Last Place Last Year

Last Place Last Year is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 21st of 36 at the Smoke on the Falls (2026). They are ranked #5018 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,018

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1462

peak 1462 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 18, 2024

latest Oct 16, 2026 · 2 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 81%

overall standings

Best overall

327.4060 / 360

Backyard · Smoke on the Falls

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

20%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.9888

Pork Ribs · Smoke on the Falls

Consistency

±62.40

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 162.13 · weakest Chicken (151.84)

Road miles

159

across 5 mapped stops · furthest 52 mi

Schedule strength

35%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)

Purse competed for

$32K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Backyard avg

281.54 / 360

5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (2 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

Gustoso BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Gustoso BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.3 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.29 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 25%.

Chicken avg 151.84
Pork Ribs avg 162.13
0 calls in 5 entries

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The teams rated closest to Last Place Last Year, each with one reason worth a look.

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Zillas Bbq

#5,041 of the rated field

1462 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1462

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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Smokin Our Butts Off

#5,042 of the rated field

1462 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Last Place Last Year's first contest.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2025

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Hometown BBQ

#5,016 of the rated field

1462 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Last Place Last Year's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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TENDER BUTTS

#5,038 of the rated field

1462 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

Level with Last Place Last Year on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Oct 13, 2023

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Bourbon Bros BBQ

#5,024 of the rated field

1462 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Last Place Last Year's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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Dollarhide's Smokey Goodness

#5,015 of the rated field

1463 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1463

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Last Place Last Year's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	0	0	0	161.6684	130.1944	151.84	top 88%
Pork Ribs	4	1	0	0	171.9888	148.5488	162.13	top 60%

“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)	2	0	top 79%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 82%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	3	34	0	top 87%	Oct 16, 2026

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 3 contests

Contests a season 1.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 5 of 5 contests

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Opponents faced 170 finished ahead 50 times, behind 186

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

20264 milestones

Apr 3 First call Smoke on the Falls
Apr 3 Career-best overall score327.4060 Smoke on the Falls
Apr 3 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.9888 Smoke on the Falls
Oct 16 Most recent contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

20243 milestones

Oct 18 First tracked contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score324.4800 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 18 Peak power rating (1495) WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.1	Smoke on the Falls	Apr 3, 2026

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.3	WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Oct 17, 2025
-11	WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Oct 16, 2026
-7.7	Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 27, 2026
-4.8	WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Oct 18, 2024

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	3	33%	top 79%	90.9%	85.3%
2025	1	0%	top 100%	44.9%	44.9%
2024	1	0%	top 68%	90.1%	90.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 16, 2026	WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL	40 / 43 (278.7432)	42 (130.1944)	40 (148.5488)	—	—
Apr 3, 2026	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	21 / 36 (327.4060)	28 (155.4172)	10 (171.9888)	—	—
Mar 27, 2026	Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL	37 / 43 (315.4056)	42 (154.2628)	34 (161.1428)	—	—
Oct 17, 2025	WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL	39 / 39 (161.6684)	34 (161.6684)	—	—	—
Oct 18, 2024	WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL	34 / 50 (324.4800)	41 (157.6572)	20 (166.8228)	—	—

Last Place Last Year

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Backyard avg

Storylines (2 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

Teams like this (closest power rating)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)