The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Lake Country BBQ Cook-off(BACKYARD ONLY) (2019-06-09).
- last seen 2016-06-03
- back 2019-06-09
Pete's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1500
peak 1502 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-06-03
latest 2019-07-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
317.66
last 3 Backyard vs avg 317.66 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±1.86
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.99 · weakest Brisket (146.81)
Road miles
640
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 495 mi
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)
Purse competed for
$5K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
630.25 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
317.66 / 360
3 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.
Pete's 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 112 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.
#3198 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
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#3199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pete's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3167 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#3189 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
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#3194 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
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#3185 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 152.5028 | 158.40 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 164.0112 | 159.3828 | 161.99 | top 50% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8572 | 154.8572 | 154.86 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.8116 | 146.8116 | 146.81 | top 89% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WI | 2 | 0 | top 66% |
| SD | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 47% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2016-06-03 → 2019-07-12
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WI
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.99 · weakest Brisket (146.81)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
630.25
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
317.66
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
93
37–60 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
640
3 mapped stops · furthest 495 mi
Schedule strength
1510
average field rating faced — tougher than 7% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$5,300
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2016-06-03 → 2019-06-09
Power rating
1500
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- First tracked contest Dells BBQ Bash(BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2016
- Career-best overall score630.2516 Original SD BBQ Championships
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.8456 Original SD BBQ Championships
- 2019
- First call Lake Country BBQ Cook-off(BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Lake Country BBQ Cook-off(BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1502) Lake Country BBQ Cook-off(BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Northwoods Triple Crown(BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.8 | Lake Country BBQ Cook-off(BACKYARD ONLY) | 2019-06-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.8 | Original SD BBQ Championships | 2016-06-03 |
| -1.7 | Northwoods Triple Crown(BACKYARD ONLY) | 2019-07-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 88.9% | 88.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-12 | Northwoods Triple Crown(BACKYARD ONLY) Antigo, WI | 6 / 10 (317.7368) | 8 (153.7256) | 5 (164.0112) | — | — |
| 2019-06-09 | Lake Country BBQ Cook-off(BACKYARD ONLY) | 5 / 22 (319.9084) | 4 (160.5256) | 7 (159.3828) | — | — |
| 2016-06-03 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 35 / 44 (630.2516) | 20 (166.8456) | 30 (161.7372) | 34 (154.8572) | 39 (146.8116) |
| Dells BBQ Bash(BACKYARD ONLY) Wisconsin Dells, WI | 18 / 25 (315.3484) | 22 (152.5028) | 12 (162.8456) | — | — |