-10 call in 5 of 18 contests
Overall top-10 rate
17%
3 of 18 contests
Backyard average
349.06
out of 360 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
228
158–198 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,301
18 mapped stops · furthest 110 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$19,875
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1500
peak 1500 · #3212 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD - JUDGES FULL)
- 2018
- 10th tracked contest *Great American BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL)
- 2019
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score328.5140 Corums Building Center BBQ(BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY)
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.9772 Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY)
- First overall top-10 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score491.8740 Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2020
- Peak power rating (1500) Corums Building Center BBQ(BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Corums Building Center BBQ(BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.6 | Corums Building Center BBQ(BACKYARD ONLY) | 2020-03-06 |
| +10.3 | Great Americana BBQ Festival | 2019-08-23 |
| +6.3 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2019-06-07 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.4 | Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2019-09-06 |
| -6.8 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) | 2019-04-26 |
| -6.3 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off | 2019-07-26 |
| -4.8 | Smoke on the Falls | 2019-04-12 |
| -3.3 | Corums Building Center BBQ(BACKYARD ONLY) | 2019-03-08 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 19% | 93.8% | 93.8% |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 57% | top 66% | 136.6% | 97.4% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-06 | Corums Building Center BBQ(BACKYARD ONLY) Hartselle, AL | 6 / 32 (337.6456) | 6 (170.2628) | 10 (167.3828) | — | — |
| 2019-09-06 | Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY) Arab, AL | 16 / 19 (491.8740) | 6 (170.8228) | 13 (163.4056) | 16 (157.6456) | — |
| 2019-08-23 | Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN | 10 / 39 (333.0744) | 18 (162.2400) | 7 (170.8344) | 10 (167.3712) | — |
| 2019-07-26 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hartselle, AL | 24 / 27 (319.3372) | 26 (158.2284) | 20 (161.1088) | — | — |
| 2019-06-07 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 9 / 25 (334.7768) | 16 (163.3712) | 5 (171.4056) | — | — |
| 2019-04-26 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) Florence, AL | 33 / 45 (320.4456) | 44 (151.9084) | 13 (168.5372) | 3 (171.9772) | — |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 28 / 30 (326.7772) | 14 (168.5600) | 36 (158.2172) | — | — |
| 2019-03-08 | Corums Building Center BBQ(BACKYARD ONLY) Harselle, AL | 21 / 34 (328.5140) | 16 (165.7028) | 25 (162.8112) | — | — |
| 2018-08-24 | *Great American BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL) Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018-07-27 | *Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-08-25 | Great American BBQ Festival Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-07-28 | *Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-06-09 | Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off(BACKYARD ONLY) Elkmont, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-05-19 | Barber Q Battle (PRO/MASTER AND BACKYARD) Birmingham, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-04-07 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-07-29 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-04-08 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-10-23 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD - JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | — | 17 (169.7028) | 26 (161.6916) | 38 (153.6456) | — |
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 | — | #57 (172 pts) | #75 (132 pts) | — | — |