High-water mark
502.7884
career-best overall
139.7% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 502.7884 at Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) — 139.7% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2022-03-12
Step Bros. BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1514
peak 1517 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2021-03-12
latest 2023-03-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
489.79
last 3 Backyard vs avg 489.79 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±13.11
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.69 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.04)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
489.79 / 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 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Pigs in a Blanket in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
Step Bros. 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 96 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.
#2648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2653 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Level with Step Bros. BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2658 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2665 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before Step Bros. BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 176.5716 | 146.1944 | 165.69 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.1084 | 155.9200 | 162.04 | top 45% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 160.5600 | 162.06 | top 56% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 7 | 0 | top 41% | 2023-03-10 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2021-03-12 → 2023-03-10
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.69 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.04)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Backyard average
489.79
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
58
49–33 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,700
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2021-03-12 → 2022-03-12
Power rating
1514
peak 1517 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Chicken) Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score494.7428 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2022
- Career-best overall score502.7884 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5716 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1517) Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2023
- Most recent contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.8 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2022-03-12 |
| +7.2 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2021-03-12 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.7 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-03-10 |
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 | 100% | top 61% | 131.1% | 131.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 27% | 139.7% | 139.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 36% | 137.4% | 137.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-10 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 19 / 31 (471.8400) | 27 (146.1944) | 10 (165.0856) | 16 (160.5600) | — |
| 2022-03-12 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 7 / 26 (502.7884) | 3 (176.5716) | 10 (165.1084) | 17 (161.1084) | — |
| 2021-03-12 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 10 / 28 (494.7428) | 1 (174.2972) | 18 (155.9200) | 14 (164.5256) | — |