A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Back Yard Bubba
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1464
peak 1464 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-08-29
latest 2016-09-02
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
517.89
last 3 Master vs avg 517.89 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±69.98
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.73 · weakest Pork Ribs (126.93)
Road miles
12
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Master avg
517.89 / 720
3 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.
Back Yard Bubba has 3 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 138 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.
#4928 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4947 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Level with Back Yard Bubba on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Back Yard Bubba did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4934 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4956 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 102.5600 | 139.14 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.0000 | 87.6572 | 126.93 | top 96% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3200 | 150.8800 | 157.73 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.4400 | 138.8228 | 141.13 | top 94% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 97% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-08-29 → 2016-09-02
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.73 · weakest Pork Ribs (126.93)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
517.89
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
50
2–70 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
12
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1567
average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-08-29 → 2015-09-04
Power rating
1464
peak 1464 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- Career-best overall score613.1084 Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4056 Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- Peak power rating (1487) Beach Boogie and Barbeque
- 2016
- Most recent contest Beach Boogie & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Beach Boogie and Barbeque | 2014-08-29 |
| -13 | Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival | 2015-09-04 |
| -10.3 | Beach Boogie & BBQ Festival | 2016-09-02 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 68.6% | 68.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 62.1% | 62.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-02 | Beach Boogie & BBQ Festival Myrtle Beach, SC | 17 / 17 (493.6456) | 17 (102.5600) | 17 (87.6572) | 14 (159.9884) | 15 (143.4400) |
| 2015-09-04 | Beach Boogie and BBQ Festival Myrtle Beach, SC | 20 / 20 (446.9028) | 20 (147.4628) | 20 (137.1200) | 11 (162.3200) | — |
| 2014-08-29 | Beach Boogie and Barbeque Myrtle Beach, SC | 36 / 38 (613.1084) | 18 (167.4056) | 33 (156.0000) | 35 (150.8800) | 38 (138.8228) |