A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Backcorner BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Backcorner BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The Smokey Bears
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-09-02
latest 2019-08-31
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
611.69
last 3 Master vs avg 611.69 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.01
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.74 · weakest Brisket (144.37)
Road miles
5
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Master avg
611.69 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
The Smokey Bears 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 136 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.
#4245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to The Smokey Bears)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team The Smokey Bears has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with The Smokey Bears on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 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#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4250 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 150.2628 | 160.74 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3944 | 156.5144 | 158.26 | top 55% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5484 | 130.7772 | 148.33 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6800 | 134.2400 | 144.37 | top 83% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2017-09-02 → 2019-08-31
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.74 · weakest Brisket (144.37)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
611.69
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
70
22–82 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest 1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1488) 1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest
- 2018
- Career-best overall score635.2912 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5484 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest
- 2019
- Most recent contest 3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | 1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest | 2017-09-02 |
| -7.8 | 3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest | 2019-08-31 |
| -3.4 | 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest | 2018-09-01 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 82.8% | 82.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-31 | 3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM | 27 / 31 (595.8628) | 16 (163.3940) | 16 (156.5144) | 31 (130.7772) | 26 (145.1772) |
| 2018-09-01 | 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM | 29 / 44 (635.2912) | 11 (168.5484) | 22 (159.3944) | 36 (153.6684) | 28 (153.6800) |
| 2017-09-02 | 1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, | 29 / 32 (603.9200) | 32 (150.2628) | 20 (158.8688) | 21 (160.5484) | 32 (134.2400) |