High-water mark
341.1200
career-best overall
94.8% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 341.1200 at Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) — 94.8% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2024-03-09
Pats Blue Ribbon
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1531
peak 1531 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2024-03-09
latest 2026-03-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 24%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
339.79
last 3 Backyard vs avg 339.79 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Consistency
±0.98
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.33 · weakest Pork (162.06)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
339.79 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (3 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
LEE LA Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Jubilee Smoke in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Pats Blue Ribbon 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 77 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.
#2182 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2185 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#2168 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#2173 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before Pats Blue Ribbon's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2189 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pats Blue Ribbon on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2193 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1553
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Pats Blue Ribbon'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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 176.5944 | 169.6800 | 173.33 | top 16% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 162.8572 | 166.46 | top 42% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 158.2284 | 162.06 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 5 | 0 | top 24% | 2026-03-13 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2024-03-09 → 2026-03-13
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 173.33 · weakest Pork (162.06)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
100%
3 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Backyard average
339.79
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
61
67–18 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1539
average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$9,950
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2025-03-07 → 2026-03-13
Power rating
1531
peak 1531 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score341.1200 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score341.1200 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2025
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5944 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2026
- Peak power rating (1531) Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-03-09 |
| +11.5 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2026-03-13 |
| +7.7 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-03-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 17% | 94.1% | 94.1% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 94.8% | 94.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 5 / 30 (338.7884) | 6 (169.6800) | 10 (169.1084) | 23 (158.2284) | — |
| 2025-03-07 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 10 / 30 (339.4516) | 4 (176.5944) | 19 (162.8572) | 19 (165.1428) | — |
| 2024-03-09 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 6 / 28 (341.1200) | 4 (173.7028) | 8 (167.4172) | 17 (162.8228) | — |