High-water mark
483.8744
career-best overall
134.4% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 483.8744 at Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) — 134.4% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2020-08-07
Asphalt Cowboys BBQ Team
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-09-06
latest 2021-04-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
423.68
last 3 Backyard vs avg 423.68 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±68.45
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.26 · weakest Pork (154.51)
Road miles
151
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 60 mi
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Purse competed for
$7K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
423.68 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (2 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HELL ON SQUEALS ahead in 100% of their meetings
HELL ON SQUEALS has come out ahead 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.
Asphalt Cowboys BBQ Team has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 121 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Asphalt Cowboys BBQ Team did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with Asphalt Cowboys BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 149.7260 | 160.26 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 149.0744 | 157.10 | top 66% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0972 | 151.9200 | 154.51 | top 86% |
| 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 67% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.6 yrs
2019-09-06 → 2021-04-23
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.26 · weakest Pork (154.51)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Backyard average
423.68
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
49
17–49 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
151
3 mapped stops · furthest 60 mi
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$6,750
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score459.2228 Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1486) Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2020
- First call Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score483.8744 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2021
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5372 Smoke on the Water Festival(BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water Festival(BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.3 | Smoke on the Water Festival(BACKYARD ONLY) | 2021-04-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14 | Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2019-09-06 |
| -5.1 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2020-08-07 |
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 59% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 76% | 134.4% | 134.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 127.6% | 127.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-23 | Smoke on the Water Festival(BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 17 / 29 (327.9316) | 17 (168.5372) | 19 (159.3944) | — | — |
| 2020-08-07 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL | 16 / 21 (483.8744) | 12 (149.7260) | 7 (157.7028) | 15 (157.0972) | — |
| 2019-09-06 | Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY) Arab, AL | 19 / 19 (459.2228) | 18 (158.2284) | 19 (149.0744) | 19 (151.9200) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #227 (94 pts) | #243 (84 pts) | — | — |
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #90 (101 pts) | #92 (101 pts) | — | — |