Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
141.2% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 508.4684 at Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) — 141.2% of a perfect 360.
RIBLIFE has finished one call ahead of Outhouse smokers 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Hickory Hangover ahead in 91% of their meetings
Hickory Hangover has come out ahead in 10 of their 11 shared contests.
Ahead in 80% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Just Cluckin Off in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Smoke on the Falls (2018-04-13).
The Real Squeal BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Their overall swings ±24.20% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
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.
98 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before Outhouse smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 13 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 57% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Outhouse smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEE LA Q | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42% | ⚔ compare |
| Hickory Hangover | 11 | 1 | 10 | 9% | ⚔ compare |
| HELL ON SQUEALS | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| REDBONES BBQ | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| RIBLIFE | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| Simply Smoked | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| The Real Squeal BBQ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Thin Blue Swine | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| 2 Swine Crew | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| VETERAN PORK PULLERS | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| BAMA BOYS BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Barking Pig BBQ | 6 | 2 | 3 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Just Cluckin Off | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 144.5028 | 163.51 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 176.5600 | 155.9544 | 166.01 | top 47% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.4912 | 157.6456 | 159.54 | top 78% |
| 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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 11 | 0 | top 63% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 32% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 12 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Falls | 3 | 15 | 0 | top 89% | 2023-04-07 |
| Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 81% | 2021-08-06 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.7 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) | 2021-10-08 |
| +8.6 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) | 2019-10-25 |
| +8.2 | Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2020-06-05 |
| +7.2 | Smoke on the Falls | 2023-04-07 |
| +6.3 | *BBQ Boogie & Blues | 2018-04-27 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.3 | Smoke on the Falls | 2020-09-18 |
| -8.6 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2020-08-07 |
| -7.1 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | 2021-08-06 |
| -6.8 | Smoke on the Falls | 2021-04-09 |
| -4.5 | Smoke on the Falls | 2022-04-08 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 93.8% | 93.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 38% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25% | top 59% | 135% | 103% |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 133.3% | 101.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 26% | 141.2% | 141.2% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 32% | 45.1% | 45.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 15 / 39 (339.3716) | 19 (169.6800) | 12 (169.6916) | — | — |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 32 / 34 (329.0284) | 12 (169.6800) | 40 (159.3484) | — | — |
| 2021-10-08 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 6 / 31 (338.2056) | 5 (171.9656) | 12 (166.2400) | — | — |
| 2021-08-06 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 25 / 31 (486.1484) | 13 (169.7028) | 16 (163.9656) | 27 (160.4912) | — |
| 2021-06-11 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 15 / 31 (336.5604) | 11 (170.2744) | 17 (166.2860) | — | — |
| 2021-04-09 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 33 / 38 (322.7772) | 35 (163.9544) | 33 (158.8228) | — | — |
| 2020-09-18 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 38 / 28 (319.8744) | 48 (149.0400) | 4 (170.8344) | — | — |
| 2020-08-07 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL | 17 / 21 (479.8288) | 12 (165.0972) | 3 (162.8572) | 14 (157.6456) | — |
| 2020-06-05 | Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD ONLY) Butler, AL | 7 / 23 (333.6344) | 14 (160.5028) | 2 (173.1316) | — | — |
| 2020-03-06 | Corums Building Center BBQ(BACKYARD ONLY) Hartselle, AL | 12 / 32 (330.1828) | 19 (160.5028) | 8 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2019-10-25 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | 11 / 42 (508.4684) | 11 (171.4172) | 3 (176.5600) | 34 (160.4912) | — |
| 2018-04-27 | *BBQ Boogie & Blues Calhoun, GA | 9 / 28 (324.4456) | — | — | — | — |
| 2018-04-13 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-05-27 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff Lewisburg, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-05-22 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival(BACKYARD ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 10 / 23 (337.7144) | 15 (164.0000) | 3 (173.7144) | — | — |