A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SLAPS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SLAPS BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Big Back BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1505 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2015-06-05
latest 2026-06-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
638.83
last 5 Master vs avg 638.83 (+0.00)
Walk rate
13%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.36
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.61 · weakest Pork (159.71)
Road miles
628
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 531 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$9K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
638.83 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
331.96 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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.
Storylines (5 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BUTT BROS BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
7.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 7.1 years, then back at Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025-06-13).
- last seen 2018-04-27
- back 2025-06-13
Pork Ribs nemesis
3 of 4
shared pork ribs entries lost
SLAPS BBQ ahead 75% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SLAPS BBQ has out-cooked them in 3 of 4 shared pork ribs entries.
The metronome
±2.23%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.23% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 90.0% of a perfect score
- 8 contests
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.
150 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3918 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Big Back BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Big Back BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3908 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Big Back BBQ)
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Big Back BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3917 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Big Back BBQ)
Fewer contests behind them than Big Back BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#3930 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Big Back BBQ)
20 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#3938 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with Big Back BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3925 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 154.2972 | 160.27 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5944 | 155.9316 | 163.61 | top 58% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 153.6456 | 159.71 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 150.8000 | 160.08 | top 54% |
“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
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 4 | 0 | top 61% |
| AL | 3 | 0 | top 65% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 77% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 64% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 77% | 2026-06-12 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
11 yrs
2015-06-05 → 2026-06-12
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 163.61 · weakest Pork (159.71)
Walk rate
13%
a top-10 call in 1 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
638.83
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
331.96
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
320
160–262 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
628
8 mapped stops · furthest 531 mi
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$8,900
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
7.1 yrs
2018-04-27 → 2025-06-13
Power rating
1485
peak 1505 · #3927 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smokin' on the Summit
- First call Smokin' on the Summit
- Peak power rating (1505) Smokin' on the Summit
- 2016
- Career-best overall score646.2172 Smokin' on the Summit BBQ
- 2025
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score340.5600 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5944 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2026
- Most recent contest Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.7 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-10-17 |
| +5.4 | Smokin' on the Summit | 2015-06-05 |
| +1 | Smokin' on the Summit BBQ | 2016-06-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.7 | Racing for the BBQ | 2015-07-24 |
| -9 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-06-13 |
| -5 | 9th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge | 2017-04-21 |
| -2.9 | *Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest -Re-Boot(JUDGES FULL) | 2018-04-27 |
| -1.1 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2026-06-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 94.6% | 92% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 61% | 89.5% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 20 / 31 (333.6688) | 16 (169.6916) | 24 (163.9772) | — | — |
| 2025-10-17 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 16 / 39 (340.5600) | 20 (167.9656) | 13 (172.5944) | — | — |
| 2025-06-13 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 31 / 35 (321.6572) | 33 (158.8228) | 28 (162.8344) | — | — |
| 2018-04-27 | *Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest -Re-Boot(JUDGES FULL) Sugar Creek, MO | 38 / 53 (635.2684) | 37 (162.8572) | 37 (161.6800) | 40 (159.9312) | 41 (150.8000) |
| 2017-04-21 | 9th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS | 49 / 64 (634.0916) | 53 (155.3828) | 24 (165.6800) | 56 (155.3600) | 48 (157.6688) |
| 2016-06-03 | Smokin' on the Summit BBQ Lee's Summit, MO | 34 / 67 (646.2172) | 41 (157.7372) | 56 (155.9316) | 19 (169.1084) | 24 (163.4400) |
| 2015-07-24 | Racing for the BBQ Lees Summit, MO | 53 / 63 (634.1028) | 57 (155.4172) | 35 (161.6800) | 53 (160.5028) | 46 (156.5028) |
| 2015-06-05 | Smokin' on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 29 / 78 (644.4684) | 58 (154.2972) | 24 (164.5256) | 60 (153.6456) | 5 (172.0000) |