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Backdraft Smokers

Backdraft Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 12th of 49 at the Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL) (2015). They are ranked #3537 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,537
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1492
peak 1513 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

8
in the data

First seen

Jun 7, 2013
latest Jun 11, 2021 · 8 years on the trail

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podium

Overall top-10s

0
0% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 61%
overall standings

Best overall

684 / 720
Master · Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL)

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

653.79 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 661.26 (-7.47)

Walk rate

38%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400
Chicken · Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL)

Consistency

±15.62
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 167.84 · weakest Brisket (162.97)

Road miles

0
across 8 mapped stops

Schedule strength

44%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)

Purse competed for

$20K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

661.26 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.87 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 25%.

  • Brisket avg 162.97
  • Pork Ribs avg 167.84
  • 1 call in 8 entries

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Dats Cool in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (Jun 11, 2021).

  • last seen Jun 7, 2019
  • back Jun 11, 2021

Pork Ribs nemesis

6 of 8 shared pork ribs entries lost

Hillbilly Hoggers ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Hillbilly Hoggers has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.

The metronome

±2.17% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.17% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 91.8% of a perfect score
  • 8 contests
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A standing appointment

7 years running at one contest

They've cooked Delta Smoke BBQ Contest every year from 2013 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

  • 8 visits in all
  • best finish 12th

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Backdraft Smokers, each with one reason worth a look.

137 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

POBOYS BBQ
#3,534 of the rated field
1492 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1492
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Backdraft Smokers)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Backdraft Smokers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Jun 9, 2017
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Camo Cookers
#3,515 of the rated field
1493 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
0
Top-10s
8%
Peak
1493
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Backdraft Smokers)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 13 contests
  • last seen Jun 10, 2022
⚔ Head-to-head
DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT BBQ
#3,523 of the rated field
1493 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
13%
Peak
1493

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before Backdraft Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 8 contests
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BROTHA K'S BOARBECUE
#3,561 of the rated field
1492 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1516

Level with Backdraft Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen Apr 28, 2023
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DA REV & ANIMAL BBQ KREWE
#3,517 of the rated field
1493 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1510

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before Backdraft Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 9 contests
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Hillbilly Hoggers 8 2 6 25% ⚔ compare
BBQR'S DELIGHT 8 1 7 13% ⚔ compare
Dats Cool 7 7 0 100% ⚔ compare
Greenway Equipment 7 5 2 71% ⚔ compare
L" If I Know 7 5 2 71% ⚔ compare
HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ 7 2 5 29% ⚔ compare
Smokin Through The Night 7 2 5 29% ⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ 7 0 7 0% ⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ 7 0 7 0% ⚔ compare
PORK AVENUE 6 4 2 67% ⚔ compare
SLAB TECHS 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS 6 1 5 17% ⚔ compare
Barley, Hops, & Hogs 5 4 1 80% ⚔ compare
Pig Tails II 5 3 2 60% ⚔ compare
Smooth Southern Smokers 5 3 2 60% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 8 2 0 1 179.4400 155.9884 166.48 top 60%
Pork Ribs 8 2 0 0 176 161.6572 167.84 top 51%
Pork 8 0 0 0 169.6800 153.6228 163.96 top 68%
Brisket 8 1 0 0 172.5828 155.3600 162.97 top 65%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)20top 73%
Large (40+)60top 57%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 8 12 0 top 61% Jun 11, 2021

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in AR 8 of 8 contests
Contests visited 1 1 of them more than once
Opponents faced 163 finished ahead 144 times, behind 203
Longest layoff 2 yrs Jun 7, 2019 → Jun 11, 2021

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20211 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
20153 milestones
  1. Career-best overall score684 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL)
  2. Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL)
  3. Peak power rating (1513) Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL)
20141 milestone
  1. First call Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
20132 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.9998 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+10.4Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL)Jun 12, 2015
+5.5Delta Smoke BBQ ContestJun 13, 2014
+4.4Delta Smoke BBQ ContestJun 7, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-9.1Delta Smoke BBQ ContestJun 9, 2017
-7.4Delta Smoke BBQ ContestJun 8, 2018
-4.7Delta Smoke BBQ ContestJun 10, 2016
-3.7Delta Smoke BBQ ContestJun 11, 2021
-3.1Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)Jun 7, 2013

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20211000 0% top 74% 90.3% 90.3%
20191000 100% top 45% 93.3% 93.3%
20181000 0% top 84% 90.5% 90.5%
20171000 0% top 87% 87.6% 87.6%
20161000 0% top 72% 92.4% 92.4%
20151000 100% top 24% 95% 95%
20141000 100% top 39% 93.5% 93.5%
20131000 0% top 63% 92.2% 92.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jun 11, 2021 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR 28 / 38 (650.1260) 24 (165.6684) 28 (165.1432) 26 (163.9544) 33 (155.3600)
Jun 7, 2019 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR 23 / 51 (671.8516) 5 (176.5600) 8 (173.1316) 30 (165.0856) 40 (157.0744)
Jun 8, 2018 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR 37 / 44 (651.2572) 38 (163.9428) 25 (167.9888) 34 (161.0856) 37 (158.2400)
Jun 9, 2017 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR 39 / 45 (630.6516) 42 (155.9884) 31 (161.6572) 43 (153.6228) 36 (159.3832)
Jun 10, 2016 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR 28 / 39 (665.0400) 34 (162.2628) 19 (168.5600) 24 (169.6800) 30 (164.5372)
Jun 12, 2015 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL) Wynne, AR 12 / 49 (684) 2 (179.4400) 35 (163.4172) 21 (168.5600) 9 (172.5828)
Jun 13, 2014 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR 19 / 49 (673.1200) 27 (164.5600) 7 (176) 38 (161.1200) 13 (171.4400)
Jun 7, 2013 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) Wynne, AR 25 / 40 (663.9998) 32 (163.4284) 22 (166.8574) 25 (168.5712) 29 (165.1428)

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