A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
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PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
FALLIN' APART BBQ
FALLIN' APART BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 10th of 27 at the Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jul 26, 2019
latest Sep 18, 2020 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
14% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Best overall
485.6456 / 540
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.85 · weakest Pork (154.83)
Road miles
222
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 52 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Purse competed for
$22K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
331.13 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
485.65 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #111 (60 pts) | #104 (70 pts) | — | — |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to FALLIN' APART BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
FALLIN' APART BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 108 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,311 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,305 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Level with FALLIN' APART BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,299 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 3 years before FALLIN' APART BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before FALLIN' APART BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,296 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 3 years before FALLIN' APART BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177.1772 | 156.5488 | 165.85 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 154.8112 | 160.11 | top 76% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3828 | 154.2744 | 154.83 | top 86% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
5 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
149
finished ahead 75 times, behind 97
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
May 5, 2017 → Jul 26, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20201 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Falls
20197 milestones
- First call Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off
- First category win (Chicken) Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off
- First overall top-10 Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score334.2972 Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1772 Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1509) Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score485.6456 Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL)
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Backyard Contest (BACKYARD)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.5 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off | Jul 26, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.1 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) | Oct 25, 2019 |
| -3.5 | Smoke on the Falls | Sep 18, 2020 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 55% | 92.9% | 91.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2020 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 26 / 28 (327.9540) | 27 (164.5484) | 23 (163.4056) | — | — |
| Oct 25, 2019 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | 31 / 42 (485.6456) | 23 (165.1428) | 21 (165.1200) | 39 (155.3828) | — |
| Jul 26, 2019 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hartselle, AL | 10 / 27 (334.2972) | 1 (177.1772) | 24 (157.1200) | — | — |
| May 5, 2017 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 6, 2016 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 24, 2014 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Backyard Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 38 (156.5488) | 35 (154.8112) | 33 (154.2744) | — |