The comeback
8.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 8.4 years, then back at So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) (2022-09-10).
- last seen 2014-05-02
- back 2022-09-10
Show Me BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-20
latest 2022-09-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 155.68 · weakest Chicken (149.87)
Road miles
157
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 80 mi
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)
Purse competed for
$1K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
619.29 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
284.58 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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 (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.
Show Me BBQ has 3 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 142 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.
#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Show Me BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4357 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with Show Me BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Show Me BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Show Me BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.8456 | 135.3944 | 149.87 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 154.2284 | 149.1888 | 151.03 | top 72% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8456 | 154.2400 | 154.54 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9656 | 155.3944 | 155.68 | top 64% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9 yrs
2013-09-20 → 2022-09-10
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 155.68 · weakest Chicken (149.87)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
619.29
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
284.58
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
84
19–67 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
157
3 mapped stops · furthest 80 mi
Schedule strength
1516
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$750
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
8.4 yrs
2014-05-02 → 2022-09-10
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Peak power rating (1491) Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- 2014
- Career-best overall score623.8852 Truman Heritage Festival (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)158.8456 Truman Heritage Festival (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE)
- 2022
- First call So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)
- First overall top-10 So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)
- Most recent contest So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.3 | So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) | 2022-09-10 |
| -9.1 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2013-09-20 |
| -5.1 | Truman Heritage Festival (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) | 2014-05-02 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 88% | 79.1% | 79.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-10 | So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) Ashland, MO | 7 / 8 (284.5832) | 8 (135.3944) | 5 (149.1888) | — | — |
| 2014-05-02 | Truman Heritage Festival (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) Grandview, MO | 20 / 28 (623.8852) | 18 (158.8456) | 20 (154.2284) | 23 (154.8456) | 18 (155.9656) |
| 2013-09-20 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 43 / 53 (614.6856) | 47 (155.3712) | 44 (149.6800) | 45 (154.2400) | 34 (155.3944) |