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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1457
peak 1457 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2017-09-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
600.56
last 4 Master vs avg 600.56 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.26
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.97 · weakest Brisket (138.33)
Road miles
20
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)
Master avg
600.56 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (2017-09-08).
- last seen 2015-09-11
- back 2017-09-08
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.
BACKYARD FRIENDS has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 129 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#5224 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5238 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after BACKYARD FRIENDS did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#5254 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Level with BACKYARD FRIENDS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5244 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5231 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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% | 2014-09-12 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2017-09-08
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.97 · weakest Brisket (138.33)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
600.56
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
90
13–109 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
20
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1521
average field rating faced — tougher than 15% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-09-11 → 2017-09-08
Power rating
1457
peak 1457 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1487) International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash
- 2015
- 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
- 2017
- Most recent contest International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash | 2013-09-13 |
| -11.9 | International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash | 2014-09-12 |
| -10.5 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN | 2017-09-08 |
| -7.8 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ | 2015-09-11 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-08 | 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) |
| 2015-09-11 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Millington, TN | 25 / 31 (628.4800) | 29 (151.9656) | 9 (169.6800) | 13 (166.2972) | 29 (140.5372) |
| 2014-09-12 | International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash Millington, TN | 23 / 25 (593.0856) | 21 (149.6796) | 24 (138.8800) | 20 (154.8344) | 22 (149.6916) |
| 2013-09-13 | International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash Millington, TN | 26 / 28 (587.7484) | 24 (150.8456) | 26 (142.2744) | 22 (157.6800) | 26 (136.9484) |