A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
LEE LA Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Boot Leg Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2019-04-19
latest 2023-05-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
316.32
last 3 Backyard vs avg 316.32 (+0.00)
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±1.62
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.48 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.84)
Road miles
1
mi across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Purse competed for
$25K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
316.32 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (3 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 HIT OR MISS BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022-05-20).
- last seen 2019-04-19
- back 2022-05-20
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.
Boot Leg Smokers 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 149 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.
#3911 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 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Level with Boot Leg Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3935 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3916 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3932 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3923 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before Boot Leg Smokers'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 | 166.8460 | 156.5944 | 162.48 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6456 | 149.6688 | 153.84 | top 74% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 90% | 2023-05-19 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.1 yrs
2019-04-19 → 2023-05-19
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.48 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.84)
Walk rate
17%
a top-10 call in 1 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Backyard average
316.32
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
99
38–83 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1575
average field rating faced — tougher than 59% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$25,200
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
2019-04-19 → 2022-05-20
Power rating
1485
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest High on the Hog Festival
- 2019
- First call High on the Hog Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.8460 High on the Hog Festival
- Peak power rating (1505) High on the Hog Festival
- 2023
- Career-best overall score318.2056 The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.5 | High on the Hog Festival | 2019-04-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-05-19 |
| -9.5 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2022-05-20 |
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 94% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-19 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 32 / 34 (318.2056) | 29 (163.9884) | 31 (154.2172) | — | — |
| 2022-05-20 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) 🏅 Winchester, TN | 25 / 29 (314.2400) | 25 (156.5944) | 24 (157.6456) | — | — |
| 2019-04-19 | High on the Hog Festival 🏅 Winchester, TN | 15 / 39 (316.5148) | 8 (166.8460) | 19 (149.6688) | — | — |
| 2018-04-20 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-04-15 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-04-17 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |