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.
Backyard BBQ Boys
Backyard BBQ Boys is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 13th of 59 at the Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (2024). They are ranked #2705 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “BACK YARD BBQ BOYS” and “BACKYARDBBQBOYS”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1515 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Mar 6, 2020
latest Mar 6, 2026 · 6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.59
spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.58 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.25)
Road miles
34
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 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
324.87 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
478.33 / 540
4 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Backyard BBQ Boys, each with one reason worth a look.
122 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,700 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1513
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1515
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.
⚔ Compare careers#2,695 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1523
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Backyard BBQ Boys's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,711 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1515
Level with Backyard BBQ Boys on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,689 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1514
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,709 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1513
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar 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 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 172.5600 | 154.2172 | 163.58 | top 33% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 6 | 13 | 0 | top 41% | Mar 6, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2020
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
317
finished ahead 310 times, behind 322
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
Jul 31, 2020 → Mar 4, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20241 milestone
- Peak power rating (1515) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20222 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score487.8972 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score487.8972 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20204 milestones
- First tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First call Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First category win (Pork) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.5600 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.1 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 1, 2024 |
| +6.9 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 4, 2022 |
| +3.6 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 6, 2020 |
| +3.6 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 6, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 7, 2025 |
| -4.3 | Hawgin On Lanier | Jul 31, 2020 |
| -1.5 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 3, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 30% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 47% | 88.2% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2026 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 19 / 44 (331.3832) | 20 (165.6916) | 20 (165.6916) | — | — |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 27 / 45 (309.5884) | 28 (150.7656) | 19 (158.8228) | 13 (165.0972) | — |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 13 / 59 (333.6344) | 6 (171.9772) | 23 (161.6572) | 19 (165.0972) | — |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 33 / 65 (474.1484) | 26 (162.2512) | 32 (157.6800) | 39 (154.2172) | — |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 22 / 73 (487.8972) | 24 (165.0856) | 28 (157.1316) | 15 (165.6800) | — |
| Jul 31, 2020 | Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Cumming, GA | 31 / 55 (474.7772) | 31 (155.4172) | 28 (160.5372) | 30 (158.8228) | — |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 23 / 61 (476.4800) | 22 (157.7028) | 30 (146.2172) | 1 (172.5600) | — |