The comeback
3.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at Cameron Cruise N Que (BACKYARD ONLY) (2019-07-05).
- last seen 2016-06-03
- back 2019-07-05
Double Barrel
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1478 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-05-16
latest 2019-08-02
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.25 · weakest Brisket (149.10)
Road miles
2,621
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1419 mi
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Purse competed for
$3K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
614.43 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
315.65 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
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.
Double Barrel has 4 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 135 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.
#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Double Barrel did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with Double Barrel on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4229 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4232 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 146.2628 | 155.68 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 170.2972 | 137.6800 | 154.68 | top 72% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 153.0856 | 160.25 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5716 | 141.6344 | 149.10 | top 75% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 72% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 57% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 72% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 57% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.2 yrs
2014-05-16 → 2019-08-02
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.25 · weakest Brisket (149.10)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
614.43
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
315.65
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
114
30–84 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,621
4 mapped stops · furthest 1,419 mi
Schedule strength
1531
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$3,225
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
2016-06-03 → 2019-07-05
Power rating
1478
peak 1478 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship
- First call Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score624.5032 Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1500) Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship
- 2019
- First overall top-10 Cameron Cruise N Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2972 Cameron Cruise N Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.1 | Cameron Cruise N Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2019-07-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2019-08-02 |
| -11.7 | Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ | 2016-06-03 |
| -0.3 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship | 2014-05-16 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 72% | 88.9% | 87.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-02 | Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY) Warsaw, MO | 14 / 15 (311.3484) | 14 (146.2628) | 10 (165.0856) | — | — |
| 2019-07-05 | Cameron Cruise N Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Cameron, MO | 4 / 8 (319.9428) | 5 (149.6456) | 2 (170.2972) | — | — |
| 2016-06-03 | Fire in the Valley Red Bank BBQ Red Bank(Chattanooga), TN | 38 / 39 (604.3544) | 33 (163.9772) | 39 (145.6572) | 38 (153.0856) | 39 (141.6344) |
| 2014-05-16 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA | 32 / 56 (624.5032) | 28 (162.8460) | 53 (137.6800) | 7 (167.4056) | 28 (156.5716) |