High-water mark
474.6972
career-best overall
131.9% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 474.6972 at Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) — 131.9% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2021-04-17
Alright Guys BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-09-13
latest 2021-12-02
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
373.09
last 3 Backyard vs avg 373.09 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±71.85
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.63)
Road miles
179
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 79 mi
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Purse competed for
$21K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
373.09 / 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.
The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) (2021-04-17).
- last seen 2019-09-13
- back 2021-04-17
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.
Alright Guys 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 160 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.
#3626 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1490
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Alright Guys BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Alright Guys BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Alright Guys BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3654 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 172.5600 | 157.7028 | 166.46 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1316 | 134.1600 | 150.63 | top 76% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 167.9772 | 167.98 | top 33% |
| 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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.2 yrs
2019-09-13 → 2021-12-02
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.63)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Backyard average
373.09
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
109
44–79 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
179
3 mapped stops · furthest 79 mi
Schedule strength
1569
average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$21,300
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2019-09-13 → 2021-04-17
Power rating
1490
peak 1490 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest RiverFest
- Peak power rating (1499) RiverFest
- 2021
- First call Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score474.6972 Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score474.6972 Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5600 Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.3 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship | 2021-12-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.3 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2021-04-17 |
| -0.8 | RiverFest | 2019-09-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 74% | 131.9% | 110.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-02 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 12 / 19 (321.7260) | 8 (169.1316) | 15 (152.5944) | — | — |
| 2021-04-17 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) Chelsea, AL | 18 / 21 (474.6972) | 3 (172.5600) | 21 (134.1600) | 7 (167.9772) | — |
| 2019-09-13 | RiverFest 🏅 Decatur, AL | 21 / 37 (322.8344) | 26 (157.7028) | 18 (165.1316) | — | — |