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.
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
2022 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 47%.
MAN MEAT BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MAN MEAT BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Mullet Brothers in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022-09-09).
Sons of a Brisket ahead 86% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Sons of a Brisket has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared pork ribs entries.
Their overall lands within ±1.95% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
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.
161 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PORK FLOYD has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before PORK FLOYD's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head66 contests to 9: their number has had years to settle where PORK FLOYD's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 8 years after PORK FLOYD did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with PORK FLOYD on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sons of a Brisket | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 146.2172 | 160.04 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 155.3712 | 163.26 | top 61% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9312 | 157.6916 | 162.12 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 151.9084 | 159.60 | top 67% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 5 | 0 | top 57% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 63% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 299 | 0 | top 82% | 2025-11-05 |
| Smokin on the Summit | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 73% | 2019-07-19 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.5 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship | 2022-10-28 |
| +4.5 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | 2017-10-06 |
| +1.4 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-09-05 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2024-10-30 |
| -5.9 | Smokin' On The Summit | 2017-06-02 |
| -4.2 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2025-11-05 |
| -2.7 | Smokin on the Summit | 2019-07-19 |
| -1.7 | Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2022-09-09 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 91.6% | 90.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 47% | 93.3% | 91.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 91.5% | 89.5% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 299 / 401 (659.8172) | 213 (169.6916) | 270 (166.2400) | 316 (163.9312) | 328 (159.9544) |
| 2025-09-05 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 19 / 38 (320.4800) | 17 (161.6800) | 20 (158.8000) | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 393 / 444 (629.5432) | 435 (146.2172) | 339 (163.3944) | 383 (157.6916) | 323 (162.2400) |
| 2022-10-28 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 13 / 40 (323.9428) | 17 (157.6800) | 11 (166.2628) | — | — |
| 2022-10-28 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Oak Grove, MO | — | — | 37 (157.7144) | — | — |
| 2022-09-09 | Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Belton, MO | 8 / 13 (335.9544) | 9 (164.5372) | 6 (171.4172) | — | — |
| 2019-07-19 | Smokin on the Summit 🏅 Unity Village, MO | 25 / 35 (642.0912) | 30 (156.5600) | 24 (165.0856) | 24 (162.2284) | 25 (158.2172) |
| 2017-10-06 | *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO | 34 / 76 (658.7084) | 33 (165.1200) | 33 (165.0856) | 47 (162.8228) | 27 (165.6800) |
| 2017-06-02 | Smokin' On The Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 48 / 65 (630.0452) | 46 (158.8344) | 45 (155.3712) | 39 (163.9312) | 48 (151.9084) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #174 (205 pts) | #145 (265 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1404 (60 pts) | — | — |