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Bears Backyard Q MO

Power ranking

#293
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1649
peak 1649

Contests

55
in the data

First seen

2019-04-12
latest 2025-11-05

Best ToY finish

#155
Master 2021

Grand champs

1
2 reserve

Category wins

4
21 podiums

Overall top-10s

13
of 55 contests

Avg finish

top 44%
overall standings

Best overall

709.7032

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

690.31 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 672.17 (+18.14)

Walk rate

75%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

3
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±71.30
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 171.23 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.11)

Road miles

3936
mi across 55 mapped stops · furthest 484 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

4 LEGS UP BBQ has finished one call ahead of Bears Backyard Q 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

SLAPS BBQ has come out ahead in 29 of their 36 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Ambition Que in 15 of their 21 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 2.8344 points of the Grand Championship at Mozingo Lake BBQ (2021-09-03).

📅 A June team

Something about June: average finish in the top 35% across 8 contests, versus top 44% the rest of the year.

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at Smokin on the Route (2024-07-26) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 14-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, JANKY LEG BBQ.

Teams like this (closest power rating, MO first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 52 16 0 5 180.0000 🔥 150.2744 170.98 top 46%
Pork Ribs 54 14 0 3 179.4400 153.1200 169.11 top 49%
Pork 52 16 2 7 180.0000 🔥 153.1088 171.23 top 42%
Brisket 53 19 2 6 178.8572 155.3484 170.45 top 39%

“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.

By state / province

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MO400top 45%
KS80top 42%
TN20top 28%
OK11top 4%
IA10top 50%
NE10top 69%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 17%
Medium (20–39)271top 49%
Large (40+)250top 40%

The story so far

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2025700 702.8576 691.76
2024611 709.7032 689.64
2023700 695.9200 684.71
20221000 696.5488 684.93
20211200 692.5256 679.25
2020901 685.1088 612.57
2019402 672.4572 659.05

