High-water mark
677.0972
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.0972 at Delta Smoke BBQ Contest — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 11, 2021
Back Yard Southern Style
Back Yard Southern Style is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 19th of 30 at the Esperanza Bonanza BBQ Blitz (2019). They finished #1152 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Backyard Southern Style”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1499
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 9, 2017
latest Jun 11, 2021 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.82
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.86 · weakest Brisket (162.25)
Road miles
135
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi
Schedule strength
62%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
657.05 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1152 (80 pts) | #1130 (100 pts) | #1297 (65 pts) | #1091 (105 pts) | #1111 (95 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 149.6800 | 166.86 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4516 | 152.5372 | 162.55 | top 62% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 159.9772 | 165.40 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 156.5028 | 162.25 | top 59% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 42% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 49% | Jun 11, 2021 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AR
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
99
finished ahead 58 times, behind 76
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
May 10, 2019 → Jun 11, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20212 milestones
- Career-best overall score677.0972 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
20192 milestones
- First call Esperanza Bonanza BBQ Blitz
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Esperanza Bonanza BBQ Blitz
20173 milestones
- First tracked contest Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.3204 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1506) Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.8 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | Jun 9, 2017 |
| +2.3 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | Jun 11, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.2 | BBQ & Blues on the Levee (JUDGES FULL) | Oct 5, 2018 |
| -0.8 | Esperanza Bonanza BBQ Blitz | May 10, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 94% | 94% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 42% | 93.7% | 93.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2021 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR | 21 / 38 (677.0972) | 17 (171.4172) | 24 (167.4172) | 16 (170.8456) | 18 (167.4172) |
| May 10, 2019 | Esperanza Bonanza BBQ Blitz 🏅 Marion, AR | 19 / 30 (656.9484) | 3 (178.8572) | 24 (158.7884) | 22 (162.8000) | 22 (156.5028) |
| Oct 5, 2018 | BBQ & Blues on the Levee (JUDGES FULL) Helena, AR | 21 / 25 (619.8516) | 22 (149.6800) | 20 (152.5372) | 19 (159.9772) | 15 (157.6572) |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR | 19 / 45 (674.3204) | 24 (167.4744) | 12 (171.4516) | 24 (167.9772) | 24 (167.4172) |