High-water mark
667.8632
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.8632 at Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 7, 2022
Laytons backyard bbq
Laytons backyard bbq is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 10th of 32 at the Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest (2023). They are ranked #3372 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Layton's backyard bbq”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1496 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 23, 2021
latest Apr 14, 2023 · 1.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.88
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.72 · weakest Pork (160.10)
Road miles
184
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 44 mi
Schedule strength
74%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)
Purse competed for
$51K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
660.32 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
176.56 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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 Laytons backyard bbq, each with one reason worth a look.
116 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,378 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,368 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Laytons backyard bbq's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,373 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before Laytons backyard bbq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,354 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
Level with Laytons backyard bbq on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 10 years before Laytons backyard bbq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,359 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1511
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POKE N SMOKE | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| North Meets South BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 176.5600 | 163.9544 | 170.72 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 158.3088 | 163.11 | top 73% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 154.7772 | 160.10 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178.8800 | 157.6688 | 167.85 | top 45% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 3 | 10 | 0 | top 60% | Apr 14, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Opponents faced
108
finished ahead 60 times, behind 116
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- First overall top-10 Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
- Peak power rating (1496) Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
- Most recent contest Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
20225 milestones
- First call Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition
- First category win (Chicken) Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.1604 Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8800 Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
- Career-best overall score667.8632 Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
20211 milestone
- First tracked contest Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.7 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | Apr 14, 2023 |
| +2.1 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | Oct 7, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.3 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition | Apr 8, 2022 |
| -5 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | Jul 23, 2021 |
| -1.3 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | Jul 22, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100% | top 63% | 92.8% | 78.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2023 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC | 10 / 32 (153.1200) | 11 (170.8456) | 20 (162.8116) | 26 (154.7772) | 4 (175.4400) |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC | 16 / 27 (667.8632) | 9 (176.5600) | 18 (166.2400) | 16 (167.3944) | 22 (157.6688) |
| Jul 22, 2022 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC | 24 / 35 (666.1604) | 28 (163.9544) | 27 (165.0972) | 28 (158.2288) | 1 (178.8800) |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Stem, NC | 22 / 36 (176.5600) | 1 (176.5600) | — | — | — |
| Jul 23, 2021 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC | 24 / 30 (643.3948) | 23 (165.6800) | 26 (158.3088) | 27 (159.9888) | 25 (159.4172) |