High-water mark
669.0400
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.0400 at Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-02-21
Backyard BBQ & Grill
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1505
peak 1515 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-02-21
latest 2019-06-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.06
last 4 Master vs avg 644.06 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.63
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 161.99 · weakest Pork (159.26)
Road miles
2
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1517)
Master avg
644.06 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BBQ FREAKS ahead in 100% of their meetings
BBQ FREAKS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Cocineros del Este in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
3.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.3 years, then back at Viva La BBQ Fest (2019-06-21).
- last seen 2016-02-20
- back 2019-06-21
A February team
Top 40%
average finish in February
Something about February: average finish in the top 40% across 3 contests, versus top 49% the rest of the year.
- 3 February contests
- top 49% the rest of the year
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.
Backyard BBQ & Grill 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 110 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.
#3010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
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#3001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with Backyard BBQ & Grill on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2985 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
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#3007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 6 years before Backyard BBQ & Grill's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2982 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3008 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Backyard BBQ & Grill's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.1316 | 149.0744 | 160.83 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 157.0972 | 161.98 | top 54% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 152.5372 | 159.26 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 153.7600 | 161.99 | top 41% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 40% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.3 yrs
2014-02-21 → 2019-06-21
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PR
3 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 161.99 · weakest Pork (159.26)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Master average
644.06
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
82
63–44 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1517
average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3.3 yrs
2016-02-20 → 2019-06-21
Power rating
1505
peak 1515 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
- 2015
- First call Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico
- First overall top-10 Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.0400 Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico
- Career-best overall score669.0400 Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1316 Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico
- Peak power rating (1515) Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico
- 2019
- Most recent contest Viva La BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.5 | Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico | 2015-02-21 |
| +2.4 | Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition | 2014-02-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | Viva La BBQ Fest | 2019-06-21 |
| -1.9 | 9th Annual Smoking Hot BBQ San Juan | 2016-02-20 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 15% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 45% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-21 | Viva La BBQ Fest San Juan, | 9 / 12 (638.7316) | 6 (163.9772) | 11 (157.0972) | 11 (152.5372) | 7 (165.1200) |
| 2016-02-20 | 9th Annual Smoking Hot BBQ San Juan San Juan, PR | 17 / 28 (636.5832) | 18 (157.1316) | 13 (165.1200) | 15 (160.5716) | 18 (153.7600) |
| 2015-02-21 | Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico San Juan, PR | 5 / 33 (669.0400) | 3 (173.1316) | 13 (163.4400) | 12 (163.9428) | 4 (168.5256) |
| 2014-02-21 | Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition San Juan, PR | 17 / 38 (631.8856) | 34 (149.0744) | 15 (162.2512) | 17 (160.0000) | 11 (160.5600) |