A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
KILLER HOGS ahead in 100% of their meetings
KILLER HOGS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BACKYARD FRIENDS
BACKYARD FRIENDS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 23rd of 25 at the International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash (2014).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1457
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 13, 2013
latest Sep 8, 2017 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.26
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.97 · weakest Brisket (138.33)
Road miles
20
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Master avg
600.56 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 149.6796 | 153.97 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 138.8800 | 148.28 | top 78% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 154.8344 | 159.97 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6916 | 126.1488 | 138.33 | top 93% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 92% | Sep 12, 2014 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
90
finished ahead 13 times, behind 109
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 11, 2015 → Sep 8, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20171 milestone
- Most recent contest International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN
20153 milestones
- First call International Goat Days Championship BBQ
- Career-best overall score628.4800 International Goat Days Championship BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.6800 International Goat Days Championship BBQ
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1487) International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash | Sep 13, 2013 |
| -11.9 | International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash | Sep 12, 2014 |
| -10.4 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN | Sep 8, 2017 |
| -7.8 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ | Sep 11, 2015 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 81% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2017 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN Millington, TN | 39 / 42 (592.9256) | 29 (163.4056) | 40 (142.2856) | 33 (161.0856) | 41 (126.1488) |
| Sep 11, 2015 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Millington, TN | 25 / 31 (628.4800) | 29 (151.9656) | 9 (169.6800) | 13 (166.2972) | 29 (140.5372) |
| Sep 12, 2014 | International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash Millington, TN | 23 / 25 (593.0856) | 21 (149.6796) | 24 (138.8800) | 20 (154.8344) | 22 (149.6916) |
| Sep 13, 2013 | International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash Millington, TN | 26 / 28 (587.7484) | 24 (150.8456) | 26 (142.2744) | 22 (157.6800) | 26 (136.9484) |