High-water mark
484.5372
career-best overall
134.6% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 484.5372 at BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) — 134.6% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2022-03-26
Kutz Q BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1506
peak 1506 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2021-10-15
latest 2022-03-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
391.96
last 4 Backyard vs avg 391.96 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±91.91
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.11 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.22)
Road miles
319
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 207 mi
Schedule strength
63%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)
Purse competed for
$41K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
391.96 / 360
4 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
2022
their best year
2022 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 33%.
- 4 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 33%
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Mispillion Meat Works ahead in 100% of their meetings
Mispillion Meat Works 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 Darling Nikki's 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.
Kutz Q BBQ has 4 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 114 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.
#2965 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1512
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Kutz Q BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Kutz Q BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2955 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2967 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with Kutz Q BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2952 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2966 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Kutz Q BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 149.0744 | 157.12 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3316 | 143.3828 | 156.22 | top 65% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 153.6684 | 159.11 | top 26% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 2 | 0 | top 33% |
| NJ | 1 | 0 | top 55% |
| MD | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 69% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 33% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 33% | 2022-03-26 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.4 yrs
2021-10-15 → 2022-03-26
Busiest season
2022
4 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
4 of 6 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.11 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.22)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Backyard average
391.96
out of 360 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
162
119–136 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
319
6 mapped stops · furthest 207 mi
Schedule strength
1580
average field rating faced — tougher than 63% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$40,590
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1506
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2022
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score482.8688 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
- Career-best overall score484.5372 BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.3316 BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
- Peak power rating (1506) BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
- Most recent contest BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.4 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) | 2022-03-25 |
| +5.5 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) | 2022-03-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.7 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2021-10-15 |
| -1.8 | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2021-10-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 33% | 134.6% | 134.4% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 85.5% | 83.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-26 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 17 / 50 (484.5372) | 17 (164.5372) | 12 (166.3316) | 15 (153.6684) | — |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | 26 (154.8228) | — | — | — |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 17 / 53 (482.8688) | 17 (159.4400) | 15 (158.8688) | 12 (164.5600) | — |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Ribs) Urbanna, VA | — | — | 23 (162.3088) | — | — |
| 2021-10-22 | Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ | 17 / 31 (292.4572) | 16 (149.0744) | 18 (143.3828) | — | — |
| 2021-10-15 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 21 / 25 (307.9660) | 21 (157.7372) | 26 (150.2288) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #162 (226 pts) | #141 (273 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #155 (171 pts) | #165 (141 pts) | — | — |