Midwest Meat Sweats

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Contests

in the data

First seen

latest

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 1 contests

Avg finish

top 27%

overall standings

Best overall

501.6456 / 360

Backyard · Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware(BACKYARD ONLY)

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0000

Chicken · Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware(BACKYARD ONLY)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 176.00 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.09)

Purse competed for

$4K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

Backyard avg

501.65 / 360

1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

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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.

High-water mark

501.6456 career-best overall

139.3% of a perfect 360

Their best day on record: 501.6456 at Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware(BACKYARD ONLY) — 139.3% of a perfect 360.

Backyard

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	1	1	1	176.0000	176.0000	176.00	top 14%
Pork Ribs	1	0	0	157.0856	157.0856	157.09	top 55%
Pork	1	1	0	168.5600	168.5600	168.56	top 27%
Brisket	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.

The story so far (10 numbers that describe this team)

Busiest season — 1 contest

Cooks most in IL 1 of 1 contests

Contests visited 1 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 1 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 176.00 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.09)

Walk rate 100% a top-10 call in 1 of 1 contests

Overall top-10 rate 100% 1 of 1 contests

Backyard average 501.65 out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 21 16–5 across every shared overall standing

Purse competed for $3,500 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

First tracked contest Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware(BACKYARD ONLY)
First call Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware(BACKYARD ONLY)
First overall top-10 Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware(BACKYARD ONLY)
First overall past 90% of a perfect score501.6456 Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware(BACKYARD ONLY)
Career-best overall score501.6456 Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware(BACKYARD ONLY)
Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0000 Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware(BACKYARD ONLY)

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	1	0	100%	top 27%	139.3%	139.3%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
	Decatur's Smokin BBQ Festival Backyard Competition Presented by Kenney's Ace Hardware(BACKYARD ONLY) Decatur, IL	6 / 22 (501.6456)	3 (176.0000)	12 (157.0856)	6 (168.5600)	—