The comeback
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Ribfest (BACKYARD) (2016-06-24).
- last seen 2014-07-24
- back 2016-06-24
H & D BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-04-05
latest 2014-07-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.18 · weakest Pork (153.14)
Road miles
813
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 806 mi
Master avg
625.14 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
H & D BBQ has 2 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 145 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.
#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
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#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after H & D BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Level with H & D BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
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#3599 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
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#3581 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 151.9656 | 160.18 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159.4172 | 148.5828 | 154.00 | top 56% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7028 | 152.5712 | 153.14 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4516 | 150.8570 | 153.15 | top 64% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2013-04-05 → 2014-07-24
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.18 · weakest Pork (153.14)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
625.14
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
49
20–38 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
813
4 mapped stops · furthest 806 mi
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2014-07-24 → 2016-06-24
Power rating
1491
peak 1491 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2014
- Career-best overall score633.1316 Days of 47 BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Chicken)164.5600 Days of 47 BBQ Showdown
- 2016
- First call Ribfest (BACKYARD)
- 2017
- Most recent contest Rib Fest 2017(BACKYARD)
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% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-23 | Rib Fest 2017(BACKYARD) Sioux, IA | — | — | 14 (148.5828) | — | — |
| 2016-06-24 | Ribfest (BACKYARD) Sioux City, IA | — | 12 (151.9656) | 5 (158.2860) | — | — |
| 2014-07-24 | Days of 47 BBQ Showdown Holladay, UT | 16 / 31 (633.1316) | 12 (164.5600) | 16 (159.4172) | 25 (153.7028) | 17 (155.4516) |
| 2013-04-05 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT | 24 / 29 (617.1428) | 11 (164.0000) | 22 (149.7146) | 26 (152.5712) | 21 (150.8570) |