High-water mark
487.8972
career-best overall
135.5% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 487.8972 at Sip & Swine BBQ Festival — 135.5% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2022-03-04
Backyard BBQ Boys
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1515 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2020-03-06
latest 2026-03-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
387.33 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 412.56 (-25.23)
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±76.39
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.04 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.25)
Road miles
34
mi across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Purse competed for
$79K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 7 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
412.56 / 360
7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (7 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.
The one to beat
3×
one call ahead of them
NO LOOKIN' COOKIN' has finished one call ahead of Backyard BBQ Boys 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
6–1
behind in the head-to-head
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ ahead in 86% of their meetings
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.
The weak link
−5.8
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.79 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 14%.
- Pork Ribs avg 158.25
- Pork avg 164.04
- 0 calls in 7 entries
A strong matchup
6–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 86% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Peckerwood Country Club in 6 of their 7 shared contests.
The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (2022-03-04).
- last seen 2020-07-31
- back 2022-03-04
A standing appointment
5
years running at one contest
They've cooked Sip & Swine BBQ Festival every year from 2022 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.
- 6 visits in all
- best finish 13th
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.
115 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2686 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2690 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Backyard BBQ Boys's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Backyard BBQ Boys's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2704 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Level with Backyard BBQ Boys on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2701 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2699 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peckerwood Country Club | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL HAND QUE | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Geaux 2 bbq | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Wiggle Butts BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Stewbabys BBQ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Quenut BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| ZIPS BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Willingham's | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| STANK BUTT BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| ROLLIN KOLBZ | 6 | 3 | 2 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTHERN COMFORT BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 150.7656 | 161.27 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 146.2172 | 158.25 | top 45% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 172.5600 | 154.2172 | 164.04 | top 34% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 6 | 13 | 0 | top 41% | 2026-03-06 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6 yrs
2020-03-06 → 2026-03-06
Busiest season
2020
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 164.04 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.25)
Walk rate
29%
a top-10 call in 2 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Backyard average
412.56
out of 360 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
317
310–322 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
34
7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1575
average field rating faced — tougher than 59% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$78,600
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 7 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2020-07-31 → 2022-03-04
Power rating
1513
peak 1515 · #2695 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First call Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First category win (Pork) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score476.4800 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.5600 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- 2022
- Career-best overall score487.8972 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- 2024
- Peak power rating (1515) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- 2026
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.1 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2024-03-01 |
| +6.9 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2022-03-04 |
| +3.6 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2026-03-06 |
| +3.6 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2020-03-06 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2025-03-07 |
| -4.3 | Hawgin On Lanier | 2020-07-31 |
| -1.5 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2023-03-03 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 43% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 86% | 86% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 22% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 131.7% | 131.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 30% | 135.5% | 135.5% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 47% | 132.4% | 132.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 19 / 44 (331.3832) | 20 (165.6916) | 20 (165.6916) | 18 (166.8228) | — |
| 2025-03-07 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 27 / 45 (309.5884) | 28 (150.7656) | 19 (158.8228) | 13 (165.0972) | — |
| 2024-03-01 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 13 / 59 (333.6344) | 6 (171.9772) | 23 (161.6572) | 19 (165.0972) | — |
| 2023-03-03 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 33 / 65 (474.1484) | 26 (162.2512) | 32 (157.6800) | 39 (154.2172) | — |
| 2022-03-04 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 22 / 73 (487.8972) | 24 (165.0856) | 28 (157.1316) | 15 (165.6800) | — |
| 2020-07-31 | Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Cumming, GA | 31 / 55 (474.7772) | 31 (155.4172) | 28 (160.5372) | 30 (158.8228) | — |
| 2020-03-06 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 23 / 61 (476.4800) | 22 (157.7028) | 30 (146.2172) | 1 (172.5600) | — |