They almost always walk
100%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 9 of 9 contests
A top-10 category call in 100% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
BBQmyway
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1559
peak 1560 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
2021-11-19
latest 2026-01-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
5
of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
335.60 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 455.28 (-119.69)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±154.65
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.06 · weakest Brisket (160.09)
Road miles
42
mi across 9 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Purse competed for
$159K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 9 state-championship entries
Master avg
655.30 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
455.28 / 360
8 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
Storylines (9 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
662.7656
career-best overall
184.1% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 662.7656 at Lakeland Pig Festival — 184.1% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2023-01-27
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
K-Dubs BBQ has finished one call ahead of BBQmyway 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
5–2
behind in the head-to-head
Nuts & Butts ahead in 71% of their meetings
Nuts & Butts has come out ahead in 5 of their 7 shared contests.
The weak link
−9.0
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.97 points below their pork, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 78%.
- Brisket avg 160.09
- Pork avg 169.06
- 3 calls in 9 entries
A strong matchup
9–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL in 9 of their 9 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
BrewsCue has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Boom or bust
±42.01%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±42.01% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 122.5% of a perfect score
- best 184.1%
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Lakeland Pig Festival every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 7th
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.
49 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1588 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1559
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1558
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before BBQmyway's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1589 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1564
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1587 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1559
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before BBQmyway's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#1596 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1562
No shared contest yet.
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 38% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#1591 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1558
No shared contest yet.
Level with BBQmyway on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL | 9 | 9 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| K & E's Little Smokers | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Ain't EZ | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Accutech BBQ | 8 | 7 | 1 | 88% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Dog BBQ | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
| JP BBQ and Catering | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Belly Bustin Bistro | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Tillman's BBQ | 7 | 3 | 3 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| K-Dubs BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Nuts & Butts | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Tarheel Cookers | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Double Barrel Smokers | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| SWAMP BOYS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Cold Beer BBQ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 173.1200 | 158.8000 | 166.70 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 176.5600 | 159.3716 | 167.40 | top 32% |
| Pork | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 176.0000 | 158.8000 | 169.06 | top 27% |
| Brisket | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 174.8456 | 148.5028 | 160.09 | top 41% |
“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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 30% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 29% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 4 | 7 | 0 | top 29% | 2026-01-22 |
| Plant City Pig Jam | 4 | 4 | 0 | top 31% | 2025-11-21 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.2 yrs
2021-11-19 → 2026-01-22
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
9 of 9 contests
Contests visited
3
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
9 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 169.06 · weakest Brisket (160.09)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 9 of 9 contests
Overall top-10 rate
56%
5 of 9 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests
Master average
655.30
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
455.28
out of 360 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
302
458–196 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
42
9 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$158,850
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 9 state-championship entries
Power rating
1559
peak 1560 · #1586 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall top-10 Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0860 Plant City Pig Jam
- 2023
- Career-best overall score662.7656 Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2025
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 Plant City Pig Jam
- Peak power rating (1560) Plant City Pig Jam
- 2026
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.1 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2024-01-26 |
| +11.1 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2025-01-24 |
| +11 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2024-11-22 |
| +9.1 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2022-11-18 |
| +8.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2023-01-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.1 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2023-11-17 |
| -1.6 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2026-01-22 |
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 | 1 | 100% | top 49% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 22% | 95.5% | 95.3% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 18% | 93.3% | 92.5% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 45% | 184.1% | 137.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 181.2% | 181.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 180.3% | 180.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 31 / 63 (325.6572) | 40 (159.4172) | 25 (166.2400) | 10 (170.8344) | 1 (174.8456) |
| 2025-11-21 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 8 / 31 (342.2284) | 12 (165.6684) | 1 (176.5600) | 7 (170.2628) | 2 (172.5600) |
| 2025-01-24 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 7 / 40 (343.9428) | 8 (173.1200) | 12 (170.8228) | 5 (175.4056) | 14 (168.5372) |
| 2024-11-22 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 4 / 26 (330.1828) | 3 (169.6800) | 10 (160.5028) | 9 (158.8000) | 7 (155.9772) |
| 2024-01-26 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 12 / 61 (335.9772) | 16 (166.2744) | 13 (169.7028) | 3 (176.0000) | 47 (148.5028) |
| 2023-11-17 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 15 / 25 (655.3028) | 23 (158.8000) | 9 (169.6916) | 20 (163.9656) | 14 (162.8456) |
| 2023-01-27 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 15 / 51 (662.7656) | 9 (170.2744) | 20 (170.2856) | 24 (165.1084) | 38 (157.0972) |
| 2022-11-18 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 6 / 25 (652.4228) | 2 (171.9656) | 15 (159.3716) | 4 (170.2972) | 13 (150.7884) |
| 2021-11-19 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 9 / 37 (649.0860) | 8 (165.1200) | 8 (163.4288) | 2 (170.8800) | 16 (149.6572) |