High-water mark
665.6684
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.6684 at 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES) — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Competitor Series
- Oct 8, 2021
ANT'S BACKYARD BBQ
ANT'S BACKYARD BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 19 at the 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2021). They finished #1673 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
May 21, 2021
latest Apr 8, 2022
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Best overall
665.6684 / 720
Competitor Series · 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.56 · weakest Brisket (147.11)
Road miles
33
across 3 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
635.07 / 720
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1673 (54 pts) | #1178 (104 pts) | #1710 (54 pts) | #1280 (79 pts) | #1672 (54 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 169.7372 | 167.9656 | 168.56 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 157.1428 | 161.89 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.0572 | 155.3828 | 163.23 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 134.2516 | 147.11 | top 84% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ, Boots & Brew | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 87% | Apr 8, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
55
finished ahead 23 times, behind 47
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7372 BBQ, Boots & Brew
- Most recent contest BBQ, Boots & Brew
20216 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ, Boots & Brew
- First call 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall top-10 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall podium 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.6684 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best overall score665.6684 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2022 | BBQ, Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA | 27 / 29 (627.3944) | 15 (169.7372) | 27 (157.1428) | 20 (166.2628) | 29 (134.2516) |
| Oct 8, 2021 | 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Riverside, CA | 3 / 19 (665.6684) | 3 (167.9656) | 5 (169.1200) | 6 (168.0572) | — |
| May 21, 2021 | BBQ, Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA | 20 / 25 (642.7544) | 12 (167.9772) | 19 (159.4172) | 21 (155.3828) | 17 (159.9772) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.