High-water mark
337.1088
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 337.1088 at Smoke on the Falls — 93.6% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Apr 7, 2023
Just Cluckin Off
Just Cluckin Off is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 11th of 28 at the Smoke on the Falls (2020). They are ranked #3511 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Just Cluckin' Off”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1503 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 6, 2020
latest Apr 7, 2023 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.19
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.88 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.72)
Road miles
69
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$34K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
324.60 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Just Cluckin Off, each with one reason worth a look.
135 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,503 of the rated field
- Contests
- 34
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1552
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to Just Cluckin Off)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — Barking Pig BBQ ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,513 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,527 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1493
They were already cooking in 2014, 6 years before Just Cluckin Off's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Just Cluckin Off's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,504 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Level with Just Cluckin Off on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,495 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before Just Cluckin Off's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELL ON SQUEALS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| REDBONES BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Hickory Hangover | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Outhouse smokers | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RIBLIFE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 157.6684 | 164.88 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 151.9544 | 159.72 | top 81% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Falls | 3 | 11 | 0 | top 73% | Apr 7, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2020
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
208
finished ahead 142 times, behind 219
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- Career-best overall score337.1088 Smoke on the Falls
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.6916 Smoke on the Falls
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Falls
20203 milestones
- First tracked contest Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score335.3828 Smoke on the Falls
- Peak power rating (1503) Smoke on the Falls
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.9 | Smoke on the Falls | Sep 18, 2020 |
| +6.6 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 7, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 8, 2022 |
| -7.3 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 9, 2021 |
| -6.7 | Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 6, 2020 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 44% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 135% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 93.2% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2023 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 17 / 39 (337.1088) | 24 (167.4172) | 14 (169.6916) | — | — |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 46 / 34 (311.3028) | 44 (157.6684) | 46 (153.6344) | — | — |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 34 / 38 (322.7428) | 29 (166.8228) | 39 (155.9200) | — | — |
| Sep 18, 2020 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 11 / 28 (335.3828) | 17 (167.9656) | 13 (167.4172) | — | — |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Hartselle, AL | 24 / 32 (316.4684) | 13 (164.5140) | 27 (151.9544) | — | — |