The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest (2016-04-08).
- last seen 2014-04-11
- back 2016-04-08
MIKE'S BACK PORCH BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-04-12
latest 2014-04-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.82)
Road miles
11
mi across 3 mapped stops
Master avg
627.37 / 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.
MIKE'S BACK PORCH 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 151 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.
#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with MIKE'S BACK PORCH BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after MIKE'S BACK PORCH BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 155.4284 | 159.72 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2856 | 147.3600 | 150.82 | top 96% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 159.4284 | 160.83 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7028 | 150.2856 | 155.99 | top 78% |
“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 yrs
2013-04-12 → 2014-04-11
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.82)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
627.37
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
44
4–62 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
11
3 mapped stops
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-04-11 → 2016-04-08
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Falls
- 2014
- Career-best overall score635.3144 Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)164.0116 Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest
- 2016
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest
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% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 86% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-08 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-04-11 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | 31 / 34 (635.3144) | 27 (164.0116) | 34 (147.3600) | 27 (162.2400) | 23 (161.7028) |
| 2013-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 33 / 34 (619.4280) | 33 (155.4284) | 31 (154.2856) | 28 (159.4284) | 30 (150.2856) |