High-water mark
549.6228
career-best overall
152.7% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 549.6228 at Plant City Pig Jam — 152.7% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2019-11-22
Meat Head BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-04-19
latest 2019-11-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
374.15
last 3 Backyard vs avg 374.15 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±124.14
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 143.03 · weakest Chicken (138.01)
Road miles
926
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 834 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Purse competed for
$38K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
374.15 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Meat Head 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 145 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.
#3594 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1491
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Meat Head BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Meat Head BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3607 of the rated field
- Contests
- 54
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1552
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Meat Head BBQ)
They've been 1552 at their best, 62 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3573 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#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Meat Head BBQ did, first appearing in 2026.
⚔ Head-to-head#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Meat Head BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9196 | 125.1544 | 138.01 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2744 | 129.6912 | 143.03 | top 44% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141.0856 | 141.0856 | 141.09 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138.2628 | 138.2628 | 138.26 | top 72% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 32% |
| MD | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.6 yrs
2019-04-19 → 2019-11-22
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Cooks most in
FL
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 143.03 · weakest Chicken (138.01)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Backyard average
374.15
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
204
82–147 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
926
3 mapped stops · furthest 834 mi
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$37,800
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1491
peak 1491 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Interstate BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)154.2744 Interstate BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1500) Smoke in the Grove
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score549.6228 Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best overall score549.6228 Plant City Pig Jam
- Most recent contest Plant City Pig Jam
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.3 | Smoke in the Grove | 2019-07-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.9 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2019-11-22 |
| -1.6 | Interstate BBQ Festival | 2019-04-19 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 152.7% | 103.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-22 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 26 / 39 (549.6228) | 27 (125.1544) | 23 (145.1200) | 28 (141.0856) | 28 (138.2628) |
| 2019-07-26 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 17 / 53 (281.6108) | 12 (151.9196) | 20 (129.6912) | — | — |
| 2019-04-19 | Interstate BBQ Festival 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 27 / 54 (291.2228) | 29 (136.9484) | 19 (154.2744) | — | — |