The comeback
6.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.9 years, then back at Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff (2023-03-31).
- last seen 2016-05-06
- back 2023-03-31
Back Porch Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-07-11
latest 2023-03-31
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.28 · weakest Brisket (141.07)
Road miles
1,397
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 719 mi
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
539.93 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
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.
Back Porch Smokers has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 125 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Back Porch Smokers did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with Back Porch Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 153.7028 | 158.28 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 169.1428 | 143.3600 | 156.25 | top 53% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.6056 | 149.1200 | 154.86 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141.0744 | 141.0744 | 141.07 | top 86% |
“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.
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8.7 yrs
2014-07-11 → 2023-03-31
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.28 · weakest Brisket (141.07)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
539.93
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
96
14–83 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,397
4 mapped stops · furthest 719 mi
Purse competed for
$15,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6.9 yrs
2016-05-06 → 2023-03-31
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay
- First call Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay
- Career-best overall score613.0400 Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1428 Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay
- 2023
- Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Category scores over time
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 96% | 64.8% | 64.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-31 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 55 / 57 (466.8228) | 35 (162.8572) | 56 (143.3600) | 37 (160.6056) | — |
| 2016-05-06 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-05-01 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-07-11 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay Green Bay, WI | 30 / 42 (613.0400) | 26 (153.7028) | 3 (169.1428) | 34 (149.1200) | 36 (141.0744) |