High-water mark
338.2516
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 338.2516 at RiverFest — 94.0% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2019-09-13
That Just Ain't Right
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1529
peak 1533 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2019-05-03
latest 2022-09-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
327.97
last 4 Backyard vs avg 327.97 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.21
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.89 · weakest Chicken (162.74)
Road miles
345
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 105 mi
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)
Purse competed for
$44K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
327.97 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (6 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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Redstone Federal Credit Union has finished one call ahead of That Just Ain't Right 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings
Organizer Portal 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 SMOKING BROKE in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest (2017-09-15).
- last seen 2015-07-31
- back 2017-09-15
The metronome
±2.00%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.00% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 91.1% of a perfect score
- 8 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.
That Just Ain't Right 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 77 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.
#2256 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1528
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to That Just Ain't Right)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team That Just Ain't Right has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2250 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1542
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2233 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 5 contests, alongside a 40% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2244 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Level with That Just Ain't Right on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2242 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 9 years before That Just Ain't Right's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before That Just Ain't Right's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 153.1428 | 162.74 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.1772 | 154.8228 | 165.89 | top 42% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 56% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 15% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 52% | 2022-09-08 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.4 yrs
2019-05-03 → 2022-09-08
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.1
across 7 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
7 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.89 · weakest Chicken (162.74)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 4 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
2 of 8 contests
Backyard average
327.97
out of 360 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
261
277–102 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
345
8 mapped stops · furthest 105 mi
Schedule strength
1539
average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$44,100
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2015-07-31 → 2017-09-15
Power rating
1529
peak 1533 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series)
- First call I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series)
- 2019
- First category win (Pork Ribs) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall top-10 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score330.3200 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1772 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score338.2516 RiverFest
- 2021
- Peak power rating (1533) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2022
- Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.7 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2019-05-03 |
| +10.4 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2021-08-13 |
| +7.8 | RiverFest | 2019-09-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.3 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2022-09-08 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 20% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 19% | 94% | 92.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-08 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 29 / 35 (318.7656) | 21 (163.9428) | 35 (154.8228) | — | — |
| 2021-08-13 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 10 / 49 (324.5488) | 8 (164.0116) | 15 (160.5372) | — | — |
| 2019-09-13 | RiverFest 🏅 Decatur, AL | 11 / 37 (338.2516) | 15 (164.5372) | 4 (173.7144) | — | — |
| 2019-05-03 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 5 / 54 (330.3200) | 34 (153.1428) | 1 (177.1772) | — | — |
| 2017-09-15 | Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-07-31 | I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series) New Hope, AL | — | 31 (159.3712) | 21 (164.5140) | — | — |
| 2014-08-22 | Music City BBQ Festival Nashville, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-08-17 | I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series) New Hope, AL | — | 5 (171.4172) | 11 (164.5944) | — | — |
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 | — | #162 (155 pts) | #211 (110 pts) | — | — |