Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
93.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.4056 at 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open — 93.8% of a perfect 720.
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead in 100% of their meetings
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.27 points below their pork, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 33%.
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.
142 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Backyard BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head56 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 6 years after Backyard BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Backyard BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 145.7140 | 159.13 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 147.9998 | 157.53 | top 68% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 149.1428 | 165.80 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 149.7144 | 158.75 | top 56% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WI | 2 | 0 | top 66% |
| NC | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 16% |
| SD | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 62% |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.4 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| +1 | *Mazomanie BBQ Fest | 2016-09-17 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.9 | Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off | 2013-04-19 |
| -8.3 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2013-06-14 |
| -5.9 | Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off | 2016-10-21 |
| -1 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ | 2014-08-22 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 66% | 92.4% | 89.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 16% | 93.8% | 93.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33% | top 79% | 88.3% | 87.2% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-21 | Best of the Midwest BBQ Cook-off Union Grove, WI | 38 / 51 (623.3712) | 27 (161.7028) | 37 (151.9772) | 36 (157.1200) | 39 (152.5712) |
| 2016-09-17 | *Mazomanie BBQ Fest Mazomanie, WI | 12 / 21 (665.1320) | 17 (162.8344) | 14 (162.3088) | 6 (169.7144) | 6 (170.2744) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 97 / 606 (675.4056) | 62 (173.7028) | 414 (158.8800) | 103 (170.8228) | 75 (172.0000) |
| 2014-08-22 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD | 16 / 25 (627.9316) | 20 (157.6800) | 6 (170.2972) | 22 (149.1428) | 20 (150.8116) |
| 2013-09-13 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-06-14 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 77 / 97 (619.9996) | 90 (145.7140) | 90 (147.9998) | 18 (169.1428) | 54 (157.1430) |
| 2013-04-19 | Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC | 43 / 55 (635.4284) | 49 (153.1428) | 46 (153.7140) | 1 (178.8572) | 47 (149.7144) |