A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Eddie Wright BBQ
Eddie Wright BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 6th of 30 at the Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY) (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 1, 2021
latest Apr 29, 2022 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±67.49
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.93 · weakest Brisket (153.67)
Road miles
124
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 45 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
589.58 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
352.56 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 159.9544 | 168.25 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 179.4400 | 163.3944 | 168.93 | top 51% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4516 | 153.6572 | 160.16 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2632 | 148.5372 | 153.67 | top 83% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 64% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
85
finished ahead 33 times, behind 72
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score641.0060 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- Most recent contest Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
20216 milestones
- First tracked contest Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival
- First call Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score352.5600 Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)179.4400 Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1490) Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.7 | Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY) | Nov 12, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.9 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival | May 1, 2021 |
| -10.2 | Back the Blue | Jun 25, 2021 |
| -4.9 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival | Apr 29, 2022 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 76% | 89% | 89% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 69% | 97.9% | 84.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2022 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS | 19 / 25 (641.0060) | 3 (175.4172) | 16 (163.3944) | 23 (153.6572) | 24 (148.5372) |
| Nov 12, 2021 | Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY) Vicksburg, MS | 6 / 30 (352.5600) | 8 (173.1200) | 2 (179.4400) | — | — |
| Jun 25, 2021 | Back the Blue 🏅 Brookhaven, MS | 15 / 16 (633.4976) | 16 (159.9544) | 13 (163.9428) | 13 (159.3832) | 14 (150.2172) |
| May 1, 2021 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS | 36 / 38 (494.2404) | 20 (164.5256) | — | 14 (167.4516) | 25 (162.2632) |