High-water mark
333.0860
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 333.0860 at O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 — 92.5% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2025-05-02
Smoke Right BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1462
peak 1462 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2024-05-03
latest 2025-09-12
Best ToY finish
#230
Backyard 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
325.40 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 320.66 (+4.74)
Walk rate
9%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
173.1200
Consistency
±12.15
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.68 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.08)
Road miles
185
mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 39 mi
Schedule strength
63%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)
Purse competed for
$28K
listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
320.66 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
Deviant Smoke ahead in 100% of their meetings
Deviant Smoke has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
The weak link
−8.6
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.60 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.
- Pork Ribs avg 157.08
- Pork avg 165.68
- 0 calls in 8 entries
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.
127 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5033 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Smoke Right BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than Smoke Right BBQ has cooked, 6 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#5004 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Smoke Right BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoke Right BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5035 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Smoke Right BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5011 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 17% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deviant Smoke | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Modest Meats | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rollin Smoke BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Bonnie Blue BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Bentley Que | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 151.9428 | 163.23 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 136.4228 | 157.08 | top 86% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 155.3484 | 165.68 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 86% | 2025-09-12 |
| O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 86% | 2025-05-02 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.4 yrs
2024-05-03 → 2025-09-12
Busiest season
2025
7 contests
Contests a season
5.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
11 of 11 contests
Contests visited
4
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.68 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.08)
Walk rate
9%
a top-10 call in 1 of 11 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 11 contests
Backyard average
320.66
out of 360 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
78
30–138 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
185
11 mapped stops · furthest 39 mi
Schedule strength
1580
average field rating faced — tougher than 63% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$28,300
listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings
Power rating
1462
peak 1462 · #5021 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1
- Peak power rating (1487) O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score324.5028 Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
- 2025
- Career-best overall score333.0860 O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1
- First call The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Lakeside Pork Fest" (ONE MEAT PORK)
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1200 The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Lakeside Pork Fest" (ONE MEAT PORK)
- 10th tracked contest The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK)
- Most recent contest The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | 2024-05-03 |
| -9.9 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | 2024-05-04 |
| -9.6 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-09-13 |
| -3.3 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-09-12 |
| -1.5 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | 2025-05-02 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14% | top 75% | 92.5% | 92.4% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 90.1% | 87.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cleveland, AL | — | 26 (151.9428) | — | — | — |
| 2025-10-24 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) Cleveland, AL | — | — | — | 14 (168.5600) | — |
| 2025-10-24 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cleveland, AL | — | — | 23 (160.5144) | — | — |
| 2025-09-12 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL | 22 / 28 (332.5032) | 18 (169.6800) | 27 (162.8232) | — | — |
| 2025-09-12 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Lakeside Pork Fest" (ONE MEAT PORK) Guntersville, AL | — | — | — | 4 (173.1200) | — |
| 2025-09-12 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Battle of the Bones" (ONE MEAT RIBS) Guntersville, AL | — | — | 14 (162.8116) | — | — |
| 2025-05-02 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 20 / 28 (333.0860) | 25 (163.4060) | 11 (169.6800) | 27 (155.3484) | — |
| 2024-10-11 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Scottsboro, AL | 25 / 38 (324.5028) | 21 (167.4056) | 29 (157.0972) | — | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL | 31 / 33 (317.0172) | 18 (167.9772) | 33 (149.0400) | — | — |
| 2024-05-04 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Oneonta, AL | 19 / 20 (319.8972) | 17 (161.6800) | 20 (158.2172) | — | — |
| 2024-05-03 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 27 / 27 (296.9372) | 24 (160.5144) | 27 (136.4228) | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #272 (146 pts) | #222 (193 pts) | #167 (334 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | #1504 (52 pts) | #906 (158 pts) | #600 (292 pts) | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #230 (187 pts) | #209 (222 pts) | #248 (182 pts) | — | — |