They almost always walk
69%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 11 of 16 contests
A top-10 category call in 69% of their 16 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
PARTTY ALL KNIGHT
PARTTY ALL KNIGHT is a competition barbecue team with 16 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 23 at the Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1438 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1569
peak 1573 · rated over 12 contests
Contests
16
in the data
First seen
Feb 22, 2019
latest May 20, 2022 · 3.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
9
56% of 16 contests
Best top-10 run
6
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
337.20 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 336.46 (+0.74)
Walk rate
69%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.95
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.94 · weakest Pork (166.62)
Road miles
1,192
across 15 mapped stops · furthest 105 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Purse competed for
$94K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
336.46 / 360
11 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
506.19 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
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 PARTTY ALL KNIGHT, each with one reason worth a look.
51 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 90%
- Peak
- 1569
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1573
Careers of much the same size, 15 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,435 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1569
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 10 contests, alongside a 100% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#1,442 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 44%
- Peak
- 1570
Level with PARTTY ALL KNIGHT on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,439 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 32%
- Peak
- 1571
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before PARTTY ALL KNIGHT's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1569
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEE LA Q | 13 | 5 | 8 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| HELL ON SQUEALS | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| REDBONES BBQ | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| RIBLIFE | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| BAMA BOYS BBQ | 9 | 8 | 1 | 89% | ⚔ compare |
| PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Hickory Hangover | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Thin Blue Swine | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| Simply Smoked | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| PERFECTLY BLENDED | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Sweet Cheeks BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Slingin Pig Meat | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTH RYLAND | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 173.7028 | 158.2168 | 167.88 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 158.2056 | 168.94 | top 35% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 161.6456 | 166.62 | top 50% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 28% |
| Medium (20–39) | 10 | 0 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 15% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Falls | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 98% | Apr 8, 2022 |
| Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 30% | Mar 6, 2020 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
8 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
14 of 16 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
11
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
314
finished ahead 392 times, behind 211
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Mar 6, 2020 → Apr 9, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20211 milestone
- Peak power rating (1573) Smoke on the Falls
20194 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Poosa-Q
- Career-best overall score509.6340 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Chicken) Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY)
—6 milestones
- First tracked contest Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall podium Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First Reserve Championship Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score346.2744 Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.8 | Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off | Feb 22, 2019 |
| +13 | Poosa-Q | Jun 14, 2019 |
| +10 | High on the Hog Festival | Apr 19, 2019 |
| +9.3 | Smoke On the Diamond (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 22, 2019 |
| +9.1 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 9, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 12, 2019 |
| -2.9 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 8, 2022 |
| -0.9 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 20, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 9% | 96.2% | 96.2% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 64% | 93.3% | 92.8% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 94.8% | 94.8% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 28% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 88% | top 36% | 95.7% | 93.4% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2022 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) 🏅 Winchester, TN | 15 / 29 (335.9428) | 15 (169.7028) | 14 (166.2400) | — | — |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 26 / 34 (331.8968) | 40 (160.4912) | 8 (171.4056) | — | — |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 9 / 38 (341.1084) | 14 (170.2628) | 10 (170.8456) | — | — |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Hartselle, AL | 9 / 32 (330.7996) | 21 (158.2168) | 6 (172.5828) | — | — |
| Sep 6, 2019 | Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY) Arab, AL | 6 / 19 (502.7428) | 1 (173.7028) | 8 (167.3944) | 13 (161.6456) | — |
| Aug 9, 2019 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL | 8 / 26 (509.6340) | 13 (168.5484) | 9 (167.9656) | 4 (173.1200) | — |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Poosa-Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 7 / 48 (344.5256) | 10 (172.5600) | 7 (171.9656) | — | — |
| Apr 19, 2019 | High on the Hog Festival 🏅 Winchester, TN | 9 / 39 (333.1088) | 9 (164.5600) | 6 (168.5488) | — | — |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 36 / 30 (321.0056) | 30 (162.8000) | 37 (158.2056) | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2019 | Smoke On the Diamond (BACKYARD ONLY) Brookwood, AL | 4 / 17 (338.2288) | 5 (171.9772) | 7 (166.2516) | 11 (165.0972) | — |
| Mar 8, 2019 | Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Harselle, AL | 11 / 34 (335.3484) | 18 (165.0856) | 8 (170.2628) | — | — |
| Feb 22, 2019 | Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 3 / 27 (342.8344) | 4 (170.8572) | 6 (171.9772) | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 13, 2018 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 2 / 23 (346.2744) | 5 (173.7028) | 5 (172.5716) | — | — |