The heartbreaker
1.6916
points from the title
Came within 1.6916 points of the Grand Championship at Plant City Pig Jam (Nov 19, 2021).
Evans Family Ranch
Evans Family Ranch is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 37 at the Plant City Pig Jam (2021), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2433 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1522
peak 1530 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Nov 19, 2021
latest Nov 21, 2025 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
57% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.27
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.89 · weakest Brisket (151.89)
Road miles
78
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Purse competed for
$112K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
318.90 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
653.78 / 720
3 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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 Evans Family Ranch, each with one reason worth a look.
96 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,447 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1527
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before Evans Family Ranch's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,420 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1528
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,434 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1530
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Evans Family Ranch's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,421 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,432 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1535
Level with Evans Family Ranch on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,428 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1523
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K & E's Little Smokers | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| Accutech BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Ain't EZ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Belly Bustin Bistro | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Dog BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| K-Dubs BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 155.3600 | 160.04 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 169.1200 | 157.0744 | 162.89 | top 34% |
| Pork | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 175.4400 | 147.9544 | 157.09 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 170.8456 | 116.0572 | 151.89 | top 35% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 35% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant City Pig Jam | 3 | 7 | 0 | top 50% | Nov 21, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
219
finished ahead 211 times, behind 144
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Plant City Pig Jam
20241 milestone
- Peak power rating (1530) Ribs on the Ridge Brews & BBQ
20219 milestones
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
- First category win (Pork) Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall top-10 Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall podium Plant City Pig Jam
- First Reserve Championship Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.8228 Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best overall score678.8228 Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4400 Plant City Pig Jam
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.4 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 19, 2021 |
| +9.5 | Ribs on the Ridge Brews & BBQ | Feb 16, 2024 |
| +7.2 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 18, 2022 |
| +3.9 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 28, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.3 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 17, 2023 |
| -5.8 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 21, 2025 |
| -1.5 | Ribs on the Ridge | Feb 14, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 51% | 89.5% | 88.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 33% | 90.4% | 89.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 5% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2025 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 18 / 31 (322.2172) | 18 (157.1200) | 14 (165.0972) | 17 (159.3828) | 13 (158.8116) |
| Feb 14, 2025 | Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL | 7 / 16 (312.4344) | 7 (155.3600) | 6 (157.0744) | 6 (147.9544) | 6 (145.6572) |
| Feb 16, 2024 | Ribs on the Ridge Brews & BBQ 🏅 Haines City, FL | 6 / 29 (325.6344) | 7 (158.8000) | 5 (166.8344) | 9 (150.7772) | 6 (154.2172) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 16 / 25 (315.3028) | 17 (157.6572) | 14 (157.6456) | 15 (153.6456) | 21 (116.0572) |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 7 / 25 (650.7084) | 11 (162.8456) | 9 (163.3828) | 18 (153.6344) | 2 (170.8456) |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 23 / 60 (631.7940) | 21 (159.3712) | 23 (161.1084) | 25 (158.8000) | 25 (152.5144) |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 2 / 37 (678.8228) | 4 (169.1200) | 3 (169.1200) | 1 (175.4400) | 4 (165.1428) |