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS 67 / 158 (688.4684) 127 (167.3828) 73 (172.5600) 67 (171.9656) 20 (176.5600)
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 95 / 401 (689.6344) 85 (174.2744) 13 (177.7144) 280 (165.6800) 110 (171.9656)
2025-10-31 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) Oak Grove, MO 27 / 53 (687.8968) 29 (173.1084) 37 (170.2628) 28 (171.4056) 20 (173.1200)
2025-10-17 Happy Basset 5th Annual BBQ Competition Topeka, KS 14 / 23 (686.7312) 4 (177.7028) 9 (170.8344) 16 (167.3828) 14 (170.8112)
2025-08-15 BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO 8 / 62 (698.8228) 38 (169.7028) 2 (179.4400) 24 (173.1200) 7 (176.5600)
2025-05-25 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) Lebanon, TN 6 / 70 (702.8576) 2 (180.0000) 43 (171.4288) 10 (175.4288) 13 (176.0000)
2025-05-24 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) Lebanon, TN 50 / 106 (687.8972) 54 (171.9772) 47 (171.9888) 78 (168.5256) 17 (175.4056)
2024-10-25 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO 9 / 53 (693.6572) 6 (176.5600) 15 (173.1544) 8 (175.4172) 33 (168.5256)
2024-09-13 Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) Weston, MO 30 / 38 (668.9596) 9 (173.1084) 14 (170.8228) 28 (166.8228) 33 (158.2056)
2024-08-16 BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO 9 / 65 (696.5600) 4 (177.7028) 11 (174.8572) 29 (170.8800) 18 (173.1200)
2024-07-26 Smokin on the Route Miami, OK 1 / 27 (709.7032) 4 (177.7144) 5 (177.7144) 1 (180.0000) 9 (174.2744)
2024-06-28 Happy Basset 4th Annual BBQ Competition Topeka, KS 10 / 28 (691.9084) 15 (172.5600) 19 (168.5372) 11 (173.1084) 4 (177.7028)
2024-05-17 King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA 18 / 36 (677.0284) 16 (171.9656) 35 (159.9544) 24 (167.9656) 2 (177.1428)
2023-10-27 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO 14 / 47 (694.8116) 28 (171.4172) 30 (170.8344) 17 (173.7028) 2 (178.8572)
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 240 / 487 (673.5652) 391 (160.5256) 198 (170.8112) 97 (173.7028) 203 (168.5256)
2023-08-18 BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO 24 / 57 (684.4456) 7 (176.5600) 40 (163.9428) 25 (170.8228) 9 (173.1200)
2023-07-07 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off Cameron, MO 13 / 30 (681.5884) 21 (168.5372) 5 (176.5716) 11 (173.1084) 24 (163.3712)
2023-06-30 Happy Basset 3rd Annual BBQ Competition Topeka, KS 12 / 33 (694.8000) 22 (170.8228) 9 (175.4172) 5 (176.5944) 13 (171.9656)
2023-06-09 Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) Kansas City, MO 2 / 44 (695.9200) 2 (177.7028) 7 (175.4172) 14 (173.1200) 11 (169.6800)
2023-04-21 Smokin in the Creek BBQ Sugar Creek, MO 27 / 51 (667.8512) 17 (171.9772) 20 (170.8228) 23 (169.1200) 41 (155.9312)
2022-10-28 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship Oak Grove, MO 17 / 40 (680.5028) 35 (163.3828) 25 (167.9772) 2 (176.5828) 11 (172.5600)
2022-09-03 Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE 31 / 45 (669.0056) 43 (158.7884) 16 (172.0000) 30 (166.2400) 11 (171.9772)
2022-08-19 BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO 21 / 54 (684.4684) 39 (166.2284) 26 (169.7144) 23 (173.1200) 7 (175.4056)
2022-08-12 Smokin' Trackside BBQ Bash Winston, MO 9 / 25 (694.2172) 15 (173.1200) 5 (176.0116) 8 (174.2744) 14 (170.8112)
2022-07-16 2022 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) Cameron, MO 3 / 25 (696.5488) 2 (180.0000) 19 (167.9772) 19 (169.7144) 2 (178.8572)
2022-07-16 2022 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off - One Meat Ribs Cameron, MO 14 (170.2628)
2022-07-15 2022 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) Cameron, MO 14 / 27 (681.6000) 4 (178.8572) 9 (171.9772) 7 (175.4172) 25 (155.3484)
2022-06-10 Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) Kansas City, MO 22 / 36 (680.4340) 26 (169.6684) 17 (171.4056) 9 (173.1200) 26 (166.2400)
2022-06-03 Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition Kansas City, MO 9 / 41 (689.6228) 12 (173.1200) 6 (174.8572) 20 (167.3828) 9 (174.2628)
2022-04-22 Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest (JUDGE'S FULL) Sugar Creek, MO 11 / 35 (687.9544) 16 (170.2628) 3 (174.8800) 12 (170.8344) 11 (171.9772)
2021-10-30 Boo-B-Que - Day 2 Unity Village, MO 27 / 33 (676.4800) 11 (176.0116) 28 (166.8456) 14 (173.1200) 31 (160.5028)
