High-water mark
338.2628
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 338.2628 at Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) — 94.0% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Apr 26, 2019
Mac Attack
Mac Attack is a competition barbecue team with 17 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2019. Their best overall finish is 12th of 45 at the Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1508
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
17
in the data
First seen
Apr 26, 2019
latest Apr 26, 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 17 contests
Avg finish
top 27%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
12%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
175.4056
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.55 · weakest Pork (164.39)
Road miles
1,039
across 17 mapped stops · furthest 218 mi
Purse competed for
$6,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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Mac Attack has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 111 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,920 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1515
Fewer contests behind them than Mac Attack has cooked, 5 to 17, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#2,908 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
They turned up 5 years after Mac Attack did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#2,917 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Level with Mac Attack on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,895 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Fewer contests behind them than Mac Attack has cooked, 5 to 17, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#2,896 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Mac Attack's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,898 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Mac Attack's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4056 | 168.5372 | 171.55 | top 23% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 162.2744 | 165.84 | top 41% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 159.3600 | 164.39 | top 53% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
4 contests
Contests a season
2.8
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
14 of 17 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
44
finished ahead 33 times, behind 11
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20193 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score338.2628 Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY)
- Career-best overall score338.2628 Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY)
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY)
20181 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL)
20161 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD)
20142 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ Throw Down 2014 @ Windcreek
- First call Jack Daniel's World Championship Backyard Contest (BACKYARD)
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 | 0% | top 27% | 94% | 94% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2019 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) Florence, AL | 12 / 45 (338.2628) | 17 (169.1200) | 11 (169.1428) | 32 (159.3600) | — |
| Oct 26, 2018 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | — | 2 (175.4056) | 18 (165.6800) | 15 (168.5372) | — |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 15, 2017 | Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 19, 2017 | Barber Q Battle (PRO/MASTER AND BACKYARD) Birmingham, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 14 (168.5372) | 23 (162.2744) | 32 (160) | — |
| Sep 9, 2016 | Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 8, 2016 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 15, 2015 | Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 24, 2014 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Backyard Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 6 (173.1200) | 16 (166.2628) | 11 (169.6800) | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 27, 2014 | BBQ Throw Down 2014 @ Windcreek Atmore, AL | — | — | — | — | — |