The heartbreaker
2.2628
points from the title
Came within 2.2628 points of the Grand Championship at Hammond BBQ, Inc. (BACKYARD ONLY) (Mar 25, 2022).
United Rental
United Rental is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 28 at the Hammond BBQ, Inc. (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1515
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 22, 2019
latest Mar 25, 2022 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.74 · weakest Pork Ribs (143.72)
Road miles
10
across 6 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Backyard avg
307.46 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to United Rental, each with one reason worth a look.
United Rental has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 80 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1515
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
Level with United Rental on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,653 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 8 years before United Rental's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,634 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before United Rental's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1516
6 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#2,644 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1519
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 172 | 155.4856 | 163.74 | top 9% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.0344 | 123.4060 | 143.72 | top 43% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 7% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 54% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
LA
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
101
finished ahead 62 times, behind 51
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Mar 22, 2019 → Mar 25, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20228 milestones
- First category win (Chicken) Hammond BBQ, Inc. (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Hammond BBQ, Inc. (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall podium Hammond BBQ, Inc. (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First Reserve Championship Hammond BBQ, Inc. (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score336.0344 Hammond BBQ, Inc. (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score336.0344 Hammond BBQ, Inc. (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172 Hammond BBQ, Inc. (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Hammond BBQ, Inc. (BACKYARD ONLY)
20191 milestone
- First call Hammond BBQ
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest Smokin Blues & BBQ
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 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 7% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 54% | 77.5% | 77.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2022 | Hammond BBQ, Inc. (BACKYARD ONLY) Hammond, LA | 2 / 28 (336.0344) | 1 (172) | 4 (164.0344) | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2019 | Hammond BBQ 🏅 Hammond, LA | 26 / 48 (278.8916) | 7 (155.4856) | 34 (123.4060) | — | — |
| Mar 23, 2018 | Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 24, 2017 | Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 25, 2016 | Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 27, 2015 | Smokin Blues & BBQ Hammond, LA | — | — | — | — | — |