2021-10-29 Boo-B-Que - Day 1 Unity Village, MO 29 / 41 (679.2912) 28 (170.2628) 8 (174.2744) 34 (165.0856) 28 (169.6684)
2021-10-15 Smokin In the Creek BBQ Contest Sugar Creek, MO 15 / 27 (670.2516) 3 (175.4400) 24 (153.1432) 2 (177.7144) 16 (163.9540)
2021-09-03 Mozingo Lake BBQ Maryville, MO 2 / 12 (689.1084) 3 (174.2628) 3 (175.4516) 2 (174.2628) 6 (165.1312)
2021-08-21 BBQ & Fly in on the River - Day 2 Excelsior Springs, MO 10 / 30 (689.6456) 11 (176.0000) 22 (165.6800) 12 (170.2628) 4 (177.7028)
2021-08-20 BBQ & Fly in on the River - Day 1 Excelsior Springs, MO 17 / 40 (685.5884) 17 (171.9772) 26 (165.0856) 15 (170.8228) 2 (177.7028)
2021-08-13 Smokin' Trackside BBQ Bash Winston, MO 13 / 25 (687.9316) 20 (165.6800) 11 (171.4172) 5 (177.7028) 13 (173.1316)
2021-07-17 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off Day 2 Cameron, MO 17 / 25 (675.2800) 17 (169.6800) 12 (170.8228) 18 (168.5372) 17 (166.2400)
2021-07-16 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off Day 1 Cameron, MO 16 / 33 (679.8744) 13 (171.9772) 9 (173.1316) 4 (175.4172) 26 (159.3484)
2021-06-18 Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life Kansas City, KS 8 / 37 (692.5256) 5 (176.5600) 13 (173.7028) 16 (170.2628) 9 (172.0000)
2021-06-04 Mclouth BBQ Blowout 29th Annual Mclouth, KS 28 / 42 (657.6456) 39 (156.5372) 15 (171.4056) 19 (168.0000) 28 (161.7028)
2021-05-01 Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff Columbia, MO 27 / 39 (667.3368) 28 (165.1428) 36 (157.6800) 19 (171.9656) 12 (172.5484)
2020-10-17 Columbia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO 23 / 38 (681.5884) 6 (176.5600) 15 (170.2628) 26 (168.5372) 27 (166.2284)
2020-09-26 West Bottoms Cameron BBQ Contest Cameron, MO 15 / 36 (683.3368) 10 (175.4056) 33 (157.0740) 2 (179.4400) 11 (171.4172)
2020-09-05 Mozingo Lake BBQ Maryville, MO 18 / 34 (666.8804) 24 (159.4288) 15 (169.7488) 1 (176.5828) 20 (161.1200)
2020-08-14 BBQ & Fly in on the River Excelsior Springs, MO 31 / 55 (677.5884) 26 (171.4056) 42 (164.5372) 39 (166.2400) 9 (175.4056)
2020-07-18 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) Cameron, MO 28 / 32 (656.4572) 17 (170.8456) 32 (154.2288) 28 (158.2744) 7 (173.1084)
2020-07-18 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off Single Meat - Rib Contest Cameron, MO 15 (165.6916)
2020-07-17 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) Cameron, MO 14 / 42 (685.1088) 18 (169.7028) 30 (165.6916) 9 (175.4172) 8 (174.2972)
2020-06-26 Grillin and Chillin Chillicothe, MO 12 / 34 (682.7656) 23 (168.5256) 5 (173.7372) 3 (177.7028) 28 (162.8000)
2020-04-06 Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League washington, MO 36 / 109 (166.8228) 36 (166.8228)
2019-08-16 BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO 32 / 68 (671.9088) 7 (176.0116) 48 (161.6572) 40 (165.1200) 26 (169.1200)
2019-07-12 2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) Cameron, MO 16 / 35 (672.4572) 24 (165.0856) 25 (160.5488) 20 (170.8228) 1 (176.0000)
2019-05-03 Apple Blossom BBQ Made with Uncommon Character St. Joseph, MO 22 / 39 (659.3600) 25 (163.4056) 35 (153.1200) 25 (165.0972) 1 (177.7372)
2019-04-12 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO 40 / 54 (632.4576) 50 (150.2744) 44 (157.1088) 46 (153.1088) 10 (171.9656)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #322 (673 pts) #297 (758 pts) #347 (753 pts) #410 (533 pts) #328 (718 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #281 (790 pts) #292 (795 pts) #432 (560 pts) #328 (680 pts) #307 (755 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #375 (538 pts) #421 (533 pts) #417 (588 pts) #358 (598 pts) #314 (703 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #272 (842 pts) #269 (862 pts) #250 (960 pts) #289 (837 pts) #225 (1002 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #155 (1152 pts) #119 (1320 pts) #160 (1165 pts) #94 (1500 pts) #125 (1304 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #187 (630 pts) #175 (695 pts) #154 (737 pts) #82 (1100 pts) #145 (795 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #1231 (180 pts) #1563 (125 pts) #1580 (120 pts) #1459 (145 pts) #603 (570 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #1954 (60 pts) #2012 (60 pts) #1996 (60 pts) #2030 (60 pts) #1990 (60 pts)

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