High-water mark
677.0400
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.0400 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 3, 2019
Opry Backstage Grillers
Opry Backstage Grillers is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 15th of 41 at the Music City BBQ Festival (2014).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1507
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 14, 2014
latest May 3, 2019 · 5.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.24
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.40 · weakest Brisket (162.83)
Road miles
270
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 170 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
659.33 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 161.6800 | 166.40 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4288 | 158.8460 | 163.98 | top 60% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 153.6684 | 166.11 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 150.7888 | 162.83 | top 52% |
“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
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
271
finished ahead 175 times, behind 128
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
Mar 11, 2016 → May 3, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20193 milestones
- Career-best overall score677.0400 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8572 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20144 milestones
- First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1948 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre
- First call Music City BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1511) Music City BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.3 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | May 3, 2019 |
| +6.4 | Music City BBQ Festival | Aug 22, 2014 |
| +4.4 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre | Mar 14, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | Smoke on the Shores | Mar 11, 2016 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 30% | 94% | 94% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 38% | 93.2% | 92.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2019 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 16 / 54 (677.0400) | 37 (161.6800) | 29 (166.2400) | 3 (174.8572) | 5 (174.2628) |
| Mar 11, 2016 | Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN | 49 / 49 (627.2804) | 45 (163.9772) | 49 (158.8460) | 48 (153.6684) | 48 (150.7888) |
| Aug 22, 2014 | Music City BBQ Festival Nashville, TN | 15 / 41 (670.8116) | 6 (173.7144) | 24 (163.4172) | 20 (166.8228) | 16 (166.8572) |
| Mar 14, 2014 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS | 37 / 95 (662.1948) | 34 (166.2400) | 27 (167.4288) | 28 (169.1084) | 58 (159.4176) |